TRAVESTY

grotesque imitation
to make a travesty of
to parody (to imitate a serious literary work for comic effect) [v TRAVESTIED, TRAVESTIES, TRAVESTYING]
to parody (to imitate in a satirical manner for comic effect) [v TRAVESTIED, TRAVESTYING, TRAVESTIES]
refers to something that is shocking, upsetting, or ridiculous because it is not what it is supposed to be, but is instead a distorted or badly inferior imitation of it.

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