burlesque

n. 1 a comic imitation, parody. B this as a genre. 2 us variety show, esp. With striptease. adj. Of or using burlesque. v. (-ques, -qued, -quing) parody. [italian burla mockery]

a. Tending to excite laughter or contempt by extravagant images, or by a contrast between the subject and the manner of treating it, as when a trifling subject is treated with mock gravity; jocular; ironical.