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The Most Traumatic Moment…Really?

Parody, Satire, and Comedy from a theologians perspective

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Joel Muddamalle, PhD
Sep 04, 2025
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(SEVEN-HEADED LUTHER This satirical woodcut attacked Luther as a religious and political fanatic.)1

It all started for me when I got a text message from a friend that said, “Did you know you are getting cancelled for your skull emojis on Cory’s video?”

So, here’s what happened…

Cory Asbury wrote a parody/satire song based on some viral content from Forrest Frank. Others had already done this, but His was… well… a little more. It was around a vasectomy. I’ll be honest. The junior high boy in me came out. Originally, I thought it was funny. I still don’t know what to think about this. I added some skull emojis to the video and this is where I got cancelled. And, when I started to really think about this whole situation….

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