There was no check. You dont pay to create a parody.
And btw...parodies dont usually mock the original, it just imitates it. (For the people that keep mentioning that.)
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parody
parody noun
parody | per--d , pa-r-
plural parodies
Definition of parody (Entry 1 of 2)
1 : a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule
wrote a hilarious parody of a popular song
(Updated for 2019)
parody noun
parody | per--d , pa-r-
plural parodies
Definition of parody (Entry 1 of 2)
1 : a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule, but only after said parody is cleared and approved by the original author of said work and given the ok by the majority of said works fan base along with repeated mentions before during and after the parody, clearly crediting the author of the material the parody was based on and giving any and all money to the original author and making sure all attention said parody receives is, in some way, forwarded to the original source.
This just in: under the new BWW parody laws, literally every episode of Family Guy, especially the ones with musical numbers, have been deemed unconstitutional.
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