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- noun Plural form of
pastiche .
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Examples
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The movie, like many of Harryhausen’s mythology pastiches, is chock-full of great set pieces to showcase the stop-action work.
Show #18: Pre-show Discussion : The Kick-Ass Mystic Ninjas 2006
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Though, of course, this means we’re basically just getting a magazine full of Holly Lisle pastiches, which is nice if you like Holly Lisle, I guess.
Rebel Tales « 2009
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The novels, with convoluted structures and indeterminate endings, are a postmodernist mélange of fantasy worlds, dystopias, alternate realities and genre pastiches, all overlaid on an unsuspecting contemporary Japan.
Rebel Ascendant Sam Sacks 2011
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The problem pops up early when tunes like "Christmas 1962" prove good pastiches but nothing more.
Michael Giltz: NYMF #4: Jazz, Kiddies, Camp, Tap, Tut and Vamps Michael Giltz 2011
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I am learning about these Conan pastiches and their authors as I go, and I believe that much can be learned and added to your list by looking at Russian websites.
Conan in the Czech Republic and Slovakia! Part 2! Cromsblood 2010
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Sikoryak clearly knows his material, both literary and comic, which is why these pastiches work so well.
*Masterpiece Comics — Best of 2009 » Comics Worth Reading 2009
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At his best here, he produces unpersuasive pastiches.
Constructivist Criticism Laid Bare Lance Esplund 2011
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The problem pops up early when tunes like "Christmas 1962" prove good pastiches but nothing more.
Michael Giltz: NYMF #4: Jazz, Kiddies, Camp, Tap, Tut and Vamps Michael Giltz 2011
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Even if this were a passably good idea, the score would have sunk the show, for the songs are period pastiches so anonymous as to actively resist recollection.
Don't Let its Name Be a Curse Terry Teachout 2011
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Such pastiches are unlikely to live, but who wants to stand in the way of science?
October 10th, 2009 m_francis 2009
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