spoof
noun
a mocking imitation of someone or something, usually light and good-humored; lampoon or parody.
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
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But it trades on a dated image of ticky-tacky suburbia that Hollywood has been spoofing for decades.
From Time Magazine Archive
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