Caricature vs Superdeformed - What's the difference?
caricature | superdeformed |
A pictorial representation of someone in which distinguishing features are exaggerated for comic effect.
* {{quote-news, year=2012
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, title=Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3
, work=The Onion AV Club
A grotesque misrepresentation.
* Macaulay
To represent someone in an exaggerated or distorted manner.
(physics, of a nucleus) Very far from spherical, forming an ellipsoid with axes in ratios of approximately 2:1:1 (as opposed to the norm of approximately 1.3:1:1).
In Japanese caricature, drawn in an exaggerated way, typically small and chubby, with stubby limbs and oversized heads.
As a noun caricature
is a pictorial representation of someone in which distinguishing features are exaggerated for comic effect.As a verb caricature
is to represent someone in an exaggerated or distorted manner.As an adjective superdeformed is
very far from spherical, forming an ellipsoid with axes in ratios of approximately 2:1:1 (as opposed to the norm of approximately 1.3:1:1).caricature
English
(wikipedia caricature)Noun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=Men In Black 3 lacks the novelty of the first film, and its take on the late ’60s feels an awful lot like a psychedelic dress-up party, all broad caricatures and groovy vibes.}}
- A grotesque caricature of virtue.