![]() ![]() James' writing is almost a parody of erotic romance to begin with.” ![]() Andrew Shaffer was one of the most prominent with his novel "Fifty Shames of Earl Grey," about which Shaffer told Salon, “If 'Fifty Shades of Grey' hadn't become the biggest book of 2012, there wouldn't have been any reason to parody it-E.L. Some authors seemed like they were in it to make a quick buck, while others, such as Phil Torcivia, who parodied each of James’ books, penned more careful, yet still funny, parodies with a point to make. I started to notice it soon after "Fifty Shades" rose to prominence, when the trilogy’s success spawned parodies such as "Fifty Shades of Oy Vey," "Fifty Shades of Neigh" and "Fifty Sheds of Grey," along with seemingly umpteen more. Combine the two in our post-"Fifty Shades of Grey" world and you have the increasingly popular genre of humor erotica, allowing us to laugh both at it and with it. ![]() Sometimes laughter isn’t just the best medicine-it’s even better than sex. ![]()
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