Date: Mon, 24 Feb 97 16:28:12



Depending on who you ask, deliberately changing the words may
only qualify as "parody", and filk may be defined more by subject
matter and/or by target audience. Not all filks are parody, and
not all parodies are filk. 

Best summary of this that I know of is the table of definitions on
the Interfilk web page. Next best is probably the archives of past
definition debates in this forum.


"Filk, like black magic, is a matter of symbolism and intent."

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