And it is as parody -- in fact , a whole album of parodies -- that Against the Day is most enjoyable .
What replaces it is parody , whose target is language itself , and which operates by short - circuiting the discourses we usually take for granted .
It is as parody -- in fact , a whole album of parodies -- that Against the Day is most enjoyable .
What replaces it is parody , whose target is language itself , and which operates by short - circuiting the discourses we usually take for granted .