In Keanu (2016), Rell (Jordan Peele), recently dumped by his girlfriend, bonds with a kitten in a basket left on his doorstep. When a local gang leader steals the kitten he has named Keanu, Rell and his best friend, Clarence (Keegan-Michael Key), must embed themselves in his gang and survive a dangerous series of events for which they are comically ill-prepared to retrieve Keanu. Not only does this movie contain multiple references to Key and Peele's eponymous comedy sketch show, it is based on 2014's John Wick, an action thriller, itself a parody of the genre, starring Keanu Reeves. In the movie, a Russian mobster kills Wick's puppy, the last gift from his dead wife, leading Wick on a bloody trail of revenge. Keanu's extensive use of parody mirrors the approach of ____________ to the popular postmodern tactic.

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The use of parody in Keanu mirrors the approach of the Scream franchise to the popular postmodern tactic. Both Keanu and Scream satirize and subvert the traditional conventions of their respective genres through self-referential humor and the use of metafictional elements. The other choices, such as The Lego Movie, The Projects series, and Star Trek slash fiction, may contain elements of parody, but do not mirror the specific approach used in Keanu.

In Keanu (2016), Rell (Jordan Peele), Recently Dumped by His