I enjoyed the iron gag, taking it more of an homage to the coat hanger in Raiders of the Lost Arc than anything else.
Upon reflection later, it is unlike any other sort of scene or moment in any other Star Wars film. I’m not aware of that level of filmmaking-as-the-joke before in that way, probably what makes it feel more like a spoof thing.
But TLJ is all about deconstructing SW anyway, for better or worse. Seems jarring to me personally after TFA, which was a passionate and reverent homage (again, for better or worse).