We were doing this satire thing with stereotypes, and it went too far. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He read and reread the works of Stephen Potter—the English writer who coined the terms one-upmanship and gamesmanship—not as social satire but as a manual of practical stratagems. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, it’s only a legend; the recursive title was dreamed up by the linguist Robin Lakoff for a satire of a linguistics journal. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Mordred wore his ridiculous shoes contemptuously: they were a satire on himself. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

All those Columbia experts can spiel all they want about the delicious satire; they’re crazy. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

What Monteverdi’s Venetian audience understood was that this was a satire. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The chat rooms made her blog feel inconsequential, a comedy of manners, a mild satire about a world that was anything but mild. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

One remedy proposed by the governor seemed like it could have been satire from The Onion, but it was reported by the Associated Press. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

In Wharton and Howells, on the other hand, there is frequently an edge of satire, and sometimes a hint of seismic rumble. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

In Lucian’s little satire, Apollo asks Hermes: “I say, why do we never see Castor and Pollux at the same time?” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I almost begged R. Howard Ridgefield to give up his satire for a while. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

There was even a brand of harsh satire in my parents’ quest itself, because it typified the American belief that everything can be solved by doctors. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Some brilliant satire on the decadent Old South being cast before the unaware swine in the Night of Joy audience. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 1704 Jonathan Swift, later the author of Gulliver’s Travels, published a little satire entitled The Battle of the Books. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The Threepenny Opera wasn’t intended just as escapist fun in hard times, but also as a piece of biting Marxist satire critiquing the corruption of capitalism. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

He promised that we would soon have a satire acted upon the rebels, writ by the notorious wit Major-General Burgoyne, with curtain-tunes and airs by this same excellent sapper to please the crowd. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Political satire can be various things, but I’ve never felt you can change, say, how people will vote. From Selina to Stalin: The man behind ‘Veep’ talks satire and cynicism 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z

Perhaps Mr. Martin is attempting Wildean social satire in “Meteor Shower”: Beneath its hard shell it is fundamentally about the vulnerability of marriage. Review: Look Up! It’s Amy Schumer in ‘Meteor Shower’ 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z

The movie, which opens on Friday, is the director Matthew Vaughn’s violent and foul-mouthed satire about aspiring crime fighters who use traditional weapons to compensate for their lack of superhuman powers. Film: Chlo? Grace Moretz, Hit Girl in ?Kick-Ass? 2010-04-10T04:13:00Z

The potential power of satire is not limited to simply getting under Trump’s skin. Hitting Trump where it hurts: The satire troops take up comedy arms against Donald Trump 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z

In this blistering satire of television and corporate greed, set in the ’70s, onstage camera operators beam images of the performers to banks of screens. In ‘Network,’ a Stage Manager Comes Out of the Shadows 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z

The scenes served as a prologue to a satire in which Harris enmeshed the couples as rueful, role-playing participants in a mock clinical experiment he called “Antebellum Sexual Performance Therapy.” Perspective | How a new generation of black playwrights is taking on race and privilege in the age of Trump 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z

“Sex is such a tense subject so I think that humour and parody and satire and being able to make fun of yourself are really disarming when opening up that conversation.” Karley Sciortino: the sex blogger and Slutever presenter redefining sexuality 2018-04-29T04:00:00Z

His plea for life is a satire of Auto-Tuned bling-crazed hip-hop, which is followed by an equally funny parody of a traditional Ukrainian wedding. Review: ‘Ride the Cyclone,’ About Teenagers, and Angst, in Purgatory 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z

The novel works well as a piece of office satire but loses its way in the last third as it refocuses on the undoing of Supercollider. The Freelance Life, but With Superheroes 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z

For as long as the gap widens between the haves and the have-nots, the alt-cabaret scene, typified by Mad Jenny, is fertile territory for satire. Review: In ‘Love Und Greed,’ Mad Jenny Doffs Her Hat to the Have-Nots 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z

The 1779 satire features a vapid critic named Dangle and his pal Sneer watching a rehearsal of a new extravaganza from critic-playwright Mr. Puff. The wrath of Michael Kahn in comedies about critics 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z

For the satire to be more scathing, it ought to have some relation to observable reality. Review: In ‘The Bachelors,’ Three Men Are Mired in Frat-Boy Misogyny 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z

"The only thing I was sure of when I was writing this satire on literary prizes was that it wouldn't win any prizes, said the author. "I was wrong. Booker satire wins comedy book prize 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z

It was also unclear, given censorship restrictions in China, whether the new show would be allowed to include the kind of biting political and social satire for which the original show is known. China to Get Its Own 'Saturday Night Live' 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z

He quickly sounded his own alarm to fellow writers and producers at that Comedy Central news satire. Get Me Rewrite! Now It’s Late-Night Hosts Keeping Up With News 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z

Importantly, although they may not look like the pinnacle of cultural sophistication, these jokes are transformed into postmodern satire and parodies, as people develop derivatives. What effect has the internet had on comedy? 2011-04-02T23:07:08Z

Daft Punk have been fans since their teenage exposure to the 1974 cult movie “Phantom of the Paradise,” a rock satire directed by Brian De Palma that featured Mr. Williams as a malevolent Svengali. Daft Punk Gets Human With a New Album 2013-05-15T12:00:18Z

Yet as adapted and directed by the international auteur Ivo van Hove, what was originally a crackling, high-gloss satire now feels like a horror movie without a pulse. Review: ‘All About Eve’ Gets the Vampire Treatment from Ivo van Hove 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z

Continuing this rhythm, this year's glorious fourth series of The Thick of It consistently found the show not firing barbs afterwards – as satire generally does – but being ahead of or alongside the game. The Thick of It: the TV programme of 2012 2012-12-21T22:55:06Z

If you drew a Venn diagram for your reading habits — with a circle each for speculative fiction, well-plotted mysteries and satire — the categories would overlap in modest, but vivid, segments. Dear Match Book: I’m Seeking Satirical, Semifantastical and Stand-Out Literary Fiction 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z

If Elysium does not presume to offer the sharpest social satire amid the thrills and spills, it is at least good to see the seeds of genuine science-fiction continuing to permeate Hollywood's futuristic efforts. Field of dreams 2013-04-10T15:33:00Z

It was intended by Greig as a satire on western liberal misconceptions, so he was horrified when he found himself being lambasted by audiences in Syria, furious that he had dared to misrepresent their society. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: David Greig on making a musical to rival Matilda 2013-06-18T07:00:00Z

By the time she rips into the local school’s efforts “to pack as much blackness as possible into each ‘token black’, ” her satire has blood on its fangs, but she’s still smiling. ‘Mislaid’: Nell Zink’s subversive novel takes on racism and sexuality 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z

Hembrey calls it “satire with reverence,” insisting he is not savaging the art world so much as having fun with the notion of who and what deserve inclusion. One Hundred Artists Rolled Into One Man 2011-12-16T16:41:49Z

Colbert, meanwhile, played his hyperbolic satire mostly for laughs. Stephen Colbert Cheats Death One Last Time 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z

The Swedish director Ruben Ostlund followed up his pointed social satire “Force Majeure” with this arch, uproarious and bitter attack on the pretensions of the art world. The Best Movies and Shows on Hulu Right Now 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z

The claims were spread through an article on a website that describes its stories as “parodies, satire, fiction, fake, not real.” NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z

Mr. Solondz exposes its smallness to the harsh glare of satire. Review: ‘Wiener-Dog,’ the Tail That Wags Through a Few Bitter Lives 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z

We all love a good conspiracy theory – right up to the moment when someone kills in its name – and this is the reason why satire is sometimes potentially dangerous. When a writer's words have unintended consequences 2011-08-06T15:00:01Z

Like Hawthorn, the exclusive upscale restaurant where most of the action takes place, this brutal satire of class division — viewed through the lens of high-end gorging — is ruthlessly focused and gleamingly efficient. ‘The Menu’ Review: Eat, Pray, Run! 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z

Wood's announcement comes less than weeks before the Comedy Central topical satire is scheduled to return to the air. Roy Wood Jr. is leaving "The Daily Show" after eight years, and we sadly understand why 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z

The scene is, among other things, Fey’s satire of the Hollywood cliche of genius squiggling on glass. Genius by numbers: why Hollywood maths movies don't add up 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z

Goldberg and Rogen, who co-directed the film, said that "The Interview" is clearly intended as a broad satire — one that lampoons American celebrity culture as much as it does North Korea. Before Sony hacking, 'Interview' co-directors knew of N. Korea risk 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z

What tempers the satire is the meticulous attention Smiley pays to the “random act of human breeding.” ‘Golden Age’ review: Jane Smiley brings America into the age of terror 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z

But satire requires a bit more specificity, and as a portrait of anxious, status-conscious Brooklyn parents living in a chiaroscuro of self-righteousness and guilt, “Carnage” misses its mark badly. | 'Carnage': Roman Polanski?s ?Carnage,? With Jodie Foster - Review 2011-12-15T15:59:53Z

Getting people to trip over their tongues has long been a staple of satire. Jena Friedman: the outrageous talkshow host women have been waiting for 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z

What do you see as the difference between satire and parody? Five great published diaries 2012-07-16T11:00:00Z

“Chronicles” is many things at once: a caustic political satire, a murder mystery, a conspiracy story and a deeply felt lament for the spirit of a nation. The Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka’s First Novel Since 1973 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z

James Strahs's satire, set aboard an aircraft carrier between the end of the Vietnam War and the fall of the Berlin Wall, was first presented in New York in 1984. Spring and Summer Theater Listings 2010-02-21T00:33:00Z

Another awards contender that continues to impress is Neon’s “Parasite,” a dark social satire from director Bong Joon ho. 'Joker' Reclaims No. 1 Spot on Box Office Charts 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z

To my mind, Binet doesn’t really do enough with these familiar metafictional tropes, and he’s much better at satire and suspense. Who killed Roland Barthes? Maybe Umberto Eco has a clue. 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z

But Cooper is just one small example of the massive amount of political satire on the platform. Is political comedy dead now? 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z

Rude Britannia takes a broadly narrative and historical approach to graphic satire, while allowing for sub-sections to treat of the political, the bawdy and the absurd. Rude Britannia: British Comic Art, at Tate Britain 2010-06-04T23:06:00Z

The satire was popular on college campuses, the last redoubt of the “purists.” Would Donald Trump make art great again? 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z

And that's all for the good, since such jokes are just mockery and not satire. Is political comedy dead now? 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z

A: Fake news, in the original sense, is something that looks like it might be satire but isn’t. From Selina to Stalin: The man behind ‘Veep’ talks satire and cynicism 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z

The British actress plays Princess Mary of Lilliput in Gulliver's Travels, a modern take on Jonathan Swift's classic 18th Century satire. Acting with a tennis ball 2010-12-24T08:50:01Z

They met at Pels Pie Company in Brooklyn to talk satire, solipsism, and the charitable-industrial complex. Writing middle-aged men in crisis: Novelists Lindsay Stern and Andrew Ridker in conversation 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z

But it is redeemed by the emerging friendship that it poignantly depicts, thanks to a winning actor and a playwright who ultimately chooses sincerity over easy satire. 'Buyer & Cellar' is a pleasant, fond sendup of Streisand 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z

That's the black icing on a cake that's already rich with satire, twisted romance and gruesome violence, as our caravanning couple carve a murderous swathe through our nation's more mundane tourist attractions. This week's new films 2012-12-01T00:05:52Z

This is why the show should be understood as a dark satire, and not as the soap opera it's often treated as . "Succession," Trump, and the end of the American myth of meritocracy 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z

Sure, it's tinged with melancholy and longing, but the prevailing satire and absurdity provide consistent laughs, and the chemistry between Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine is just irresistible. 5 funniest workplace movies 2011-07-08T22:27:03Z

The attacks also signal another trend: The rise of fundamentalism and the rise of satire are intricately linked. They’ll come for “The Daily Show” next: Why satirists always threaten fundamentalists 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z

It also faced accusations that its use of satire and Aristophanes’ plot of a sex strike makes light of the gang violence plaguing Chicago’s African-American neighborhoods. In Spike Lee's 'Chi-Raq,' It's Women vs. Men, With a Vengeance 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z

Yet Loznitsa’s is a deeply cynical outlook, one that is most apparent in his narrative features, like “Donbass,” a grim satire about corruption and propaganda in the separatist regions of Donetsk and Luhansk. What Does It Mean to Live in Ukraine? Filmmakers Offer Their Answers. 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z

Plus, as an added bonus, “Tickling Giants” also traces one of the most important cases where satire directly led to political change and did, in fact, help end tyranny — at least for a little while. Lessons from “the Egyptian Jon Stewart”: “The satirist’s role ends at the screen” 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z

The art of Borowitz’s satire, however, is that by taking a ridiculous situation and exaggerating it, he can draw critical attention to a ridiculous reality in ways the straight news can’t. Why we need serious Trump jokes: From "SNL" to Colbert, comedians make sense out of impeachment 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z

There is little doubt that the show plays a central and significant role in the history of U.S. satire, but it has historically had an uneven status as a source of U.S. political comedy. Is political comedy dead now? 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z

If you saw the scorched earth satire “Bad Jews,” you wonder exactly what trap Harmon is setting. Review | The comic ‘Admissions’ tests white privilege and getting into college 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z

Stuttering, outraged and humbled – it was a Stewart viewers saw time and again, and after the Charlie Hebdo shootings where again he spoke about the importance of satire. The best Jon Stewart Daily Show moments: readers' choices 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z

"I thought it was a fairly explicit satire about the character of Scotland, the sense of grievance and the macho culture," says Neilson. Alistair Beaton and Anthony Neilson: double trouble 2010-07-27T20:31:00Z

Many have tried to adapt Voltaire's picaresque satire for the stage, most famously Lillian Hellman and a host of co-writers in the Leonard Bernstein musical. 2013 theatre preview: Helen Mirren gets another crack at the Queen and Peter Pan meets Alice in Wonderland 2012-12-30T19:30:01Z

By contrast, Rothschild’s first novel, “The Improbability of Love,” is an exuberant, uneven satire of consumption and corruption in the London art world. ‘The Improbability of Love’ paints a romantic comedy about the art world 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z

Where “Silicon Valley” is a gleeful satire about business people feigning idealism — all that hoo-hah about changing the world — “Halt” is an empathetic drama about idealists trying to fake their way into business. Review: ‘Halt and Catch Fire’ Time-Travels to Silicon Valley’s Dawn 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z

This bit of social satire imagines possible causes: watching too much television is one; others include too many oily cosmetics and an obsession with the napalm that killed a son in Vietnam. Books of The Times: David Means Colors His Stories Dark in ?The Spot? 2010-06-29T22:00:00Z

"When you do satire, that's a big problem," Cohen said when asked whether he was worried the film "would be reinforcing racial stereotypes. "Because it's sometimes hard to distinguish between satire and what you're satirizing. 'Get Hard,' 'Home' to race for first at box office 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z

‘Parks and Recreation’ Plans a Trip to Washington WASHINGTON- The NBC comedy "Parks and Recreation" will take its small-town political satire to the nation's capital this fall. ArtsBeat: 'Parks and Recreation' Plans a Trip to Washington 2012-07-19T21:21:37Z

On Wednesday, Aug. 2, IFC will bring the first 13 episodes of the group’s gently jabbing social satire to American audiences — or at least to those viewers who can’t navigate YouTube. The Baronesses Are Coming! And Filling a Comedy Gender Gap 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z

The Washington Post summed up “The Fix” as “political satire with a jagged edge,” while warning that its “shock and awe” style might only suit those with a high tolerance for corrosive behavior. ‘The Fix,’ a Ribald Musical About Political Showmanship 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z

It sounded like political satire from pre The Thick of It: everyone was dense and self-deluding but no one was mean or swore, so there was more of a panto atmosphere. What Went Wrong With the Olympics? ? review 2010-10-28T07:00:00Z

A stand-up comic who drew from the examples of Mark Twain and Will Rogers, Gregory delivered political satire with a folksy touch. Joe Morton, 'Turn Me Loose' and the sly comic activism of Dick Gregory 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z

SAT Dinner, 7:30 p.m.; dancing, costume contest, no-host bar, political satire, 9:30 p.m. Community calendar 2011-10-26T23:24:10Z

Editor Paul Perry suggested Thompson explore this social satire of so-called "fitness freaks" further in a book called "The Rise of the Body Nazis." 9 books Hunter S. Thompson never published 2021-11-06T04:00:00Z

George Carlin, the legendary comic whose biting satire influenced generations of comedians, may be getting his own street. Could George Carlin get his own street? 2011-09-08T18:09:00Z

Rather than odd in a distinctive way, the show is yet another D.C. satire, but with little to say. Review: BrainDead is a Pointless D.C. Satire 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z

The play, with its vertiginous swan dive into America's lethal entanglements in the Middle East, is anything but simple satire. At New City Theater: 'Tiny Kushner' provides 5 short plays, epic effect 2012-09-27T20:25:08Z

The book proceeds to veer into domestic comedy, a satire of academic life, and finally to “The Airborne Toxic Event,” for which it is famous. Don DeLillo and Move-In Day 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z

In some places — as in her use of Thicke-style balloon letters — her intentions translate directly to the finished product; in others the satire seems, to many, to not be far enough from the target. Why People Are Angry About Lily Allen’s New Video 2013-11-14T20:09:35Z

Much has been written since about his combative style, but it was McCarthy who pinned it wriggling on the wall as only satire can. ‘Vanguard of opposition’: SNL adds Spicer to satire’s resurgence under Trump 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z

“Among a bunch of comics – dirty comics, violent comics – there’s a great piece of political and literary satire.” National Lampoon: the magazine that became a comedy empire 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z

Critics worldwide praised him for his bell-clear diction; dry, sophisticated humor; and nuanced portrayals of characters originally written as outsize satires. John Reed, Master of Gilbert and Sullivan?s Patter Songs, Dies at 94 2010-02-28T04:19:00Z

But who, or what, is an appropriate target for satire during a pandemic? It’s OK to Find Humor in Some of This 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z

Reza, who penned the similar successful comedy “Art,” is better than any other currently practicing farceur at writing about everything and nothing, and finding the sweet spot between credible satire and outrageous farce. Uneasy laughs in 'God of Carnage' 2011-03-15T03:12:35Z

In Robert O’Hara’s futuristic satire about an unplanned pregnancy and its world-changing consequences, women have disappeared from the planet and men have learned to reproduce. What’s New in NYC Theater 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z

Britain’s National Theatre said its next production will be “an anarchic satire about the press, the police and the political establishment” titled “Great Britain.” Phone hacking satire headed to London stage 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z

It’ll cram each verse with so many mommas and daddies and shotguns and Chevys that it insulates itself from satire. A Muslim American’s Homecoming: Cowboys, Country Music, Chapatis 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z

Others, recognizing immediately the atrocious irony, still question whether the painting was a satire. Broken, Defaced, Unseen: The Hidden Black Female Figures of Western Art 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z

Along with the courts, civil society and media, satire is arguably a vital sign of democratic life and a check on authoritarianism. ‘Vanguard of opposition’: SNL adds Spicer to satire’s resurgence under Trump 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z

"MAD, to me, was really the first print publication to satire popular culture and American political culture," said Lowe, 44. Magazine's 1st MAD men get a rare reunion 2011-11-12T15:31:12Z

So, the filmmaker shoehorned his preachy sociopolitical messages into a toothless satire featuring an amoral character. "Greed," a satire about the filthy rich, is as subtle as Steve Coogan's blindingly white teeth 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z

At the same time, Sharif’s old-style political satire resurfaced in a series of monstrously ugly paintings — they look the way our current American politics sounds — titled “Press Conference.” The Materials Man of the Emirates 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z

Fair enough; the show, created by Chuck Lorre, is generally breezy, and the satire is lighthearted. Is Theater Ridiculous? Movies, TV and Books Seem to Think So 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z

As to the question of whether Middleton is likely to damage Middleton's business or goodwill, a recent study on online parody and satire suggests that the opposite is true. Does the @pippatips legal spat show we're losing our appetite for satire? 2013-07-19T10:22:02Z

It’s too bro-tastic for a satire but too incisive for a mindless frat pack foray. Hear me out: why The Dilemma isn't a bad movie 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z

It is deaf to irony, metaphor, satire, allegory, provocation, ambiguity, contrariness. Salman Rushdie not first novelist to suffer assassination attempt by someone who hadn’t read book 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z

But as we saw last week, a debate is often won or lost — whatever that means — in the days afterward: in the punditry, in late-night satire, in the candidates’ reactions. Vice Presidential Debate: How Do You Fact-Check a Headshake? 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z

In the trompe l’oeil of Rachman’s satire, the pretensions of the art world seem to reach off the page. Review | The art of rebellion: The son of a famous painter tries to reframe his life 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z

In this part of the novel, which is brief yet significant, there is no trace of satire. Michel Houellebecq’s ‘Submission’ 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z

Future pop historians will one day argue about how much of Del Rey’s persona is satire, but this time around, the fables she’s selling are more noxious and dark, delivered with less of a wink. ‘Ultraviolence’ is the set of songs Lana Del Rey was invented to sing

The bite is often meant as a kind of moral satire, but, in the aggregate, it amounts to a depressing statement about the entire gender. Review | How HBO’s ‘Big Little Lies’ transcends the usual rich-mommies drama 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z

Showtime has optioned Mat Johnson's "Loving Day," a satire about race in contemporary America. Mat Johnson's satire of race in America, 'Loving Day,' is picked up by Showtime 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z

He watched the satire grow more serious after 9/11, as the world’s insanity “kind of caught up with what used to be insane satirical premises.” Finding humor in Ukraine war? It’s (always) the Onion’s way 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z

Southern and Hoffenberg wrote the novel in tandem, mailing chapters back and forth, as a satire of Voltaire’s “Candide” and a parody of smutty novels. A Parody of Smut — and of Voltaire — Turns 60 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z

The sections where Chick visits dealers and discusses the finer points of his acquisitions are as dead-on a satire of the antiquarian book world as you are going to find. Michel Gondry's 'Mood Indigo' is wildly inventive 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z

It's not satire exactly, nor sketch comedy, though it has elements of both. Remembering Michael Friedman: Interview from the earliest days of 'Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson' 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z

If “1st Night” had a glint of social satire, it might have amounted to something more than a frivolous fatuity. Movie Review: ‘1st Night,’ Directed by Christopher Menaul 2013-05-02T22:20:16Z

What you get in Danny Boyle's production and Nick Dear's adaptation of Mary Shelley's mythic fable, with Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller alternating as Victor Frankenstein and the Creature, is neither shlock nor satire. Frankenstein - review 2011-02-24T00:46:25Z

It also thrust the art of cartooning — and satire more generally — into the headlines and cross hairs. Satire, art and culture 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z

A mini midcentury movie musical, it’s not quite satire; it’s a celebration, having fun with romantic sentimentality without mocking it. Jan Hooks (1957-2014): An Appreciation 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z

Delivered in the language of 12 Steps and pop psychology, this first part is satire, but gently so. | 'The Momentum': Life Is an Existential Cabaret, My Friend 2011-02-09T01:42:27Z

“Arrested Development” began in 2003 as TV’s best satire of an earlier presidency — it was, in part, a sly commentary on the Iraq War. The Trump Administration Shakes ‘House of Cards’ Hard 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z

The Interview isn't a scathing satire in the vein of Network. What is The Interview really like? 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z

It felt more like a satire of a stock Third World country. Opera as lively art — or not-so-lively 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z

But this is no Reverend Billy-like satire featuring winks at the hipster crowd or political cheap shots. | 'Get Mad at Sin!': Andrew Dinwiddie as Jimmy Swaggart at the Chocolate Factory 2010-06-01T21:01:00Z

In his satire of show-business arrogance he brings to mind Steve Martin in a minor key. Critic?s Notebook: Todd Barry at Caroline?s Comedy Club 2012-03-21T20:54:48Z

You could make satire out of her, but once you knew her you didn’t want to. Helen Gurley Brown, as Others Saw Her 2012-08-15T23:24:49Z

In trying to describe a book like this, it’s easy to imagine settling on “satire that guts American racism” or something along those lines. In This Ingenious Satire, a Father Goes to Extremes to Protect His Son From Racism 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z

Political satire, she points out, is an art that traditionally lies outside the political spectrum. How John Oliver started a revolution in US TV's political satire 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z

There is easy symbolism to be had in that contrast, but Adams is thankfully less interested in allegory than in cutting satire. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z

Recognizable figures from the long history of Hollywood satires show up in “Icebergs,” but Smith endows them with souls. The Silver Lake young(ish) professional, adrift in 'Icebergs' at the Geffen Playhouse 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z

But the hardest thing for me, for anybody who writes satire or any kind of contemporary fiction, is to invent a scenario that doesn't eventually come true. 'My humour has always come from anger' 2011-03-06T00:02:01Z

To me it was the beginning of him dropping this veneer of sarcasm and satire. Daniel Clowes?s Retrospective at the Oakland Museum 2012-03-30T13:43:38Z

I have written elsewhere about the moral vagaries of Stewart’s particular approach to satire. We all got addicted to Jon Stewart: How the “Daily Show’s” brilliance made us codependent with the crazies 2015-08-01T04:00:00Z

The Comedy Central news satire, which returns on Sept. 28 for its first episodes since the departure of Jon Stewart, is adding three correspondents to its team, the network said Wednesday. 'The Daily Show' Announces Three New Correspondents 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z

The writers seemed to believe that merely acknowledging that something exists is tantamount to making a meaningful observation about it, a problem with much of modern American satire. "The Hunt" is pro-Trump propaganda 2020-03-15T04:00:00Z

The show, both a parody and a satire, starred Don Adams as the spectacularly inept secret agent Maxwell Smart, a.k.a. Buck Henry, Who Helped Create ‘Get Smart’ and Adapt ‘The Graduate,’ Dies at 89 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z

Catherine Trieschmann’s “Most Deserving,” a satire about a small Kansas arts council, begins in March. ArtsBeat: Keen Company and Women’s Project Announce New Seasons 2013-07-31T21:07:22Z

That’s because satire depends on using irony and comedy to encourage critical thinking. Trevor Noah and Stephen Colbert step up: Donald Trump made “The Daily Show” and out-of-character Colbert relevant again 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z

At the heart of this 1885 operetta by the librettist William Gilbert and the composer Arthur Sullivan is a satire skewering British bureaucratic zeal. Is ‘The Mikado’ Too Politically Incorrect to Be Fixed? Maybe Not. 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z

“PUT a bird on it!” was a catchphrase on “Portlandia,” the IFC satire about the pervasive culture of all things twee. Bo?te: The Wren, a Gastropub in the East Village 2012-02-08T21:25:43Z

Actor Lance Percival, who found fame in classic satire show That Was The Week That Was, has died at the age of 81. Comedy and satire star Percival dies 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z

Its decision to award a prize to Charlie Hebdo, the French satire magazine that was attacked by gunmen, was publicly questioned by some authors who are members of the organization. PEN announces award-winners and shortlists 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z

And the Syrians are uncomfortably used as the basis for satire. "Greed," a satire about the filthy rich, is as subtle as Steve Coogan's blindingly white teeth 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z

Indeed, an important part of the role of satire is to stomp at the margins of what is acceptable. Ridiculing of leaders through satire has a long history 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z

It's a satire on the media and the "war on terror", in the tradition of Evelyn Waugh's Scoop. Tere Bin Laden: satire with a sting 2010-07-22T15:25:00Z

Both shows function almost as reactionary works of criticism, “Merchant” critiquing Shakespeare’s text and “Black No More” critiquing the bleak satire of the novel. The Past Pushes Back in 2 Shows With Contemporary Blackness in Mind 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z

Even better, it is common to worry that consuming satire makes one cynical and apathetic. 25 years of "The Daily Show": Here’s 5 ways it permanently changed U.S. satire 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z

It’s a rapid, profuse, overwhelmingly inventive comedy of sorts that uses caustic satire to blast the veneer of normalcy off of societal horrors that typically go unchallenged—when they are even acknowledged. “Sorry to Bother You,” Reviewed: A Wild Workplace Comedy Energized by Righteous Anger 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z

Moore, who splits his time between San Francisco and Hawaii, is no stranger to wildly inspired satire. ‘The Serpent of Venice’: a Shakespeare-Poe mash-up 2014-04-24T20:52:07Z

Yet his latest project is a political satire. John Malkovich: 'I had a lot of violence growing up, but so what?' 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z

Don’t assume, though, that “Bloody Bloody” is a satire of a single contemporary political phenomenon. 'Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson': Public Theater Stages a Populist Musical 2010-04-07T04:12:00Z

Two sisters try to marry off their divorced mother in this jaunty ­British social satire. 100 Notable Books of 2015 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z

Critics have continued to debate the meaning of “La Dolce Vita” — satire or tragedy? diagnosis or symptom? masterpiece or folly? — and Fellini himself was always coy about his intentions. 8 Cannes Film Festival Prizewinners We Love (and 3 We Don’t) 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z

He read and read, from the Bible to Victorian fiction, and wrote what became his first published novel, the radio satire “Aurora Dawn.” Herman Wouk, a consummate writer until the end, dies at 103 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z

But the spirit of the film is more wry than punitive, and it is in the end less a satire or a cautionary tale than a bedtime story for young adults. Movie Review: ‘Frances Ha,’ With Greta Gerwig 2013-05-16T21:27:33Z

With satire, in particular — the most sophisticated form of humor — if you’re going to do that about identity and race, then, oh my god, that’s tricky. “You get a cookie for being offended”: Mat Johnson on the fine art of racial satire 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z

This book sparks with such electric satire that you should read it wearing insulated gloves. ‘The Power’ is our era’s ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z

There also seems to be something about Trump that immunizes him from even the most visceral satire. The New Politics of Late Night 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z

But political satire has seldom appeared in movie theaters during contentious election seasons, when politicians are crowding television screens. ‘The Campaign,’ a Bipartisan Film Comedy 2012-05-30T22:33:06Z

Advocates of the film include Paul Thomas Anderson, Louis CK and Boots Riley, who took the voice-dubbing concept to an even more surreal level in his 2017 satire Sorry to Bother You. How Hollywood feted the black power movement – and fell foul of the FBI 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z

These “Scary Movie” / “Disaster Movie” / “Epic Movie” satires always manage to be the briefest encounters in theaters. ‘Scary Movie 5’: Plenty of pop-culture references, nary a laugh 2013-04-12T17:33:46Z

Yet its queasy, stinging satire of the ultrawealthy exerted an outsize influence on its audience. ‘Succession’ Is Over. Why Did We Care? 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z

You wonder if it's entirely coincidental that a satire on Scotland's colonial ambitions, Alistair Beaton's Caledonia, received a frosty reception at last year's Edinburgh festival. Edinburgh festival 2011: where National Theatres meet 2011-08-02T20:30:02Z

And yet while political satire and alternative comedy have a rich and radical history, there seems to be an emerging critique of combining "fun" with "feminism". Feminists can't be funny and angry? Are you having a laugh? 2013-02-28T14:50:01Z

By that time, “Wives” has devolved from enjoyable, slapdash satire into a consciousness-raising pep rally. Review: In ‘Wives,’ the Other Halves Have Their Say 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z

Why on earth do people call it a satire? Mad Men: the future of American film is on television 2010-09-08T08:01:00Z

“I read it and was really taken with the wit and unbridled satire,” he said. The Evolution of Black Music, and a Man’s Soul, in One Show 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z

Someone once asked me if it was true that I did not know "Starship Troopers" was satire. Casper Van Dien's career reflections, from "Starship Troopers" to his recent "creepy white dude" era 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z

The issue of the politically material effects of satire assumes that the goal of the satirist is to bring down a tyrant or install a new regime. Lessons from “the Egyptian Jon Stewart”: “The satirist’s role ends at the screen” 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z

The purpose of writing and performing satires like "The Last Cyclist" was to keep up the spirits of dehumanized, starving camp residents. Review: 'The Last Cyclist' is an affecting fable 2013-05-31T00:19:17Z

Part of its original humor was always to do with its apparent satire of the more earnest modern-dance scene of 53 years ago. Dance Review: A Golden Age Continues Without Its Midas 2011-03-23T22:27:34Z

This show, with a plot about a group of women jailed for killing their husbands or lovers, is beloved for its jazz score, its Bob Fosse-inspired choreography, and its dark satire of the justice system. After ‘Phantom,’ Which Shows Will Be the Longest-Running on Broadway? 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z

Even its genre — comedy, satire, arboreal drama? — is lost to time. Review: In ‘Ye Bear & Ye Cubb,’ Colonial America Takes the Stage 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z

Last year, American Paul Beatty became the first American to win the award, for his novel “The Sellout,” a biting satire on race relations in the United States. George Saunders' 'Lincoln in the Bardo' wins 2017 Man Booker prize 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z

"He's offering an explicit call to action that's unique," says Dannagal Young, who teaches satire and the psychology of political humour at Delaware University. How John Oliver started a revolution in US TV's political satire 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z

Critics said that the political satire of Mort Sahl and Tom Lehrer had more cutting edge, but Mr. Russell thrived on subtler material that went over with students, politicians and public television audiences. Mark Russell, Piano-Playing Political Satirist, Dies at 90 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z

Part geopolitical satire, the book hopscotches among a dozen or so countries and includes more than 40 narrators, offering their testimony to an unnamed U.N. employee. World War Z: Brad Pitt vs. the Zombies 2013-06-18T17:42:00Z

Because of this, animation is typically associated with satire and parody; it’s the realm of “South Park” and “The Simpsons,” not a medium given to solemn re-creations of mass murder. Right on target: “Tower” tells the painful story America’s first mass shooting beautifully 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z

When the subject reveals weakness and vanity, then the way forward is clear for Baron Cohen to agitate and produce savage satire. Sacha Baron Cohen’s “Who Is America?” Reviewed 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z

Her portraits exude a sense of quiet stillness that amplifies the surreal nature of an event merging Vodou imagery and political satire. 2010's best books 2010-12-10T14:14:00Z

He wasn’t the first person to realize that his brand of one-man variety show — equal parts teen confessional, pop satire and really great hair — might appeal to legions of angsty, wry-minded teens. Shane Dawson, YouTube?s Comic for the Under-30 Set 2010-04-02T21:21:00Z

Ah yes, the war: Where would satire be without one? Review: In ‘Thunderbodies,’ War, Sheeple and Psychedelic Muumuus 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z

“It had the possibility to be an amazing theatrical satire, but with humanity in it, with real people, not like ‘wink-wink satire,’” Elliott said. The Evolution of Black Music, and a Man’s Soul, in One Show 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z

Reflection and introspection are not inherently part of satire. Is Satire Possible in the Age of Trump? 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z

It’s billed as a satire of police procedurals like “Law & Order,” but it’s really a double-edged satire of Mr. Quinn’s pretensions and desires. Review: ‘Cop Show,’ Colin Quinn’s Police Procedural Satire 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z

But irony and satire rarely travel well when adapted for the US. Has the satire and humour of Big Little Lies been lost in translation? 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z

Hoult brings a boyish, blue-eyed menace to the job, even if the role leans too heavily on satire and only belatedly deepens into something slightly more human. Review | ‘The Great’ has problems balancing its extravagant snark with its dramatic impulses 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z

One wonders where her formidable gift for social satire will take her next. The Rich in Fiction 2015-09-12T04:00:00Z

“I always used the zombie as a character for satire or a political criticism and I find that missing in what’s happening now,” the creator of Night of the Living Dead said. Zombie-Film Legend George Romero is Not a Fan of The Walking Dead 2013-11-04T23:28:07Z

Mr. Capaldi had gained international attention with his role in the 2009 film, “In The Loop,” a political satire in which he played another kind of doctor, a short-tempered spin doctor. Peter Capaldi to Leave ‘Doctor Who’ 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z

Bee’s show was scathing satire and it proved that, even if Trump succeeds in intimidating those in the press, the comedians are ready and willing to fight for the First Amendment. Samantha Bee's brutal Trump taunts: Why her Not the White House Correspondents' Dinner is necessary 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z

Get Out is a brilliant satire on race and the gruesome twist ending of post-Obama America which functions also as a scary movie, black comedy and an acting masterclass from its four leads. The Shape of Water's Oscars win is the triumph of a real artist and immersive cinema | Peter Bradshaw 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z

But this week's satire overload found my limit. Can it, armchair comedians, the joke's wearing thin 2013-02-12T17:34:12Z

A perfect family turns out to be a stealth-marketing ploy in a would-be satire that doesn't land any killer blows. Films out this week 2010-04-23T23:36:00Z

It is a difficult blade to wield, particularly when dealing with satire and political provocation. The first rule of satire in the U.S.: Do not offend 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z

It’s a fast satire about a talented woman and the dull, bigoted men who rule her workplace. Office sexual politics is ‘What We’re Up Against’ 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z

If satire, as the Broadway adage has it, is what closes on Saturday night, deconstruction is what never even makes it to Tuesday. Meet Ivo van Hove, the most provocatively illuminating theater director right now 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z

As a character, Trump falls outside the Russian playwright’s repertoire, but it’s fascinating to consider how Chekhov might have balanced sympathy for Trump the man with satire for Trump the political cartoon. Embattled and emboldened: Arts and culture in the age of Trump 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z

There is no risk of seriously hurt feelings or biting satire. Review: In ‘Book Club,’ Women, Wine and the Pursuit of More 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z

Maybe politics really is becoming so parodic that it is beyond satire and the only conclusion is: if you can't beat them, join them. John O'Farrell: the comedian turned politician with a shot at Eastleigh 2013-02-27T15:00:04Z

She was still flushed from her performance as a star on the skids in Terrence McNally’s name-dropping satire, “It’s Only a Play.” Stockard Channing and Friends Usher in a New Chelsea Bar 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z

He added: "It's an old-fashioned political satire... you can't sing a calypso with a Surrey accent." DJ Mike Read withdraws UKIP song 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z

Is it fair to say that your games are satires of American culture? Q. and A.: Rockstar’s Dan Houser on Grand Theft Auto V 2012-11-10T01:05:01Z

There’s some light satire about the interplay between actors’ lives and their TV characters, but certainly nothing that pushes the laugh track beyond “Entourage,” “Episodes” or “The Comeback.” From the author of ‘About a Boy,’ a comic novel set in the 1960s traces the rise of a sitcom star 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z

The social satire of “A Clockwork Orange” has become an accepted part of popular culture, which somewhat masks its status as one of Kubrick’s most heady and most risk-taking works. The 7 best movies new to Netflix in March 2019 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z

They almost seem like satires of Modernism, or maybe Modernism for beginners. Art Review: ‘Italian Futurism, 1909-1944,’ at the Guggenheim 2014-02-20T23:31:22Z

The story of earthquake scientist Charlie Richter and the Hollywood players who want to maximize his earthquake predictions — including his attractive neighbor, Grace — is part satire, part screwball comedy and part social novel. How David L. Ulin and Paul Kolsby co-wrote their satiric earthquake novel, 'Ear to the Ground' 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z

Christensen is a master at drawing us into the interior lives of her characters, toeing the line between satire and sympathy. Review | A famous ship gets a stormy send-off in ‘The Last Cruise’ 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z

“Parasite,” a dark social satire about the gap between rich and poor in modern Seoul, earlier this month became the first non-English-language film to take Hollywood’s top prize. Trump blasts best-picture Oscar for South Korean film 'Parasite' 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z

It is both a satire and, like the Irving version, an exotic fable in which magic plays a big part. ‘The Golden Cockerel’ Is a Ballet Bird With a Kick 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z

After reading this ruthless satire of their behavior, they probably can’t sue for slander, but they might want to beg for mercy. Review | Christina McDowell’s satire ‘The Cave Dwellers’ belongs among the essential books about Washington 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z

Those who enjoyed Tom Stoppard’s irreverent satire of such, in his Oscar-winning “Shakespeare in Love” screenplay, may appreciate the similarly tongue-in-cheek, if more scattered, approach of Lawler and Flint. Shakespeare meets Dickens in ‘Holiday of Errors’ 2013-12-12T05:21:04Z

More specifically, the object of satire here is book awards: most notably, the well-known Man Booker Prize, depicted in barely disguised terms as the Elysian Prize. Edward St. Aubyn’s ‘Lost for Words’ 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z

Much of the novel is a satire of TV stars and by extension the easily manipulated country that adores them. Salman Rushdie’s ‘Quichotte’ is a shambling ‘Don Quixote’ for our deceptive era - The Washington Post 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z

In his new book, “Hark,” Lipsyte, 51, takes on the attention industry with a satire centered on a reluctant messiah named Hark. Now Pay Attention, Dear Reader. No, Not to That Article, to This One. 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z

Also on the list is Super Sad True Love Story, a blackly humourous dystopian satire by Gary Shteyngart. Sam Leith and India Knight in running for Wodehouse book prize 2011-04-13T00:00:00Z

The movie doesn’t directly point fingers at political conservatives, but Mr. DeMonaco deploys the satire about God ’n’ Guns with such cumulative heavy handedness, that the target, so to speak, becomes obvious. Movie Review: ‘The Purge,’ Starring Ethan Hawke and Lena Headey 2013-06-07T01:20:03Z

But the power of political satire today goes well beyond the role impersonations can play in affecting voter ideas about particular candidates. 5 ways the 2020 election will be shaped by late night comedy 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z

The cruelty of the satire—its low opinion of humankind, its willingness to scratch sensitive topics raw—was too much. “Heathers,” Reviewed: The TV Remake of the Classic Teen Comedy Is a Feat of Hostile Farce 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z

It would also be too easy to label “Nicotine” as a satire of activist and Occupy culture. Nell Zink's 'Nicotine' can leave a reader breathless 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z

Heathers: The Musical is a brighter, more optimistic proposition than the movie, with more of a female self-empowerment theme and less in the way of transgressive satire. Michael Lehmann on the legacy of his cult teen film Heathers 2018-08-04T04:00:00Z

Is the movie a satire on Western society’s arguable overreliance on psychotropic drugs? ‘Little Joe’ Review: This Flower Can Dispense Joy, but It Has Demands 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z

I began on Sodermalm in southern Stockholm, where Strindberg set the opening scene of his breakthrough novel, “The Red Room,” a scathing satire of 1870s Swedish society that is considered the first modern Swedish novel. Stockholm as Strindberg’s Muse 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z

He starts the movie with giving the Webster’s definition of satire. Spike Lee says it’s time to stop taking violence lying down 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z

"Grown-up, funny, smart satire writing, something that knows what it's talking about, is currently absent on the Internet." The Onion gets a star-studded new competitor 2011-05-10T18:11:00Z

P-Funk was the best fit for me: the music was playful, expansive, both philosophically inclined and deeply profane, and ranged from psychedelic explorations of inner space to socioeconomic satires in outer space. Let’s Take It to the Page 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z

The goal of satire is to get the audience to think, to recognize the flaws in the status quo and to see that the sorts of narratives offered by those in power can be changed. Why Zelenskyy's background in comedy really matters 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z

When I spoke with Lurie recently, he predicted that, while we won’t be seeing “Veep”-like satires for a while, square-jawed idealism will have its place, if only as an antidote to our recent history. Perspective | Trump’s exit may be too late to save the presidential movie 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z

“A Voyage to Arcturus” opens as if it were going to be a social satire. Review | ‘A Voyage to Arcturus’ may have sold 596 copies in its first printing, but it deserves a wider audience 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z

As in the Melrose novels, lusty descriptions of drug use pepper insights on the lives of the rich, the satire spiced with characteristically zestful metaphor. This Is Your Brain on Edward St. Aubyn 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z

This dialogue also tackles white privilege, but from a place of greater realism rather than scattershot satire. ‘53% Of’ Review: Zinging Pro-Trump Women, and Everyone Else 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z

In its refusal to have any truck with sentimentalism, Bad Santa is a tremendously good film, and perhaps a brilliant satire of Christmassy family sentimentality and commercialism. The Santa supremacy: Peter Bradshaw's top Christmas movies 2010-12-15T21:30:07Z

It’s been a big few weeks for people not knowing satire when they see it. Anderson Cooper admits he was fooled by ClickHole: “How am I supposed to keep up with what the kids are doing?” 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z

Like the IFC series that leads into it, the talk-show satire “Comedy Bang Bang,” “The Birthday Boys” can sometimes seem as if it wanted to be smart more than funny. On Comedy: The Comedy of Murderfist and The Birthday Boys 2013-12-10T22:37:39Z

The pratfalls and generic physical jokes — one ballerina knocking down another, sometimes by accident — are fail-safe, yet the satire of Fokine’s ballet blanc is also exactly on target. Looking Fabulous at 40, and Still Happy to Step on a Few Toes 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z

The show works at every level, as satire, parable and romcom, and from the first appearance of Ross Green's wry narrator unfolds with luxurious, rapid-fire precision. Some Like It Hip Hop – review 2012-09-29T23:05:24Z

While the absurdity of substituting goats for every kind of tradable commodity is initially humorous, the satire takes an increasingly didactic turn. The Great Goat Bubble – review 2012-07-19T17:30:02Z

Also give him props for finding precisely the right way to meld memoir with satire, to do this with bracing originality and to keep heads spinning from this novel’s first page to its last. From Joshua Ferris: A Father’s Scattershot Legacy, Narrated Unreliably 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z

Chris Morris's satire Four Lions won the outstanding debut prize, though he was not there to collect his award. King's Speech reigns over Baftas 2011-02-14T16:28:10Z

The show was always bound to be uneven, partly because it envelops and displays so many different kinds of comedy, intermingling political satire with shameless slapstick and ribald or just plain dirty farce. Secrets of “Saturday Night Live” at 40: “There would never be anything like this again” 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z

Welsh augments her thriller plot with neat satire on academic life and pithy insights into the psychology of those writers who devote themselves to creating "paper facsimiles of lives hurtling towards death". John O'Connell's choice of thrillers | Book review 2010-04-02T23:06:00Z

It posits a future political scenario, but never slips off the rails into apocalyptic fantasy or cheap satire. Review: Crown Jewel: King Charles III in London 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z

“The Sellout,” Paul Beatty’s sweeping satire, slices through the story of race in America with linguistic bravado that is both barbed and jocular, overflowing with wordplay and long strings of cultural associations. Dear Match Book: I’m Seeking Satirical, Semifantastical and Stand-Out Literary Fiction 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z

And after centuries of satire, Britain officially remains a monarchy with its upper class firmly intact. 'Rude Britannia' looks at 300 years of comic art 2010-06-07T14:47:00Z

Beatty’s crackling satire involves modern-day segregation, slavery and a host of racial stereotypes upended. Paul Beatty, Margo Jefferson win National Book Critics Awards 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z

Forget cerebral satire and experimental weirdness – what we really need at Christmas is a bunch of lads arsing around and talking absolute filth to each other. This week's new live comedy 2012-12-22T00:05:10Z

Falwell that satire and parody are protected speech under the First Amendment of the US Constitution. 4.3 trillion readers can’t be wrong — why The Onion’s defense of satire should be heard by SCOTUS 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z

Much of the show’s loopy appeal is reminiscent of the approach taken by the legendary “Kids In the Hall,” but the “Baroness” team unapologetically ventures into political and social satire too. Salon Exclusive: Watch a clip from IFC's latest episode of "Baroness Von Sketch Show" 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z

Hairspray at the King's in Glasgow is followed by Rapture's revival of the political satire, The Sash. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2013-05-17T14:35:33Z

Then, just as quickly, the pair go back to their satire of matters global and artistic. In Broadway's post-'Hamilton' era, some shows aim big by going small 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z

“I couldn’t believe I had never heard about it. It’s one of these pieces of reality that almost plays like social satire. So, I was immediately obsessed with this story.” BlacKkKlansman trailer: first look at Spike Lee's fact-based race drama 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z

Rightfully held up as an example of what good topical satire can achieve, Channel 4's recent decision to drop The Daily Show to one episode a week caused untold heartache among its fans. 10 O'Clock Live: did the Channel 4 hype backfire? 2011-01-21T10:43:58Z

Don’t Tell Me!” has always seemed like the news satire show that wished this were still 1952. Television Review: ?Wait Wait Don?t Tell Me!? on BBC America - Review 2011-12-22T23:07:54Z

The latter novel, an arresting portrait of Indonesia’s struggle for nationhood, delights in obscenity: no topic is spared from its bloodthirsty brand of satire. A Writer’s Haunting Trip Through the Horrors of Indonesian History 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z

Perhaps it’s unsurprising that the third season of the critically acclaimed reality show satire Unreal is coming to the screen almost two years after the end of the second season. The return of UnReal: can the new season restore the show to former glory? 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z

What began as a satire built on LOL-ing at terms like “disruption” is now comfortable as a character comedy. It’s all in the algorithm: In new season, “Silicon Valley” puts laughs in all the right places 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z

Yes, and then that's why suddenly satire news starts to get attention that it shouldn't have gotten, right? Did the “The Daily Show” make us smarter voters or not? Two satire experts face off 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z

Come for the propane, beer sipping and satire. What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Baroness Von Sketch Show’ and ‘The Cry’ 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z

The collection includes thriller, satire, nonfiction, history and romance titles designed to be read from start to finish during routes that last from one and a half to close to 24 hours. In Transit Blog: Runway Best Sellers 2013-06-19T17:00:16Z

The language can be arcane, and the literary satire is accessible to only a handful of Renaissance literature scholars. Shakespeare's 'Love's Labor's Lost': Kathleen Marshall directs a winner at the Old Globe 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z

Robert Altman’s 1978 satire, “A Wedding,” was the first modern movie to lob a stink bomb into the wedding cake, and missiles have been raining down ever since. | 'Another Happy Day': Sam Levinson?s ?Another Happy Day? - Review 2011-11-17T22:41:13Z

The Portrait, based on a short story by Gogol, was composed in 1980 and is a satire on greed, much like Shostakovich's own Gogol opera The Nose. This week's new live music 2011-01-29T00:06:06Z

The game is an interactive satire that argues, as many experts do, that the smartest way to win in the markets is not to play. Fleeting Game Says Investing Is Rigged 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z

But where religious topics are concerned, the record shows far more audience appeal for a scathing satire such as “The Book of Mormon” than for tamer treatments like, say, “Sister Act.” Signature Theatre’s ‘Elmer Gantry’ steps up to the melodic pulpit

Over a few decades, Mr. Lynch illustrated Bazooka Joe comics; Garbage Pail Kids, which began as a satire of Cabbage Patch Kids; and Wacky Packages, which parodied consumer culture. Jay Lynch, Underground Comics Creator, Dies at 72 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z

You see some of those play out in “Twelve,” but it’s intended more as a commentary, right, another satire? Film: Joel Schumacher on ?Twelve,? Starring 50 Cent 2010-07-23T21:51:00Z

McKibben, a Vermonter and one of the best-known environmentalists of our age, turns to satire in this novel about an old-school radio host who stumbles into leading a secessionist movement. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z

The satire was affectionate, and the jokes — a mixture of high- and low-brow — often born of wordplay. Phil Austin, co-founder of comedy group Firesign Theatre, dies at 74 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z

And then there are the category busters: “Bob’s Burgers” and “South Park,” from the animated program list, and “Inside Amy Schumer” and “Key and Peele,” from variety, are all funny and very smart satires. Emmys 2014: What Is Your Pick for Top Comedy? 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z

And the mid-1970s was almost insane enough to obviate satire entirely. Network at 40: the flawed satire that predicted Trump and cable 'news porn' 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z

In fact, if anything Stewart’s real successor seems to be Oliver who has repeatedly offered viewers insightful satire on issues of grave social significance. Trevor Noah has cratered “The Daily Show”: He has no bite, no message — and has let Fox News off the hook 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z

Another wrote works of biting and often cynical satire. Shakespeare died 401 years ago, but original scripts from his era live on in a new digital archive 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z

Some pundits have gasped at what they imagine to be the film's tough, hard-hitting satire at the expense of big pharma. Love and Other Drugs ? review 2010-12-23T22:19:00Z

The question is not asked maliciously and the book never feels like satire. Leaving the Atocha Station by Ben Lerner – review 2012-07-05T10:00:02Z

Absent for the most part is the writer-director’s mean streak, which can curdle his satire into caricature and misanthropy. REVIEW: While We're Young: Can Ben Stiller Be a Happy 20-Something? 2015-04-11T04:00:00Z

Truffaut's affectionate satire on his own trade, in the form of a movie shoot marred by human and feline fallibility. This week's new films 2011-02-19T00:05:41Z

It is a family drama, a black comedy, a suspense thriller, a class satire, even a domestic horror. Parasite director Bong Joon-ho: 'Korea seems glamorous, but the young are in despair' 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z

In this Amazon satire, science can back up human consciousness to disk before death, allowing people to spend eternity in one of several virtual luxury resorts — for a price. Life Is More Like a Simulation. On These Shows, So Is Death. 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z

His screen presence has continued to grow ever-more self-serious, despite occasional attempts to lighten up, as in the recent would-be satire “Rock of Ages.” Movie Review: ‘Oblivion,’ With Tom Cruise 2013-04-18T22:11:58Z

What makes the satire on TikTok so powerful and so edgy is the fact that some miss the irony. Is political comedy dead now? 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z

“At first glance you might think so, but parody and satire are proving quite flexible these days,” he said in an e-mail interview. Critic’s Notebook: Reality Shows Reached for Extremes in 2012 2012-12-28T23:31:18Z

Here, British tabloids, partly following in the tradition of a national and centuries-old legacy of unruly caricature and political satire, play a mixed role. Abroad: In Britain, Separation of Art and State 2011-01-25T23:24:38Z

Cupp “satire” It’s not as if one expects subtle political discourse from Hustler. Hustler’s denigrating S.E. Cupp “satire” 2012-05-24T20:30:00Z

It is often full of the most pungent satire, and is always to the point. Slang: The universal language 2012-10-15T11:45:00Z

Comedy notoriously doesn’t do well at the Oscars but a whimsical satire about a fanatical Nazi-loving 10-year-old whose imaginary best friend is a stroppy Adolf Hitler? Why Jojo Rabbit should win the best picture Oscar 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z

Some of our contests over the years have produced satire so lacerating that debate ensued whether it qualified as humor. Style Invitational Week 1083: Good thing there’s no app for that

The New York Times praised the play as “a fresh, lively and cutting satire” — except for the ending. Alice Childress Finally Gets to Make ‘Trouble’ on Broadway 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z

The magazine's next editor, Gérard Biard, spoke at the gala, saying, "It's the function of satire, being provocative and offensive, is it not? Being shocked is part of a democratic debate. Being shot is not." J.K. Rowling defends 'offensive and bigoted' Donald Trump's free speech 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z

Rereading the Clique books as an adult, I was shocked to discover that they are intended as satire. How the Clique Books Taught Me to Hate Other Girls and Myself 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z

The driving crazy part is hilarious and persuasive, partly because Ms. Delpy and her cast depart from the usual caricatures of Frenchness while still engaging in broad, silly satire. Movie Review: Movie Review: ‘2 Days in New York,’ Starring Julie Delpy and Chris Rock 2012-08-10T06:23:01Z

That switch leaves a residue of ambiguity in this wickedly funny and disturbing satire about America’s confused and confusing attitudes about race. Why write a novel about a race that’s not your own? The case of ‘Ginny Gall’ 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z

But the key is that Camp has focused his satire during this election on the rigged system and the corporatocracy.  Jon Stewart resigned, Trump is a joke and Larry Wilmore got canceled: Understanding the power of political satire this election 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z

The political satire, which he wrote, directed and starred in, centers on a progressive senator who snaps after becoming disillusioned with Washington’s money-fueled political system. The surprising and enduring friendship of Warren Beatty and John McCain 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z

Tartuffe by Moliére: A Reality Show Contemporized take on the 17th-century satire about a con artist posing as a man of faith. L.A. theater openings, Sept. 6-13: 'American Falls' and more 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z

La Catrina, the skeleton lady of the Mexican Day of the Dead celebrations, began life as satire. Review: When La Catrina Met Giselle 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z

In “City in Transition,” we hopscotch over 90 minutes among four pieces of varying styles and tones, from Omo-Osagie’s somber Northwest memory play, “Child’s Place,” to Ali-Coleman’s bitterly funny Southeast satire, “Fundable.” Review | ‘City in Transition’ is an exhilarating journey across Washington through the eyes of Black artists 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z

As their civilisation begins to dismantle, they resort to violence, savagery and murder, turning the book into a blistering, dystopic satire on the follies of mankind, the innate savagery of masculine culture, and government itself. 'Someone missed the point': Lord of the Flies 'all girls' remake spawns social media backlash 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z

In this work of satire and science fiction, Vonnegut imagines a human species that has evolved to have smaller brains, flippers and beaks for catching food. What To Read Before Your Galápagos Vacation 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z

Siegel pretty much parrots Almond, also keying into the idea that what went wrong with Stewart and Colbert was that they got rich off of their satire. Don’t blame Jon Stewart for Donald Trump: Comedy Central didn’t make America fall for “fake news” and “post-truth” 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z

The result is an intriguing cerebral novel, a playful Lacanian satire and a philosophical meditation on memory. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z

“Pow!” graphics splashed across the screen, but adults knew it was a sly satire. ‘Batman,’ the 1960s TV Series, Returns in a Collection 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z

Top debuts included addictive thrillers and nihilistic satires. The Best TV Shows of 2018 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z

A new Second City satire called “Love, Factually” is scheduled for December, and five international offerings include a “Measure for Measure” from Britain’s Cheek by Jowl and Pushkin Theatre Moscow. ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ and ‘The Band’s Visit’ are coming to the Kennedy Center 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z

Adults can expect a healthy dose of political satire, but children will just appreciate all the fun at these free outdoor performances. Spare Times for Children for Sept. 14-20 2012-09-13T22:41:58Z

Heartfield's Picture Post satire reflects how likely he, and many others, thought peace with Hitler to be: it is an image of an elephant and its baby taking off on their great feathery wings. The fake photographs that predate Photoshop 2012-08-29T08:44:53Z

Agreeing on a universal definition of satire is far from easy. 4.3 trillion readers can’t be wrong — why The Onion’s defense of satire should be heard by SCOTUS 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z

Better by far was Ruben Östlund’s The Square, which sets forth as a pointed art world satire before throwing its arms wide to include us all in the joke. Cannes 2017 – the best of week two 2017-05-27T04:00:00Z

What’s left is a baroque pantomime, a heavy-handed satire of intolerance whose fun fades faster than the livid bruises on Judy’s face. ‘Judy & Punch’ Review: On With the Horror Show 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z

You might expect McGruder, given his Boondocks history, to be out for pointed religious satire, but Black Jesus is really more of a stoner hangout comedy with a heart. REVIEW: Black Jesus Laughs With, More Than At, Its Son of God 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z

It means a satire of the techniques of writing. Screenwriting guru tells all 2010-04-21T15:06:00Z

Nonetheless, the most brilliant satires confront deep strife and terrible truths unspeakable in polite society — truths regarding power, religion, sex and race, and the deformations that ensue when abuses go unacknowledged. The social satire history behind “Ted 2″ is rich and deep — and Seth MacFarlane obviously has no idea 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z

For once a melodrama with pulp origins convinces viewers that it can be the modern equivalent to Greek myths or a Jonathan Swift satire. TIME's Review of The Dark Knight Rises: To the Depths, To the Heights 2012-07-16T16:59:05Z

His tragedy, which his careful revisions and rationalisations cannot conceal, is that he became what he had despised – as Hazlitt put it, "a living and ignominious satire upon himself". Christopher Hitchens: from socialist to neocon 2013-01-18T13:01:01Z

Against the current Netflix climate-change satire, “Don’t Look Up,” she does cast her gaze unflinchingly into the heavens — plus down and sideways, even if it leaves her own flanks vulnerable. ‘Lost & Found’ Ponders Profound Grief Alongside Newfound Love 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z

Working at the intersection of illustration, satire and political engagement, Mr. Auth sought to reveal what he considered the underlying truths in public life. Tony Auth, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist who satirized political figures, dies at 72

But perhaps even more importantly, satire fires up the mind and makes us smarter. Satire’s war on stupid: This prank on the Democrats and an ACLU brief reveal our nation’s biggest battle 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z

But the Lonely Island does not traffic in trenchant topical satire. Review: Andy Samberg Spoofs Pop Stars Without Spite. And That’s 4 Real. 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z

The U.S. political satire space is getting crowded. For 'Daily Show' alum Oliver, 'Last Week' is 'fresh turf to ruin' 2014-04-22T00:03:22Z

Its prime object of satire, however, is the very bedrock of the workshop’s pedagogy, the identification of artistic achievement. What Does It Mean to Be a “Real” Writer? 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z

The shows draw heavily on topical humor, satire and improvisation - often with a political bent. Famed comedy club seeking laughs in Chicago's past 2011-11-05T14:53:08Z

Thirdly, though still objectionable to many viewers, shows like Family Guy—a repeat offender in the report—are intended as satire. Study Finds Sexual Exploitation of Underage Girls on TV 2013-07-12T17:34:45Z

The theory is closer to satire than satanism, but there’s a deeply felt sincerity to the Temple’s work also. The best movies of 2019 that you haven't seen 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z

Steve Israel, a former congressman from New York, takes aim at the NRA with a goofy satire called Big Guns , forthcoming April 17. Review | 3 novels that aim for the heart of America’s love affair with guns 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z

But whereas great satire enlivens and complicates its subject, Mr. Roberts grabs for the obvious and hits it harder than a compulsive shopper’s credit card. Theater Review: ‘Greed: A Musical for Our Times’ Satirizes Materialism 2014-04-06T19:19:16Z

When Russia made a military intrusion in neighboring Georgia in 2009, Georgia wanted to compete with a satire over Russia's President Vladimir Putin called 'We don't wanna Put In'. Conflict follows Russia, Ukraine into Eurovision song contest 2014-05-09T13:45:02Z

Self-aggrandizement and its risks have also proved inspiring: He’s written an untitled TV satire about what he calls “celebrity-ism” that he’d like to see come to fruition. Josh Brolin: Tough rancher in ‘Outer Range,’ softie at home 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z

It’s not a novelty, and the satire is embedded in the lyrics, but the manner of performance is deeply sincere. Pete Davidson’s New Special Seems Like It Could Use a Hug 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z

Throughout the show, funnyman Ken Jeong of "Community" and the upcoming bloodsucker satire "Vampires Suck" lingered inside a coffin on the side of the stage at Universal Studios Hollywood's Gibson Amphitheatre. 'Twilight,' 'Vampire Diaries' dominate Teen Choice 2010-08-09T14:15:00Z

It’s an ersatz vaudeville sketch about the last four performers on earth, and it’s satire without bite, the fuzzy concept just getting in the way of some expert dancing. Review: A ‘Nutcracker’ Taps and Swings 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z

But while you might expect social commentary to trip across its manicured lawns, or satire to barge through the mushroom-coloured raincoats thronging its station platform, Cheever's suburban fantasias are a good deal stranger than that. A brief survey of the short story part 45: John Cheever 2012-11-16T11:05:54Z

It's a comedy that isn't all that funny, a satire that never really shows its claws or finds its target, a fable whose message is muddied and unclear. Ivona, Princess of Burgundia ? review 2011-01-12T22:01:01Z

British reviewers largely greeted the film as a crass repackaging of a beloved property, but the filmmakers apparently tried to pre-empt that critique, fashioning the movie as a satire of commercialism run amok. ‘Postman Pat: The Movie,’ Based on a Children’s TV Series 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z

Many praised its wit and energy, though the Daily Telegraph's Charles Spencer said "its mixture of satire and syrup ultimately proves repellent." Broadway hit 'The Book of Mormon' lands in London 2013-03-22T13:07:38Z

They would tear it down without the aid of satire before the decade was out. Dr Strangelove: No 6 2010-10-18T10:48:00Z

Colbert often used his satire to poke at Limbaugh, who functioned as one of his character's alter egos, alongside those based on other right-wing pundits like Bill O'Reilly and Glenn Beck. Rush Limbaugh’s toxic patriotism will be his worst legacy 2021-02-20T05:00:00Z

But we do know that by 2004 the show had already begun to permanently change the role of political satire in the United States. 25 years of "The Daily Show": Here’s 5 ways it permanently changed U.S. satire 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z

The result was “Klown,” a barbed satire of boorish male behavior and one of the funnier and more outrageous films to hit this country so far this year. A Look at ‘Klown,’ a Raunchy Danish Comedy 2012-07-20T21:21:57Z

There’s really no bright side to discern from this week’s bizarre, unprecedented spectacle involving Sony Pictures and “The Interview,” a Seth Rogen-James Franco satire about the assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Sony, ‘The Interview’ and the unspoken truth that all movies are political 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z

On Ultraviolence a few winks of self-awareness suggested that there was satire at play in her performance of misery, or that she was at least in on the joke. Lana Del Rey’s Cinematic Honeymoon Isn’t So Sweet 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z

The tone and substance toggle abruptly among satire, melodrama and morality play. Review: ‘Trust’ Is Flashy but Ephemeral 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z

Initially a sour satire, it starts to play as if it were an expanded vignette from one of those ’70s British horror anthology films like “Asylum” and “Tales That Witness Madness.” ‘Velvet Buzzsaw’ Review: Art Snobs Get a Gory Comeuppance 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z

Perhaps he is still best known as the incompetent British jihadi who accidentally blows himself up in Chris Morris’s scabrous satire Four Lions. Adeel Akhtar: ‘I thought, Ah, there is a power to this’ 2017-05-20T04:00:00Z

For more of Mr. Prince’s sour satire, there’s “T-Shirt Paintings: Hippie Punk” at a new, as yet unfinished storefront on the Bowery opened by Salon 94. Art Review: Richard Prince at Gagosian and Salon 94 Bowery 2010-05-27T21:22:00Z

But even those who dismissed his earlier novels as merely satire acknowledge the brilliance of his short stories, the energy of his journalism. Will Self in talks to become Radio 4 writer-in-residence 2013-01-18T17:02:38Z

But that has been as close as Come Fly With Me has come to biting satire. Come Fly With Me: ready for the return trip? 2011-02-01T11:58:51Z

“You,” with the comic relief offered by satire, isn’t the dystopian nightmare of Netflix hit “Squid Game.” Anatomy of TV hit ‘You’: right book, creators, global reach 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z

This approach was spoofed mercilessly in Chris Morris's news satire The Day Today, where objects were manipulated in increasingly impossible ways. The weird new world of computer-animated news 2011-01-31T08:00:00Z

The situations in Britain and America have both triggered a crisis in political satire. 'We just want to make fun of Toby Young!': socialist US comics Chapo Trap House 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z

Political satire, of course, has existed almost as long as politics. Is Satire Possible in the Age of Trump? 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z

Another artist now showing real mastery was Rama Vaidyanathan; and in her recital, the surprising element was humor, with constant dashes of satire, wryness and amusement. Music Academy in Chennai Hosts Indian Dance Festival 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z

But Sorry to Bother You, a fantastical dystopian satire, paints a darker picture of this natural linguistic technique. Sorry to Bother You shows why black Americans code-switch to survive 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z

For more than three years now, people have noted that real events are outstripping satire, that life has begun to intimidate art. Can Political Satire Outpace Reality? 3 Books Toss Their Hats in the Ring 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z

Let's hope his skin's thick enough to enjoy the YouTube satire of him doing the rounds. Brian Cox: Physics is better than rock'n'roll 2011-03-24T08:01:00Z

Luca Silvestrini is the sharpest of comic choreographers; his satires on the shallowness and obsessions of the modern world were wickedly honed in works such as Big Sale and Dear Body. LOL (Lots of Love) - review 2011-01-31T17:54:33Z

In “Postcards from the Edge,” the book and then the film, she located dry satire at the intersection of fame and rehab. Postscript: Carrie Fisher, 1956-2016 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z

Smith, who currently stars in the AMC TV reality series “Comic Book Men,” earned critical praise for his satires on suburbia, romance and religion. Filmmaker Kevin Smith suffers ‘massive heart attack’ 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z

We don’t go out in the street and protest, because we have a rich heritage and tradition of satire. From Selina to Stalin: The man behind ‘Veep’ talks satire and cynicism 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z

When we do see women dancing on toe in “Darting Eyes” and “Politics,” it’s presented with touches of satire, even skepticism. Review: Ballet Memphis Shatters Basic Rules 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z

The rock movie musical, a gaudy satire of horror and sci-fi B-movies, has been a fixture in midnight screenings since its debut and is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. Laverne Cox to Star in 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' on Fox 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z

To do so, her satire has become surreal, the racist killings of the first version become interracial rebirths, and our hopes for Kitch and Moses turn into a sense of relief, and a little redemption. Finding Redemption and Rebirth on the Road to Broadway 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z

So there’s a kind of dutifulness to its election satire, which unfolds with all the ritual merriment of a candidates’ pancake toss at a state fair. For ‘S.N.L.,’ Clinton-Trump Has Been a Blessing and a Curse 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z

Mr. Gola added, “It is really so important to cultivate a culture of questioning people in power, a culture of satire.” Black Comedians in South Africa Put Power in the Punch Lines 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z

But he was best known as the unknown 20-something who made Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s anticapitalist satire one of the most successful musicals in New York theater history. Stanley Chase Dies at 87; Gave New York Macheath 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z

This is not quite the knowing, teasing, ultimately self-congratulatory satire that you find on television shows like “Entourage” or “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” Review: David Cronenberg Dissects Hollywood in ‘Maps to the Stars’ 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z

This kind of inspired gibberish, which pokes fun at sex talk but is far too unhinged to be straight satire, really appeals to a certain kind of comedy nerd. Maria Bamford’s New Special Is a Kind of Inspired Gibberish 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z

But “Barry,” starring Bill Hader as a hit man who gets bitten by the theater bug, is much darker, and so is its satire. Is Theater Ridiculous? Movies, TV and Books Seem to Think So 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z

How much is satire and how much simply true to life? This Week in Fiction: Elif Batuman on Writing Fiction vs. Nonfiction 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z

State level politics were the target of Oliver’s pointed satire last night, because, as you may have heard, the mid-term elections are upon us. Watch John Oliver Slam State Legislatures 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z

It’s a preview of the wild mind that will go on to produce 14 novels including the celebrated satire “Slaughterhouse-Five.” Review | What Kurt Vonnegut’s rapturous love letters reveal about him as a writer — and husband 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z

In “The Pessimists,” a few subplots are left hanging, a few ideas undeveloped — but the novel’s bite and loose structure promise excellent social satire to come from its author. Review | In ‘The Pessimists,’ privilege collides with desperation 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z

Fortunately satire has been saving our nation from brain rot. Trevor Noah and Stephen Colbert step up: Donald Trump made “The Daily Show” and out-of-character Colbert relevant again 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z

They offered sharp satire in the face of stupidity and evil. Samantha Bee is Jon Stewart’s real heir: Finally, the 2016 campaign has the satirist we so desperately need 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z

The sharp-clawed satire on US culture and liberal piety, and the constant upending of what it is we think we're watching, make for a unique and compelling hour. Will Franken – Edinburgh festival review 2012-08-09T15:24:46Z

The religious pageantry in these movies and TV shows is only one part of the satire; at the root is the underlying hypocrisy of the characters. God Loves a Show: Religious Satires Reveal the Art of Acting Faithful 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z

Trump also proved how central satire has become to our political discourse. Trevor Noah and Stephen Colbert step up: Donald Trump made “The Daily Show” and out-of-character Colbert relevant again 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z

Accommodating change is also at the heart of “The Closet,” a satire of post-gay political correctness that Williamstown is giving a deluxe production on its Main Stage. Onstage, the New Gay Agenda Involves Cake and Not Getting Fired 2018-07-08T04:00:00Z

He kept Disney at bay on "Escape From Tomorrow," a low-budget horror satire filmed on the sly in Disney theme parks. 'L.A. Plays Itself' is finally coming to home video. Here's how. 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z

Is the neon sign satire or a statement of faith? What is an artist? Peter Plagens' 'Bruce Nauman' illuminates 2014-06-07T04:00:00Z

There is a whiff of tabloid incredulity in Ms. Coppola’s version of the story, and an occasional crackle of appalled satire. Movie Review: A ‘Bling Ring,’ Lusting After Celebrity Trinkets 2013-06-13T21:29:34Z

At times, his gloomy visuals, with their militaristic constituents, seem to try to reconfigure the piece along the lines of a Brecht/Weill satire. The Love for Three Oranges 2010-06-18T22:40:00Z

In fact, “BrainDead,” which premiered last night, is mostly winning, with appealing actors, some decent plotting, and just the right amount of Washington, D.C. satire. Alien brain-bugs gridlock Washington? New satire “BrainDead” spoofs rigid partisan politics 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z

No matter how funny they were, though, their satire never fully succeeded, largely because you can't shame a man who, by all accounts, has no shame. Randy Rainbow, singing truth to power 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z

But with over 50 years' insight we can also see how the director was offering a somewhat tactless, subversive satire. Peter Mullan's Neds heads London film festival's most-awaited list 2010-10-21T16:37:00Z

Even for a literary shape shifter like Mr. Faber, who’s written historical fiction, thrillers, satires and three novellas, “The Book of Strange New Things” stands apart. Michel Faber Plans to Stop Writing Novels 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z

The production will emphasize the work’s satire of Victorian mores, and do away with racially charged performance tics and excessive bowing and shuffling in its choreography. Reviving ‘The Mikado’ in a Balancing Act of Taste 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z

The personal story of Maria's family is set in the larger context of urban planning and politics in Los Angeles — subjects ripe for Culture Clash-style satire but also deserving of serious public review. 'Chavez Ravine: An L.A. Revival' misplays the drama 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z

But it wasn’t until 2019, when Ms. Auder’s yoga satires began to get some notice, that she thought she might try to sell the book one last time. A Daughter of a Warhol Superstar Tells Her Story at Last 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z

If it wasn’t so tragic, it would just be so grotesquely beyond satire. Artists in the age of Trump 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z

“Let’s try to imbue every frame with that balance of cartoon violence and satire, parody, meta-humor, musical comedy and sometimes quasi-ish educational content.” ‘Animaniacs’ Is Back, Still Zany and Totally Insane-y 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z

Now the caustic animated satire appears to have reached its limits within the confines of mainstream US television. South Park censored after threat of fatwa over Muhammad episode 2010-04-22T20:16:00Z

And yet, the satire — receiving its world premiere as part of the regionwide Women’s Voices Theater Festival — never escapes a feeling of tweeness and predictability. ‘Cake Off’: Signature’s new musical is lively, but not fully baked 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z

It’s funny, if glib and uncharitable, in the way that biting satire often is. That’s the Funny Thing About Grief 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z

Critics have described the show that premiered at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland in 2012 before transferring to London as "witty, quirky" and a "delicious political satire." 'Clinton: The Musical' gets U.S. debut at NY theater festival 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z

My Salon colleague Sophia McClennnan suggested when Colbert slipped to third that it might have something to do with a Republican audience having problems with complex satire. This is Colbert’s real problem: Conservatives aren’t the issue, it’s mainstream America 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z

It presents deadly action as slow-boiling farce and mixes dark satire with a melancholy, blissed-out comic fantasy of fathers and sons bonding over money drops and assassinations. Reviews: Amazon Pilots Include a Revolt and the Supernatural 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z

It may have been intended as satire, but it didn't really have much to say. Review: Colbert Aside, Inclusive Winners Made for a Refreshing, Sharp Emmys 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z

A different kind of director might have made “Pain & Gain” into a gamy, gritty sunshine noir, or else a knowing satire of idiot America. Movie Review: Michael Bay’s ‘Pain & Gain,’ With Mark Wahlberg 2013-04-25T14:00:02Z

Muscle relaxants aside, this episode is a pitch-perfect, weapons-grade satire of the peculiar insanity of old people, particularly old people who are retired parents in the strange land of Florida. Blizzard or not so much, you’re home now, so revisiting the Seinfeld episode that launched a million Stellaaaaaaaas: “The Pen” 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z

By the time I reached the end of “Processed Cheese,” with its inevitable showdown and reckoning, I felt overwhelmed by both the satire and the violence. A Bag of Cash Falls From the Sky. Trouble Is Close Behind. 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z

But there is a big difference, Calman says, between topical comedy and intelligent satire. How Edinburgh standups are dealing with the riots 2011-08-10T19:00:02Z

In this landscape, the hosts find the traditional forms of satire – sketch shows and news parodies – toothless. 'We just want to make fun of Toby Young!': socialist US comics Chapo Trap House 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z

What’s most striking about satire in this prolonged election cycle is its apparent inability to make a dent in popular opinion. ‘Veep’ is so good it’s the only comedy that doesn’t need Trump jokes 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z

The looks and lines exaggerate the contours of contemporary life and inform the show’s shape as a social satire and an existential gripe. Armando Iannucci Gets Lost in Space in “Avenue 5” 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z

Cannibal Holocaust is both a touchstone for real/fake found-footage horror and brilliant social satire. From John Carpenter to Slipknot's Clown: what scares the masters of horror? 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z

"We have to do better than that," acknowledged Allain, who is also a film producer — her "Dear White People," a satire about racial identity on a college campus, is a festival selection. Los Angeles Film Festival looking to get in on the action 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z

Cavemen–that underestimated work of 21st-century satire–started weak and got written off too, so maybe I’ll check back at some point. TV Tonight: The Neighbors Is Bad, But Not for the Reason You Might Think 2012-09-26T13:09:57Z

Mr. Alessandrini, who has taken the occasional sabbatical since he started his popular satire three decades ago, is sounding like he might be ready for another vacation. Theater Review: ‘Forbidden Broadway Comes Out Swinging!,’ a Satiric Revue 2014-05-06T20:42:24Z

The expenses debacle is ripe for satire - the writers of The Duck House have called it "the gift that keeps on giving". MPs duck out of The Duck House 2013-12-11T10:59:23Z

In the storyline, the prophet was brought into the show on the demand of previous victims of its satire, led by Tom Cruise, who believed that he could make them immune to further ridiculing. South Park censored after threat of fatwa over Muhammad episode 2010-04-22T20:16:00Z

This debut novel, a cutting satire about the disgraced founder of a popular wellness program and the cult she subsequently establishes, takes the contemporary relationship between influencer and followers to exhilarating extremes. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z

She also has a "small-ish" part in Chris Morris's suicide bomber satire Four Lions, which tells the story of a group of British jihadists and their ham-fisted dreams of glory. Dark star: Julia Davis 2010-04-10T23:10:00Z

I'm not quite so enthralled, particularly when the satire gets precious and the pacing is slack and indulgent. 'Circle Mirror' is drama class-turned-reality show 2011-10-27T21:39:03Z

That’s good satire at work, causing us to think critically about people we don’t at first recognize as images of ourselves. Review: Skewering White Pieties About Diversity in ‘Admissions’ 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z

Her machinations are impressive to behold, and Thackeray’s satire of moneyed life even more so. Top 10 Non-Dickens Books for Dickens Fans 2012-02-05T20:06:36Z

“Life’s Too Short” feels in many ways like a mathematical average of the deadpan vérité style of “The Office” and the celebrity-skewering satire of “Extras.” Ricky Gervais Would Like to Non-Apologize 2012-01-11T15:17:22Z

Fuelled by an explosive cocktail of an almost biblical fervour and fast-twitch strop fibres in his soul, he has presented both opportunities and challenges for satire. 'Satire has had a busy year': how to laugh at the year that was 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z

For some of us, anything that smacks of edgy — even dirty — satire where Mister Rogers is concerned can kindly show itself out. Review | Mister Rogers would have found a lot to like in Jim Carrey’s melancholy ‘Kidding’ 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z

For the second year in a row, Emmy voters chose political satire "Veep" as best comedy and dragon-filled fantasy epic "Game of Thrones" as best drama. Cable kings HBO, FX upstage online competitors at TV's Emmys 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z

“Roadkill” has elements of political satire and conspiracy thriller, but its dominant mode is a kind of melancholy, slow-moving farce. Review: Hugh Laurie Plays a Politician Trying to Avoid Cancellation 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z

A previous work by Prebble, “Enron,” an overly loud and grotesque satire of a vast American financial scandal known by that title, opened to huzzahs in London and to Bronx cheers on Broadway. Review | You can’t find the love of your life by taking a pill. But what if you could? 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z

Most Trump satire doesn’t implicate the rest of us. Is Satire Possible in the Age of Trump? 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z

Stewart’s main angle was satire of media and politics; Noah has a history of mocking fat chicks and African Americans.  Trevor Noah gives Fox News a free pass: The new “Daily Show” could be great for Ailes and Hannity, bad for America 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z

Bagging a ton of viewers doesn’t necessarily mean anything in the land of satire. Trevor Noah and Stephen Colbert step up: Donald Trump made “The Daily Show” and out-of-character Colbert relevant again 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z

As satires go, this one by the writer and director Quinn Shephard is hardly subtle — but though it lacks narrative finesse, “Not Okay” is brimming with provocative in-jokes for the extremely online. ‘Not Okay’ Review: Posting Through It 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z

Ostlund’s version is a sharp, relentless satire of masculine insecurity and middle-class complacency, threading genuine discomfort among improbable laughs. ‘Downhill’ Review: A Small Disaster in the Snow 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z

Clips from the new, second season of the show, which starts Jan. 6, promise more smart, earnest satire. 'Portlandia' live show delightfully unpolished 2011-12-29T18:12:04Z

This is close to a definition of the American Dream, and while Mr. McCarthy treats it with a raised eyebrow, he forgoes easy cynicism or knowing satire. | 'Win Win': Riding the Wave of Life?s Indignities 2011-03-17T23:03:24Z

"Portlandia" is a loving satire of Northwest customs and characters, shot entirely in Portland. A holiday treat from 'Portlandia' -- and a peek at season 3 2012-11-27T18:01:09Z

It's no coincidence that, in the 18th century, satire boomed with the establishment of modern parliamentary democracy, nor that it languished during the later Victorian era, during the mass-hypnosis of imperialist jingoism. Rude Britannia: British Comic Art, at Tate Britain 2010-06-04T23:06:00Z

Wiley’s highly finished images use not just the medium of painting but often the poses and trappings of European elites to create a satire on the exclusion and whiteness of the art world. Review | An artist who summons black faces and bodies at ease in the world 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z

I found it wicked satire, but some thought the shot at Obama went out of bounds. Lonnae O’Neal: Want to hear what blacks say when whites aren’t around? 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z

For fans of the dynamic satire duo of Stewart and Colbert the idea of heading into an election cycle without their signature brand of comedy was not just depressing — it was horrifying. Jon Stewart’s legacy: It’s been 2 years since he left “The Daily Show” but his satire sti... 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z

In its third season, “Mythic Quest” again tries to balance its slick tech-world satires with its sweeter, more wholesome workplace-comedy impulses. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z

You might, as critics in the US did, take this to mean Cabaret of Souls is intended as a satire of The X Factor. Richard Thompson's Cabaret of Souls 2010-06-13T20:30:00Z

The winner of the top Palme D’Or at Cannes last year, South Korean social satire “Parasite”, went on to clinch the Oscar for best film, a first for a foreign language film. Wes Anderson, Pixar movies among Cannes would-be highlights 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z

Among her many novels, Smiley has written a powerful chronicle of Midwestern farm life in her Pulitzer Prize-winning “A Thousand Acres” and a clever satire of academic life at an agricultural studies university, “Moo.” Book review: ‘Some Luck,’ by Jane Smiley

When do we slip from banana skins to satire, from pratfalls to poison? The innocence of childish humour 2013-03-16T07:45:01Z

One day in 2016, Torrey Townsend unexpectedly received a message from Robert O’Hara, a writer and director then on the rise thanks to his raucous, exuberantly provocative satires “Bootycandy” and “Barbecue.” ‘A Level of Abuse’: Laying Bare Theater’s Dirty Secrets 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z

They were less concerned with the lower end of the market, the shilling plain and two shilling coloured prints, which included the "drolls", social commentary, political satire and vulgar jokes. British Museum's rare prints purchase offers glimpse of vanished paintings 2010-10-03T17:10:00Z

Are you hip enough not to be stung by their satires of contemporary mores? This week's new live music 2010-09-24T23:06:00Z

And comedy and satire are such a big part of this country and who we are. "We're going to be canceled for a joke": Judy Gold on how "safe spaces" in comedy ignore reality 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z

It’s satisfying because even though it’s satire, it takes the presidential contender, here named Kurt Seaman, deadly seriously. ‘Vicuña’ is a comedy tailored to troubled political times 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z

Exceptional thrillers, satires, dramas and tragedies have tackled the themes in ways that are at times frighteningly real, at others, completely surreal. A new era of secrets and spies in Hollywood 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z

She allows a credible love story to peek out through the elaborate trappings of allegory and satire. Review: In ‘The Lobster,’ Colin Farrell Plays a Divorced Man in a Loner-Hating Society 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z

In shows like these — shows that clearly inspired “Kevin Can F**k Himself,” a caustic satire arriving Sunday on AMC+ — the attractiveness gap often yawns and it nearly always yawns one way. Kevins Can Score Improbably Attractive TV Wives 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z

People like Donald Trump should be either ignored, or put purely in entertainment and satire coverage, as opposed to legitimate news coverage. How Janeane Garofalo Knew 'Wet Hot American Summer' Was a Cult Hit 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z

Barker slips some of Rivers's theories about psychological trauma into her narrative, without either endorsement or satire. Regeneration by Pat Barker 2012-08-24T21:55:08Z

“You either have to not be paying attention or be hoping it’s true” to interpret the post as anything but satire, said Scalzi in a phone conversation with Salon. Sci-fi writer makes $50,000 for charity off of his “troll” 2013-02-06T12:45:00Z

With the new season of "Saturday Night Live" comes a fresh batch of political satire - and Delaware Senate hopeful Christine O'Donnell is the first target. O'Donnell is first political target of SNL season 2010-09-26T13:16:00Z

So why is crying satire on the rise? Enough with “the Colbert Defense”: Why criminals, bigots and jerks cry “satire!” when exposed 2017-06-17T04:00:00Z

She made a lifelong enemy of Lillian Hellman and did not spare even her best friend, Mary McCarthy, from malicious satire when she parodied McCarthy’s 1963 novel “The Group” in The New York Review. The Cutting Mind and Romantic Heart of Elizabeth Hardwick 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z

What does interest Millet is satire, although she acknowledges the difficulty of satirizing a society that seems constantly to satirize itself. Lydia Millet finds mermaids in her new novel 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z

It's a production that combines sharp satire with true feeling and, while exposing their lethal absurdity, resists the temptation to treat the doctors as easy caricatures. The Doctor's Dilemma – review 2012-07-25T17:12:19Z

The Israeli show is more overtly tongue-in-cheek and absurd than most, but it makes sharp, sometimes dizzying turns from satire to sobriety. ‘Real Housewives’ in Greece, Israel and Canada 2013-06-06T12:00:01Z

About the book: A satire set in a Britain of the future after a catastrophe referred to as What Happened, If It Happened. Man Booker Prize 2014: At a glance 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z

Why would a journalist ignore the social significance of Minhaj’s political satire in a piece about his ability to host "The Daily Show"? Off with his head: The manufactured scandal over Hasan Minhaj 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z

The earliest strips were comic snapshots full of irony and even satire. Stan Mack’s Occupy-the-Fourth-of-July funnies 2012-07-10T00:00:00Z

Some critics complained that his satire was not more cutting. Paul Mazursky, Director Who Captured a Changing America, Dies at 84 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z

The wife of a movie star starting a Rwandan coffee collective seems like a story line ripe for satire, or at least fertile grounds for skepticism. Up Close : Grace Hightower De Niro: The TriBeCa-Rwanda Connection 2013-07-17T18:59:15Z

There’s also a “Patty Buchanan”—a satire of the arch-conservative commentator and political operative Pat Buchanan, who upended the Republicans with his hate-filled speech at the convention—and “Johnny Weed,” a.k.a. When Hillary Was a Black Man 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z

Others parallels were trickier, reflecting that whatever the object of its satire, “Black Monday” will be judged by more modern sensitivities. ‘Black Monday’ Mines ’80s Excess for Comedy and Commentary 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z

No sketches, no punchlines, certainly nothing approaching a script – just biting and obscene satire. The afternoon Lenny Bruce and I spent cutting out newspaper pin-ups 2017-12-03T05:00:00Z

And yet each episode is tightly, often ingeniously plotted; they range from sweet romance to urban satire to comedies of manners, and each delivers more depth of character than TV episodes three times as long. REVIEW: High Maintenance Deserves Its Buzz 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z

This was one of satire's problems with Thatcher. Margaret Thatcher had the last laugh in comedy 2013-04-10T14:34:29Z

Its vision of a group of men who engineer housework-loving robots to replace their restless wives offered not only a satire of male fears of women's liberation, but a savage view of heterosexual marriage. Why feminist horror novel "The Stepford Wives" is still relevant, 50 years on 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z

It is not so much a satire of Hollywood as it is an examination of Hollywood desperation, and the manic, monstrous ways that people behave when they crave fame. Kate Berlant and John Early’s Escape from Comic Realism 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z

In Britain, comedy fans have thin pickings as broadcasters have to respect rules on impartiality, and chatty panel shows, rather than hard-hitting satire, dominate the schedules. Brits still waiting for full Brexit comedy dividend 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z

At the moment, though, the whole team is faced with the question of how to be most effective in what nobody denies is a political satire — one of the hardest genres, they observe, to write. A new opera about a dictator may or may not be about Trump. It depends whom you ask. 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z

It feels sometimes when you put a lot of irony and even subtlety in a satire — Mike Nichols said to me, they mistake content for intent. Film: Joel Schumacher on ?Twelve,? Starring 50 Cent 2010-07-23T21:51:00Z

The hit satire was named best new play at a lunchtime ceremony held at the Prince of Wales Theatre in central London. Dench feted at South Bank awards 2011-01-25T16:50:22Z

He’ll appear again in September, in Max Frisch's early 1950s political satire “The Arsonists.” Perspective | How Howard Shalwitz led Woolly Mammoth’s stampede 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z

Though it styles itself as an allegorical satire of “man against monster,” it reminds us that Stalin was, after all, genuinely a man of the people. Arts & Leisure: ?Richard II,? ?Madness of King George? and ?Collaborators? in London 2012-02-12T06:00:50Z

This material is the stuff of easy satire, but Mr. Tulathimutte is keen to probe the underlying anxieties and insecurities of his characters, making them more empathetic and appealing than they might have been. Following a Punjabi Indian Family, a Missing Distinguished Novelist and More 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z

Kwan describes this novel as a “sharply observed satire” and “a delicious, addictive treat.” Perspective | Now that Hollywood is interested in Asian stories, here are other books that should be movies 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z

It’s a satire of theater that is also a valentine to it, to the transport of becoming swept up into a play, to the wonder of seeing someone just like you onstage. ‘The Knight of the Burning Pestle’ Review: Wielding His Trusty Kitchen Tools 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z

The piece is presumably intended as a satire on the trendy metropolitan middle classes. The Victorian in the Wall – review 2013-05-17T17:25:57Z

The actress is the only one who seems to understand the difference between cynicism and satire. An 'Annie' without the expected sunshine, spirit or energy 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z

Lucy Popescu, reviewing the book for The Financial Times, said the satire “entertains as much as it informs.” Subversive Novels Dominate Shortlist for International Booker Prize 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z

But racist jokes are hurled in both directions, and no one is exempt from withering satire. 'Clybourne Park': A racially divided neighborhood, close to home 2012-04-27T23:34:03Z

For them, satire isn't a distraction from politics; it is politics. Why Zelenskyy's background in comedy really matters 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z

Since 9/11 satire has become more socially significant in this nation, not only as a source of news, but also as a major player in shaping political discourse. Don’t worry, be cynical: Why the fear of a nation of critical skeptics is overblown 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z

The acclaimed reality television satire, whose second season debuted this week, was a critical cause célèbre after bowing on the women’s network last summer. “UnReal” and the broadening of prestige TV: Will the Emmys reward excellence if it doesn’t look like “House of Cards” or “Mad Men?” 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z

While the straight news may have to tiptoe around the hard truth, satire can just go for it. Why we need serious Trump jokes: From "SNL" to Colbert, comedians make sense out of impeachment 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z

A rare example of political satire is delivered in the muscular form of Sir Roderick Spode, who wouldn't seem out of place in Boxer Beetle. The deep foundations of the country-house novel 2011-02-01T10:31:28Z

It’s very funny if you read it as satire and not as a snapshot of my mother’s childhood. Sloane Crosley: By the Book 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z

The satire may be a little too gentle, but there is something disarmingly tender about the way Mr. Lee dramatizes young Billy’s predicament. Review: Oscar-Winner Ang Lee’s Super-High-Definition Take on the Iraq War 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z

The premise of this retrospective is that no political context is too dangerous or self-parodic for satire; as proof, it offers several films that found different ways of taking a torch to reality. 4 Film Series to Catch in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z

For The First Time, 'The Daily Show' Hosts a Sitting President President Obama on Wednesday became the first sitting president to appear on "The Daily Show," the news satire on Comedy Central. ArtsBeat: The Dance of the Mean Girls 2010-10-27T21:17:00Z

Shock Treatment, originally filmed in 1981, was a satire of celebrity, with Rocky Horror characters Brad and Janet trapped in a sinister TV game show. Rocky Horror sequel set for London 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z

Many Wagner devotees actually enjoy a good “Ring” satire, perhaps because we admit that, however compelling, its giants, river maidens and dwarfs are a little laughable. Review: ‘Das Barbecü’ Is Wagner’s ‘Ring’ With a Side of Brisket 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z

The other defense of “The House of God” that I commonly hear is “But it’s satire!” “The House of God,” a Book as Sexist as It Was Influential, Gets a Sequel 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z

Hittman has referred to the movie as the anti-"Juno," though it is not without its currents of satire. "Never Rarely Sometimes Always" director on making her anti-"Juno" film: "I just got on the bus" 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z

After Mrs. Hartmann labels her husband “the Great Dictator,” alluding to Charlie Chaplin’s famous satire about Adolf Hitler, her husband declares, “There will be no refugees in this house!” The Awkward Attempt to Find Comedy in the Refugee Crisis 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z

It’s not news to anyone that late-night, over the past four presidential elections, became a way to excite the left and encourage the youth vote through sarcasm and satire. We’ll pick a president, but the search continues for a perfect late-night host 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z

A satiric – to the extent that a Karl Rove project is capable of intentional satire and wit — version of what a Judd campaign ad might look like, the spot is full-on crazy. Karl Rove is now going after Ashley Judd 2013-02-08T16:40:00Z

They say the show is meant to be a form of satire. Review | Satire? Wallow? There’s no right way to watch ‘Succession’ — hating it works, too. 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z

But if the 2019 “Black Christmas” is not nearly as chilling as the original, it is genuinely barbed as gender satire, and it cleverly pre-empts obvious outrage. ‘Black Christmas’ Review: Horror for a New Era of Campus Debates 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z

The satire was making fun of a company that takes itself too seriously, he said. In case involving whiskey and a dog toy, Supreme Court misses the joke 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z

Ullmann, who was Jewish and had been a pupil of the Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg, wrote the operatic satire on Adolf Hitler knowing full well that it would lead to his death. Viktor Ullmann's opera written in Nazi concentration camp revived in Berlin 2013-05-24T12:08:41Z

More bark than bite to this election satire, in which the two leads put on their familiar comedy personas – Ferrell in Ron Burgundy mode as a superficially slick congressman, up against Galifianakis's dimwitted corporate stooge. This week's new films 2012-09-28T23:05:52Z

As Dave Itzkoff reported at the time, the satire “elicited an ominous message from an Islamic group based in New York.” Emmy Nomination for Controversial 'South Park' Episode 2010-07-08T20:08:00Z

His thirteenth novel since his 1978 debut, The Rachel Papers, it is a satire about a petty criminal who wins a fortune on the lottery. Amis: 'Women best at sex writing' 2012-06-11T10:20:05Z

Do you think that these sensitivities are less in play when a work is a satire with farcical elements? Debating ‘Otello,’ Blackface and Casting Trends 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z

But that’s the nature of great satire: it ends up gorging on itself. When good TV goes bad: how The Simpsons ended up gorging on itself 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z

Bruce Norris Bruce Norris, a playwright with deep ties to Chicago, won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in drama Monday for "Clybourne Park," a satire about real estate and race set on the city's North Side. Norris wins Pulitzer for 'Clybourne Park' 2011-04-18T19:09:00Z

I finished “Wentworth” and “Please Like Me,” and now I’m on Season 2 of the political satire “Dreamland.” What You Should Watch This Weekend: ‘The Night Of’ and ‘The Circus’ 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z

At its best, it’s a satire of a lot of those things, too. 6 Ways ‘Girls’ Changed Television. Or Didn’t. 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z

As a result of a collective sense of humor that occasionally germinates as satire, the dudes direct us to a few big questions – questions of rap’s nihilism, questions of its excesses. The Lonely Island Make Funny on The Wack Album 2013-06-14T18:49:47Z

Gerald Scarfe's distinctive style of political satire, with its vivid, often cruel caricatures and pointed, sometimes contentious commentary, has been a fixture of national newspapers and magazines for decades. Gerald Scarfe's colourful career 2013-01-29T11:45:11Z

When you preach a doctrine of tolerance, it's sometimes hard to know what to do with satire. The first rule of satire in the U.S.: Do not offend 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z

This point is strongly emphasized in The Onion's brief: killing the satirical pretense kills the satire. 4.3 trillion readers can’t be wrong — why The Onion’s defense of satire should be heard by SCOTUS 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z

“Bad Moms” might seem to the childless like a satire. What Would Mrs. Brady Do? ‘Bad Moms’ Takes on Modern Motherhood 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z

When the author was 7, the family immigrated to America, and his story begins to reflect the biting satire and wit that burns through his novels. ‘Little Failure’: misery, then mastery for Gary Shteyngart 2014-01-09T21:07:21Z

Although "Animal House" is chiefly remembered as a comedy about college, the movie’s satire penetrates beyond the refined environment of the campus to target American culture more generally. From Bluto Blutarsky to Donald Trump: The United States of "Animal House" at 40 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z

The resulting bomber jacket would not look out of place in an in-flight shopping catalog or an infomercial ripe for satire. The Travel Jacket Geeks Adore 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z

Plus there's the fact that comedy is now a big business, and there's less money in sharp satire than gentle observation. Margaret Thatcher, hero of British comedy 2013-04-10T13:21:01Z

The satire is cut with a love story. Review: Mat Johnson’s ‘Loving Day’ Takes a Satirical Slant on Racial Identities 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z

On one level, “Big Little Lies” is like that reality franchise, a social satire driven by a humiliating exposure of the divas of the nouveau riche. “Big Little Lies” Season 2, Reviewed: Meryl, Meryl, Meryl 2019-06-09T04:00:00Z

Chang-rae Lee’s new novel is part folk tale, part picaresque adventure, part dystopian satire. Books of The Times: ‘On Such a Full Sea,’ Chang-rae Lee’s Tale of Dystopia 2014-01-13T20:24:34Z

It's a wild satire of race, advertising, media and the meaning of selling out that still stings. Cinefamily tribute to Robert Downey Sr. to have father and son visit 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z

Twenty years later, I remembered this film when I decided that I wanted to write a Gothic satire on the Thatcher years, and I appropriated its title and one of its most memorable scenes. Pat Jackson obituary 2011-07-12T18:12:54Z

“We talked to a few student groups, because for them this isn’t a satire. For them this is like their actual experience, their day-to-day experience,” Simien said. ‘Dear White People’ director Justin Simien on what it means to be black — and ‘black’

After Channel 4 released the whole series online, Search Party became a hit in the UK as well, with this paper calling it the “sharpest TV satire in years”. 'I'm not a quirky 17-year old any more': what Arrested Development's Alia Shawkat did next 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z

In “The Judge Hunter,” the only clear targets of his satire are the Puritan saints who populated New Haven, and readers are left to decide how much of it rubs off on contemporary Puritans. Finding the Funny in 17th-Century History 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z

The series came off more as a satire of early-aughts American Apparel ads than liberal political values, but, when it’s more about the splash than what compelled you to leap, who really cares? The Sad Attempt to Make Trumpism Cool 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z

Ms. July subjects her characters — which is to say herself — to tactful satire without denying them sympathy. | 'The Future': Is That All There Is? Milking Life for More 2011-07-28T22:44:40Z

But–as has always been 30 Rock’s great strength–it manages the perfect balance between satire and sincerity, realizing that they are not such incompatible things. Dead Tree Alert: 30 Rock–It Peacocks TV So Much 2013-01-25T14:22:48Z

Shows including "Laugh-In," "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" and "MASH" brought political satire to television. The sun sets on Stephen Colbert's sterling satire 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z

If so, his point is diverted by an increasingly complicated satire. 'Salvation Boulevard': Cast is divine in religious satire 2011-07-28T19:28:08Z

“We’re living at the intersection of satire and reality,” he says about current American politics in a tone halfway between disbelief and despair. Review: Between Disbelief and Despair, Lewis Black’s ‘Black to the Future’ 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z

But this particular sketch – Conway was Roxie Hart, soaking in the glory of her newfound fame – seems like even sharper satire now that Conway has virtually disappeared from the public eye. Saturday Night Live: the 10 funniest skits of the biggest season ever 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z

As Haltof says in his book, Polish National Cinema, this stereotype was ripe for satire. Janusz Kondratiuk: Poland's answer to Woody Allen 2011-03-24T16:39:35Z

The book may on occasion be silly and over-the-top, even for a satire. Review: In ‘The Improbability of Love’ by Hannah Rothschild, an Art-World Caper 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z

The dialogue somehow sounds believable even at its most deadpan hilarious, and the multi-pronged satire — of Florida, corrupt cops, bumbling criminals and, most exquisitely, the entertainment industry — is gentle but merciless. Carl Hiaasen’s raucous new novel, ‘Razor Girl’ 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z

It's existed in every human culture and every period of time because satire just emerges to mock abuses of power and to point out social falling. Did the “The Daily Show” make us smarter voters or not? Two satire experts face off 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z

The first movie was based on the 1980s TV show with Johnny Depp, where the premise was taken reasonably straight; in the film it is played for laughs and kidulthood satire. 22 Jump Street review – supremely watchable silliness 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z

A biting prime-time satire disguised to look like a Saturday morning cartoon, it appealed to both adults and kids, as if it spoke two languages at once. He loved ‘The Simpsons.’ But Hari Kondabolu has a problem with Apu. 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z

And yet, rising above cheap laughs, it also functions as a razor-sharp satire of commercialism, with a surprising undercurrent of genuine pathos. Nathan For You: finding the comedy in awkward commercialism 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z

It’s a satire in which the extremism which accompanies all religions winds up manifesting around the most ridiculous holy text imaginable — a saga about shirtless brooding teenage dragons. Last Year’s Fringe Festival Successes Look Back 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z

But “Love Crime” also works — like some of the later films of Claude Chabrol — as a devilish satire on power and eros in the executive suite. | 'Love Crime': ?Love Crime,? by Alain Corneau - Review 2011-09-01T22:11:12Z

The revue contains such satires as "The Song of the Double Bed," an ironic tune about the internees' sleeping arrangements. Music of Remembrance honors Hans G?l 2011-11-02T21:03:04Z

“I think all my movies are funny, and I think this one is no exception,” he said when asked about the shift to satire. Cannes: Cronenberg's 'Maps to the Stars, a (sort-of) Hollywood satire 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z

Los Angeles theatergoers recently went nuts for a musical satire called “Almond Grove,” with a man playing Nellie. Scene Stealers: From ‘I Hate Her’ to Icon 2013-06-14T21:32:52Z

The concern over the rise of the cynic is matched by concern over the power of political satire to create the cynic. Don’t worry, be cynical: Why the fear of a nation of critical skeptics is overblown 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z

It takes quite a while, however, for Ms. Simpson to hit her stride, and she seems uncertain at first whether she is writing a social satire, a comedy of manners or a character study. Books of The Times: Nanny Runs the Show in Mona Simpson?s ?My Hollywood? 2010-08-09T18:02:00Z

Less expected was her nomination for best actress in a comedy for "Maps to the Stars," David Cronenberg's biting Hollywood satire about a dysfunctional showbiz family. Golden Globes 2015: Moore, Murray, Ruffalo double up on nominations 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z

But this is neither a simple satire of privilege nor a mock-provocative comedy of diversity and its discontents. Review: Salma Hayek Skewers a Boor in ‘Beatriz at Dinner’ 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z

Characterizing it as satire elevates the creative execution of the film's very silly faux assassination of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un far beyond what it merits. Absurd, this fuss over Three Stooges-like 'The Interview' 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z

This is not to imply that satire is predictive, any more than science fiction. Has America turned into a spoof of itself? 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z

The book was a hybrid — sometimes an awkward one, I’m afraid — of humor, satire, and sincerity. Susan Orlean: “The Nineties were more thin-crazy than the present time” 2014-01-28T15:35:00Z

Not only is that not satire; it barely qualifies as humor. How Hollywood guts children's classics 2010-12-29T18:01:00Z

New in paperback: In this social satire, Spokane’s Jess Walter takes a look at the popular media and Hollywood culture, and the inherent struggles found in those environments. NW Books: A look into Hollywood’s conflicting motives 2013-04-01T20:29:07Z

Indeed, persecution is a running theme in the story of satire. Ridiculing of leaders through satire has a long history 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z

Between it and the rest, we'll have plenty of satire to parse, thank goodness. Let there be late night: A report card on the hosts' return episodes, some better than others 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z

But satire finds it just as easy to distort the improbable encounter, which produces a different ideological conclusion. The big picture: Conservative candidate Margaret Roberts campaigns in Dartford 2010-04-10T23:07:00Z

The Imaginary Invalid Molière’s classic satire about a hypochondriac who schemes to marry his daughter to a doctor. L.A. theater openings, Oct. 9-16: Pat Kinevane's 'Underneath' and more 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z

Peck’s satire of domesticity is meant to be both campy and nauseating — at least, that’s the best one can make of a kindergartner cooing “Fever” with bedroom eyes. Review | Even before Twitter, Dale Peck was stirring the pot. He’s at it again with a new book. 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z

The goofy sports satire “Uncle Drew” stars Dallas Mavericks point guard Kyrie Irving as the eponymous elderly basketball legend, a character he played in several popular Pepsi Max commercials in the early 2010s. Air Jordans on the Big Screen: When the Sneaker Is the Real Star 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z

In Moxon’s wry satire, Loony Island devolves into a giddy zombie apocalypse. Review | A.R. Moxon’s ‘The Revisionaries’ might be the weirdest novel of the year 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z

The idealists of the The Rave House, as the locals call the commune, are easy targets for satire. Wild Abandon by Joe Dunthorne ? review 2011-07-29T21:58:00Z

As satire, the auction — who will buy peace of mind? or this production? — is heavy-handed. Dance Review | Alex Escalante: Babble on? Babylon? Next Question, Please 2010-02-19T23:46:00Z

Australian playwright Joanna Murray-Smith's satire of gender politics is about a noted feminist author with a bad case of writer's block, who is taken hostage by a disillusioned acolyte. The Week Ahead: 'Please Give,' Jewel, Nordic Singers are arts highlights 2010-06-16T23:32:00Z

Did Mr McKay think his movie was a hard-hitting satire on capitalism? Film review: The Other Guys 2010-09-16T21:43:00Z

But, for the time being at least, he is swapping the beats for books, self-publishing his second novel "Tancredi" -- a satire on everything from reality television to obesity and health care to political correctness. New book satirizes reality TV, "PC Britain," media 2011-09-29T13:09:54Z

The seemingly contradictory logic behind the Sixth Circuit's decision is why The Onion's brief is so important – it provides a definition of satire from a position of experience and expertise. 4.3 trillion readers can’t be wrong — why The Onion’s defense of satire should be heard by SCOTUS 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z

But this was not theatre as political satire. The First Great Theatrical Work of the Trump Era 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z

He appeared in “The Hunt,” the horror satire that was recently pulled from distribution following the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio. Sturgill Simpson Leaves His Old Sound (and the Spotlight) in the Rear View 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z

Maybe only the most impregnably innocent movie could get away with this idea and it’s only afterwards that you suspect satire. Every Pixar film ever made - Ranked! 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z

His goodness is so frequently insisted upon that you might think you were watching some sort of clever, double-blind satire, if “Derek” weren’t so consistently, numbingly sincere. Television Review: ‘Derek’ Stars Ricky Gervais as a Nursing Home Volunteer 2013-09-11T18:28:54Z

By contrast, this year's race is led by dark showbiz satire Birdman and quirky comedy The Grand Budapest Hotel - with nine nominations each. Oscars 2015: Snubs and surprises 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z

“Supercon” offers lip service to fan culture, yet it is difficult to imagine who would enjoy watching this ill-conceived satire. Review: ‘Supercon’ Cheats Its Audience Out of a Good Heist 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z

Following six candidates for the Australian of the Year award, the series administered I-know-that-person social satire but balanced it with lots of heart. Hooray for Joan Watson: Why well-rounded Asian-American characters matter 2014-01-22T23:59:00Z

Blitzstein framed his critique of American capitalism as satire, so embroidering the show with jokes is hardly necessary. Theater Review: ‘The Cradle Will Rock,’ a ’30s Revival at City Center 2013-07-11T21:52:40Z

But not even “Praise You” qualifies as satire. Spike Jonze Can Dance. But His Best Choreography Is Behind the Camera. 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z

Whether this type of satire changes minds is moot – but trivial or inconsequential? Political cartoons, trivial and inconsequential? I think not 2013-07-11T23:30:33Z

While some Americans felt embarrassed by this contortionist comic, the French embraced Mr. Lewis’s humor as both an abstract art and social satire of American life. Why France Understood Jerry Lewis as America Never Did 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z

As contemporary allusions are worn away by the acid rain of history, the profound insights of a great work of satire grow more prominent. Perspective | Ghosthunters, grabbers and grifters: What would Jonathan Swift say of our times? 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z

The point of the satire, so perfectly sharp in the initial confrontations — with White and Nakamura making a terrific comedy team — begins to dull as the emphasis shifts from verbal to physical humor. Review: In a Gleeful ‘POTUS,’ White House Enablers Gone Wild 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z

For Diaz, theater is clearly part of that process; the slightly indulgent acting class sequences engage in some affectionate if too easy satire. Review: ‘You Will Get Sick’ Tells the Untellable, for a Price 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z

Mr. Maxwell doesn’t do satire, which isn’t to say he isn’t funny. Theater Review: Richard Maxwell’s ‘Isolde’ Explores Primal Instincts 2014-04-13T22:03:33Z

“Purple Hearts” had the potential to be a poignant melodrama — or maybe a sharp satire — about the options available to those left behind by the U.S. health care system. ‘Purple Hearts’ Review: A Marriage of Convenience 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z

What follows is part morality tale examining what is more important - friends, family or fame - and part satire on reality television, including a callous producer bearing an uncanny resemblance to X-Factor's Simon Cowell. Critics pan "charmless" Spice Girls musical 2012-12-12T16:10:56Z

The satire here is disguised as farce masquerading as a stage potboiler. Amy Brenneman as a damsel in distress? 'Rules of Seconds' has some surprises up its sleeve 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z

With its black humor, social satire and a remorseless focus on its protagonists' neuroses, the film stands firmly in the tradition of Romanian new wave cinema that has wowed Western audiences over the past decade. Mother's obsessive love exposed in Romanian movie at Berlin 2013-02-11T16:33:50Z

Third place was given to Bong Joon-ho’s class satire Parasite, which many are predicting could be a rare foreign language best picture nominee. Hitler comedy Jojo Rabbit primed for Oscars after winning top Toronto award 2019-09-15T04:00:00Z

It'd be pretty uncomfortable viewing regardless of the satire that went before it. Clip joint: jilted at the altar 2010-08-18T16:06:00Z

None of it works, really, as either musical satire or genre Chex mix. 'Stage Fright' is a lame mashup of horror and show tunes 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z

The profanity — as well as the defilement of corporate brands — is meant to be wickedly funny, but it’s mainly hack satire. Showtime’s ‘Happyish’: A dark, profane dramedy without any heart 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z

Lovingly filmed in slow motion, this scene shows that he has no distance from his subject, and that what element of smiling satire his film can muster is completely insufficient. How cinema failed diversity in 2016 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z

Over the years various studies have shown that viewers of satire news are educated, intelligent, informed, politically engaged and politically active. 25 years of "The Daily Show": Here’s 5 ways it permanently changed U.S. satire 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z

As hinted earlier, the movie I’d like to see is a satire where all the most socially conscious stars in Hollywood were actually genuine double agents for hard-right governments and rapacious corporate power. Brad Pitt and Natalie Portman queue up to prove their secret pro-Trump credentials 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z

But Zink’s satire is cavorting on a racial minefield navigated more affectingly earlier this year by T. Geronimo Johnson’s “Welcome to Braggsville.” ‘Mislaid’: Nell Zink’s subversive novel takes on racism and sexuality 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z

If you squint hard enough, this movie is a sly satire of gender politics. Rewatching robo-sex: what can be learned from previous Westworlds 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z

By literary genre, essentially: if it was written on the toilet wall but didn't appear in satire, it was likely to be properly rude. Holy Sh*t: A Brief History of Swearing by Melissa Mohr – review 2013-05-23T06:30:19Z

Funny people like Maya Rudolph and Chris Parnell have walk-on roles, but this type of first-person satire is awfully familiar by now, and standing out requires sharper writing than “We Need Help” exhibits. Watch List: Yahoo! Screen Introduces Shows With Puppets and a Tiny Rambo 2013-09-08T21:53:03Z

While we wait for the newer version, there is one thing we can be sure of: the social significance of political satire created by 25 years of "The Daily Show" is here to stay. 25 years of "The Daily Show": Here’s 5 ways it permanently changed U.S. satire 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z

With an army of briefcase-carrying bankers marching across the stage in a parade of conspicuous consumption, Purcarete brings Swift's satire into the 21st century. Gulliver's Travels – Edinburgh festival review 2012-08-19T15:58:15Z

Wilson continues: “Yes, Charlie is tasteless and discomfiting. Have I somehow missed all the gentle, polite satire? That amiable, convenient satire that everybody likes.” Why I didn't sign the Charlie Hebdo protest letter 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z

"This video game's unique story, characters, dialogue, and environment, combined with the player's ability to choose how to proceed in the game, render it a work of fiction and satire," the judges wrote. Lindsay Lohan loses lawsuit versus 'Grand Theft Auto' makers 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z

His performances are as much homage as satire. Theater Talkback: What a Drag 2010-09-30T16:29:00Z

Plot A satire in which an indentured servant from China goes to work for a Chinese-American family living a comfortable California life. My First Produced Play? Ah, I Remember It Well. 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z

It's a good week for world premieres with Rajiv Joseph’s fantastical new drama "Mr. Wolf," a musical adaptation of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" and the tune-filled satire "Loopholes: A Pain in the I.R.S." L.A. theater openings, April 12-19: 'Loopholes: A Pain in the I.R.S.' and more 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z

The song, they say, was written as satire. Perspective | Her ‘God Bless America’ is a classic. Her two racist songs, a scandal. Should Kate Smith be banned from the ballpark? 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z

But in many ways a more resounding and satisfying result would be to see the Globe go to Jordan Peele’s liberal racism satire Get Out. Golden Globes 2018: who will win – and who should win – the film categories 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z

On the surface her reworking of Lewis Carroll's story has little in common with the biting, on-the-button satire of Posh, but it, too, has a satirical edge and a moral thread. Sucker Punch; Welcome to Thebes; Alice 2010-06-26T23:05:00Z

I am the lens through which she exists, I am the axe of the bluntest Hollywood satire. Tell-All by Chuck Palahniuk 2010-07-26T21:30:00Z

Reviews on “Mouth Time!’s” iTunes page mostly commend that satire. With vocal fry and upspeak, these podcast hosts parody the policing of women’s voices 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z

The elements of fairy-tale fantasy scattered across “The Explosion Chronicles” help to sweeten a tough-minded satire. Build, and they will come 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z

Political satire is hard to sustain in a half-hour comedy, but “Veep,” on HBO, has proved that it can be done. Review: ‘The Brink’ Stars Tim Robbins as a Sex-Crazed Secretary of State 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z

In an episode in which San Francisco shuts down because of an escaped koala, the satire of privileged Bay Area sensibilities is directly on the nose. In ‘Woke,’ Waking Up to Racism Is a Lot Like Going Crazy 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z

Like those other tales, “Once Upon a Tim” subverts the genre’s tropes in the service of satire. Funny Genre-Bending Fiction From the Creators of ‘Dragons Love Tacos’ and the ‘Spy School’ Series 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z

Lynch’s absurdist drama works here as a satire of contemporary society and the power of denial. Twin Peaks recap: episode five – is anyone here even human? 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z

Yet whatever satire might have been intended has been blunted by the fact that it’s all part of ABC’s marketing campaign for a new prime-time Muppet series. Remember When the Muppets Were Subversive? 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z

But he noted that effective satire is necessarily well informed. Film: The Gang That Couldn?t Bomb Straight 2010-10-23T16:08:00Z

“It showed me the way in, which is satire,” Mr. Michôd said. With ‘War Machine,’ Netflix Bets on Brad Pitt in Afghanistan 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z

Ms. Zink’s second novel is a tangled satire about a well-born Southern woman who decides to pass as African-American, and when it came out in May, I gave it a mixed review. The Top Books of 2015 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z

“This is a carnival about political and social satire.” Portuguese carnival revelers poke fun at Putin, Trump and Kim 2018-02-11T05:00:00Z

The American version is weighed down with weltschmerz and paints its satire with a heavier hand. Season 3 of ‘House of Cards’ Starts With More Policy Than Chicanery 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z

Unless your world is colored by microaggressions and constant, low-grade ignorance being reflected back at you, you might not even notice the tiniest shards of satire. With "Maxxx," O-T Fagbenle subversively takes on pop culture's soft-serve cultural appropriation 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z

A funeral is no time to point out the fatal flaws of the dearly departed, yet satire’s job is to critique those in power, or to expose the flaws in our collective delusions. Charlie Hebdo’s war on despair: “They have weapons. F*ck that sh*t. We have champagne!” 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z

Empty Hearts’ has the veneer of a thriller but it’s more accurate to call it a chiller: chilling in the accuracy of its satire and chilling in its diagnosis of our modern malaise.” 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z

Aside from its tendency toward leisurely travelogue, “The Self-Propelled Island” consists largely of slapstick comedy, prescient satire of capitalist privilege and melodrama. Michael Dirda takes a new look at a little-known Jules Verne novel 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z

The first rule of satire in the U.S.: Satire, art and culture 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z

My story is a satire about bourgeois disconnection. When Science Fiction Comes True 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z

The Kenyan writer, known for his provocative satire about post-colonial Africa, visited Sweden's biggest book fair last month. Poets buzzed about for Nobel literature prize 2010-10-06T18:47:00Z

Twenty years later, the satire, and the political allegory, seem much darker and deeper. What America Gets Wrong About Tracy Flick 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z

Its mix of anarchy and satire should suit the talents of director Paul Hunter, who always directs with a sharp eye for the foibles of human nature. Almeida festival 2013, Too Clever By Half, Josephine & I: what to see at the theatre this week 2013-07-06T05:00:00Z

Surely, the headline is a quote from someone the writer spoke with, or, maybe, the whole thing is satire? There is so much wrong with this cop’s victim-blaming screed 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z

It seems the kind of broad satire he does so intuitively is being scrutinised ever more closely for signs of offence and political correctness. Will Ferrell: ‘Ignorance is a key part of comedy’ 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z

In the end, "The Joneses" works better as a satire about what actually constitutes family: people who watch out for one another, who care for one another despite obstacles. 'The Joneses' can't keep up with an interesting premise 2010-04-15T20:45:00Z

Wilmore's new show isn't the first Comedy Central venture to give a minority slant to satire. Larry Wilmore to replace Colbert on Comedy Central 2014-05-10T03:51:53Z

Based on Lysistrata, a satire by Aristophanes, the film follows a group of women on the south side of Chicago who decide to fight gun crime by withholding sex from their men. Spike Lee: female students should go on sex strike to combat campus rape 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z

But this time around the dramatics and dialogue are so laugh-out-loud funny that if there is a "4" — despite the promises that "3" is the final chapter — maybe it should be a straight-out satire. 'Taken 3's' Liam Neeson fires up action, and unintended laughs 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z

As the novel progresses, the story morphs into an outlandish satire of European nationalism: Inspired by the clinic, countries across the continent hold referendums to decide which era they would like to recreate. This Bulgarian Writer’s Books Bend Time 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z

At its best, satire can speak to deeper truths than the news of the day. ‘Vanguard of opposition’: SNL adds Spicer to satire’s resurgence under Trump 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z

The Pearl Theater’s modest staging of “The Misanthrope,” a satire of polite society in which power plays and cruel gossip are the background to an unlikely romance, does not suffer from this crisis of confidence. | 'The Misanthrope': Pity Moli?re?s Poor Sap, Falling for All That He Despises 2011-01-24T22:09:08Z

Again, maybe this is meant as satire and maybe not, but either way it has a subtly destabilizing effect on the narrative. "Iron Man 2": Parody or party? 2010-05-07T11:10:00Z

Mashing limp romance and artless satire into a ludicrously contrived plot, “The Clapper” lurches from one mirthlessly eccentric scene to another. Review: Finding Unwanted Fame in ‘The Clapper’ 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z

Ms. Harron recognized the coal-black satire in Mr. Ellis’s novel and teased it to the surface. In Hindsight, an ‘American Psycho’ Looks a Lot Like Us 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z

France has a long, rich history of anti-Catholic satire to go with its long ambivalent relationship to that institution. The war on laughter: What the Charlie Hebdo attacks reveal about our thorny relationship with satire 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z

“Survivor’s Remorse” is mordant and very funny, but there is a redeeming sweetness beneath the satire and b-ball swagger. ‘Survivor’s Remorse,’ a Comedy About a Basketball Star 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z

Briton Timothy Spall was named best actor for his portrayal of the British artist JMW Turner in Mr Turner while Julianne Moore won best actress for David Cronenberg's Hollywood satire Maps to the Stars. Winter Sleep wins top Cannes prize 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z

Beatty’s satire breaks open the private jokes and secrets of blackness in a way that feels powerful and profane but not escapist. 100 Notable Books of 2015 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z

Peaches, with whom we check back at regular intervals, acts as a link between the vignettes that make up “Ain’t No Mo’,” a structure borrowed from George C. Wolfe’s epochal 1986 satire “The Colored Museum.” ‘Ain’t No Mo’’ Review: After Great Tribulation, an Exodus of Black Citizens 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z

Careening in tone from fairy tale to social satire to grim, confessional emails, these stories center on wounded devotees of intimacy. Love’s Perils, Trauma’s Wounds: New Story Collections 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z

Since taking over as host Noah has offered his own unique contributions to the social relevance of satire and continues to make "The Daily Show" one of the most significant sources of satire today. 25 years of "The Daily Show": Here’s 5 ways it permanently changed U.S. satire 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z

Some viewers thought "All in the Family" was a scathing satire of conservative values, while others thought it was just plain bigoted. Celebrating Norman Lear, progressive architect of the Archie-verse, as he turns 100 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z

“This movie is really fun at its heart and it’s a satire,” Damon said. 'Downsizing' puts microscope on environment, immigration and humanity 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z

Good satire then was like water in the desert. This guy changed the world: We won’t see the likes of Jon Stewart again 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z

While some portions of this one-woman show register as delectably wicked satire, other parts are more naturalistic and wistful in tone, making for a concoction that’s less choice pastry than uneasy stew. Review | A first lady and a diva show their vulnerability in two productions 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z

Some commentators have interpreted the play as a satire on the relationship of Elizabeth I and her favourite, Robert Dudley, the first Earl of Leicester. Poem of the week: Bethsabe's Song by George Peele 2010-10-11T10:37:00Z

Morrison wondered whether political satire, too, might have a liberal bias. In Praise of Fox News’s Greg Gutfeld 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z

The show comes in an easily digestible 15-minute length that ends before you know it, the satires side by side with the late-night sales pitches. Movie Review: ?Tim & Eric?s Billion Dollar Movie,? From TV?s Comedians 2012-03-02T17:01:08Z

This social satire by Jean-Luc Godard is revolutionary in content and style. What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘Black Lightning’ and ‘The Honeymoon Stand Up Special’ 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z

Late last summer, “The Hunt,” a mean little horror/satire from the clever devils at Blumhouse, looked like a culture war casualty. ‘The Hunt’ Review: The Culture War, With Heavy Casualties 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z

But few shows demonstrate a range as extreme as “Dietland,” which wears like a lipstick laced with anthrax, ricocheting from drama to horror to satire to rom-com to revenge fantasy. ‘Dietland’ is Violent, Disruptive and Surreal. And Funny. 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z

“Nobody Loves You” itself lapses into clichés about looking for “real” love when it eases up on the satire. Theater Review: ‘Nobody Loves You’ Spoofs Reality TV at Second Stage Theater 2013-07-19T02:00:14Z

When you try to write satire in America the reality catches up with you and takes over. Why Absolutely Fabulous now looks absolutely prescient 2011-08-29T20:30:02Z

He wrote the scores for numerous plays both on and off Broadway, notably J. P. Donleavy’s “The Ginger Man” and the political satire “MacBird!” John Duffy, a Composer Who Gave His Peers a Platform, Dies at 89 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z

“We kind of get to the core of things and expose the real truth by using satire, making a joke, but showing things how they really are.” Finding humor in Ukraine war? It’s (always) the Onion’s way 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z

Is “Hamilton” satire, with its ultra-hip Thomas Jefferson and crooning King George III? Song and dance as a political ‘Fix’ 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z

“Everything is taken as satire, as a joke, stereotypes projected on minorities are taken as normal,’’ she said. Sketch mocking Chinese launches racism debate in Italy 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z

“But also it was a form of satire.” Dreaming of an Artisanal Christmas 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z

Perhaps he was alluding to his satire “3C,” which brought on a legal battle with the copyright holder of the sitcom “Three’s Company.” Misery and Megalomania: How David Adjmi Became a Playwright 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z

Mr. Vidal was a literary juggernaut who wrote 25 novels, including historical works such as "Lincoln" and "Burr" and satires such as "Myra Breckinridge" and "Duluth." 'Burr' author, pundit Gore Vidal dies 2012-08-01T20:25:39Z

The voter is very adept at sorting out what’s over the top and what isn’t. In sorting out the difference between satire, political promotion and advertiser. Politics is a “blood sport”: Roger Stone on his CNN ban, the “real” Donald Trump and the billionaire’s scheme to lure delegates 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z

I would love to have written “Scoop,” by Evelyn Waugh, that vicious but affectionate satire of journalism, exposing our trade in all its insane competitiveness, bravery, inefficiency and strange nobility. By the Book: Ben Macintyre 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z

“This is a carnival about political and social satire.” Portuguese carnival revelers poke fun at Putin, Trump and Kim 2018-02-11T05:00:00Z

Pygmalion George Bernard Shaw's classic satire about a phonetics professor who attempts to school a Cockney flower girl. L.A. theater openings, Feb. 21-28: 'The Mystery of Love & Sex' and more 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z

It is a funny and bitter musical version of the 1923 satire by American playwright Elmer Rice, about an accountant who loses his job to automation. A theater-lover’s introduction to London’s multiplicity of stages 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z

But you never stop hearing the stark, timeless note of Hogarth's satire. Pleasure's Progress 2010-06-22T21:20:00Z

An interesting, atypical, underrated Fellini film – perhaps closer to Miloš Forman – a political satire about an orchestra that goes on strike. All Federico Fellini's films – ranked! 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z

Over the past six decades, you’ve probably seen his many New Yorker covers, his political satire in The Nation, his cartoons in New York magazine, his caricatures in Vanity Fair. The ‘Profusely Illustrated’ Life of Edward Sorel 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z

It was maybe not the follow-up you expected from the guy who wrote that fun cubicle satire perfect for Secret Santa season. Joshua Ferris’s Ode to the Hapless American Everyman 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z

In the 1960s he produced the spy satire "Get Smart," and in the 1970s wrote, directed and produced "McMillan and Wife," the lighthearted crime drama starring Rock Hudson. Writer-producer-director Leonard Stern dies at 87 2011-06-08T22:05:45Z

Martin introduces characters in sharp, funny flash-portraits that declare the book’s intention to perch, vape in hand, on the border of earnestness and satire. A Début Novel of Elderly Millennials, Afflicted with a Selective Strain of Self-Awareness 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z

“Full Frontal,” a topical satire hosted by Ms. Bee, ran the segment on Wednesday. Samantha Bee Show Apologizes to Writer for ‘Nazi Hair’ Mockery 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z

The improving status of women was always the bright spot on a show that revels in decline, depression and dark satire. The TV Watch: Don Draper and Associates Wrap Up Season 6 2013-06-24T16:26:28Z

Is this just elaborate satire, for satire's sake? Scott Adams takes on Salon 2011-06-23T14:52:00Z

Children loved the escapist fantasy — “Monsters don’t have exams or school!” went the theme song of the TV version — while adults found wry satire in the comic depravity of the supernatural characters. Shigeru Mizuki, Influential Japanese Cartoonist, Dies at 93 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z

In its pages she seems jollier than her dance reputation suggests, but with a talent for mordant satire. Pavlova’s Shoes, Nijinsky’s Diary, and Other Dance Treasures From the Public Library 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z

Nominally about politics — the author is a former political speechwriter — it’s really a skittering satire about a fissured nuclear family that could be transposed to almost any other power industry. ‘Let’s Not Do That Again,’ a Crackling Satire Set Against a Senate Run 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z

A vote for Selina is a vote for the future of satire. ‘Veep’ is so good it’s the only comedy that doesn’t need Trump jokes 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z

But what former Royal Ballet dancer and choreographer Will Tuckett takes from the great man's satire is more like choreographed opera: a rude, ebullient and touching fusion of movement, text and song. Pleasure's Progress 2010-06-22T21:20:00Z

But Fleming offers some sharply funny satire on business waffle and is shrewd enough to suggest that consultants occasionally expose the gentlemanly amateurism of the commercial sector. The Consultant ? review 2011-03-28T21:15:00Z

Luckily, Ms. Rosenfeld is an astute anthropologist whose satire reaches fresh levels of absurdity. ‘Class’ Takes Satirical Aim at Brooklyn Grade-School Parents 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z

It’s one of those performances that works in service of a film-maker’s vision, in this case Riley’s wild satire of a late-capitalist wasteland and its machine full of cogs. And the winner probably isn't: this season's 11 overlooked film performances 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z

The Yes Men stand in a peculiar place between the broad comedy of political satire and the heart-on-sleeve actions of most activism — and peculiar places may be the special territory of art. The Yes Men: Revenge of the Pranksters 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z

In the Loop The leadup to a war suspiciously like Bush's war in Iraq is the background of this scurrilously funny English satire, which skewers politicians on both sides of the Atlantic. 2009-12-23T21:32:00Z

Perhaps this is a class issue: maybe we feel the Westminster elite is simply too comfortable a territory for edgy, scathing satire. Political theatre lacks the Commons touch 2010-10-19T11:04:00Z

Some of the satire is lame, including a sketch on American conspicuous consumption. Eurepica. Challenge ? review 2011-07-22T17:38:50Z

That promise is paradoxical: In offering a pull-no-punches satire of self-involved humans, it is nevertheless filled with pity for their disappointments. ‘Intelligent Life’ Review: Cecily Strong’s ‘Awerobics’ Workout 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z

The satire boils down to “It’s time those Beltway politicians stopped squabbling and got to work for us,” a take with all the heat of a public-service spot from a centrist think tank. Review: Alien Ants Become Washington Insiders in ‘BrainDead’ 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z

But more context on the outside world, and the lives of these characters, might individualize the gossip and quibbles, and give the satire more bite. ‘Barococo’ Review: Fop Till You Drop 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z

It is a timely satire not only in its strafing of privilege but also in its funhouse-mirror reflection of the contrived façades and convoluted selves of aspirants to political power. Ryan Murphy’s “The Politician” Is a Funhouse-Mirror Reflection of the So-Called Meritocracy 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z

That’s why the real political power of satire today is aimed less at specific candidates and more at the system that lets that candidate rise. Jon Stewart resigned, Trump is a joke and Larry Wilmore got canceled: Understanding the power of political satire this election 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z

"But I think, as comics, we need to be braver and address what's happening in the world, and in this country, with satire based on real knowledge of the political situation." How Edinburgh standups are dealing with the riots 2011-08-10T19:00:02Z

Mr. LaBute’s one-person play, which was written for the event, is about an actor asked to perform in an offensive satire. Sheen Center Cancels Event Featuring Neil LaBute Play about 'Mohammed' 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z

In all this supply and demand for spot-on humor, don’t give up hope on straightforward satire, which is just as important in such times. Perspective | Trump’s long, boring speech wasn’t exactly a gift to late-night. But you work with what you’ve got. 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z

And Netflix has ordered a television series based on the 2014 indie satire Dear White People, about life at an Ivy League school from the perspective of several African American students. Comedy in 2017: Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle and the French Seinfeld 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z

Other evidence of the singularity of his talent and the depth of his formidable intellect is on view at Woolly Mammoth Theatre, where his scalding antebellum satire, “An Octoroon,” ends a well-received run this weekend. A playwright who’s at ease with causing discomfort 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z

Its songs, thickly layered with percussion and horns, could keep a dance floor shaking for 10 or 20 or 40 minutes at a time, but its lyrics were often explicitly political screeds or satires. The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z

In fact, Caitlin Flanagan went so far as to blame satire for the rise of Trump in a piece for the Atlantic. Satire’s war on stupid: This prank on the Democrats and an ACLU brief reveal our nation’s biggest battle 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z

Is this crime fiction, a celebrity tell-all, juicy satire or all of the above? ‘The Silkworm’ by J. K. Rowling, as Robert Galbraith 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z

But when the play, having coasted along as easy satire, tries to shift gears into a high drama of violence and self-violence, it quickly overheats. Review: In a Teenage Take on ‘Richard III,’ Now Is the Prom of Our Discontent 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z

Mixing poetry and political satire, he produced two one-man shows, “Non-Violent Executions” and “Nostalgia for the Future.” Steve Ben Israel, Performance Artist, Dies at 74 2012-06-17T03:10:32Z

To my mind, the presumption that satire is essentially light-hearted and antic is the first victim of this fine in-gathering of works. Rude Britannia: British Comic Art, at Tate Britain 2010-06-04T23:06:00Z

A portrait of the desperate life of the Russian lower-middle class, the opera was sardonic, nervy, and violent, veering constantly between satire and vaudeville and naturalism. Julian Barnes and the Shostakovich Wars 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z

His follow-up, a nuclear-war satire called The Day the Fish Came Out, flopped badly and he turned to classical drama, making Euripedes' The Trojan Women with Katharine Hepburn and Iphigenia with Irene Pappas. Michael Cacoyannis dies aged 90 2011-07-25T15:27:35Z

A sharp satire of suburban anomie that played with 1950s pop styles, “Tahiti” was laced with autobiographical resonance; the unhappily married couple at its center was based on Bernstein’s parents. Cuts, Big and Small, Transform Leonard Bernstein’s Final Opera 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z

Orlean is one of several malefactors in “Don’t Look Up,” a social satire that McKay wrote about climate change but that he fully expects will be interpreted as a commentary on the pandemic. Meryl Streep for President 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z

But his satire, and his journalism, truly was something. Your Tom Wolfe Reader 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z

The post was quickly deleted, and the company CEO called it a “senseless, humorless comment masquerading as satire.” 2013: The worst tweets of the year 2013-12-27T15:30:00Z

Claim to fame: Ms. Fumudoh is a saucy and sarcastic comedian known for her barbed satire of race, politics and the pitfalls of young adulthood. Ziwe Fumudoh Uses Humor to Push Racial Buttons 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z

Neither its satire of criminal celebrity nor its tragedy of sullied innocence nor even the sonic pleasure of its catchy score escapes the distorting gravity of its oversized intentions. Review: In ‘The Harder They Come,’ Innocence Lost to a Reggae Beat 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z

The South Korean class satire, directed by Bong Joon Ho, is poised to be this year’s highest-grossing subtitled release in the United States. For Those Who’ve Seen ‘Parasite’ and Want More 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z

Mr. Jones’s second film, the low-budget satire “Wild in the Streets,” which remains a cult favorite, struck a nerve in a year of political upheaval and brought Mr. Jones’s looks and charisma to wide attention. Christopher Jones, Actor Who Quit Field, Dies at 72 2014-02-09T02:11:02Z

The Capitol Steps The comedy-and-music troupe is back with more political satire. L.A. theater openings, Oct. 19-26: 'Doctor Faustus' and more 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

“It’s tricky and it’s really tricky now as satire has become reality,” Parker said. South Park creators to back off Trump jokes: 'Satire has become reality' 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z

Sarcastically yelling “That’s racist!” at random images on television to amuse themselves became a jumping off point for raps that blended surrealism, satire and commentary. Das Racist: An ongoing experiment in having serious fun 2011-10-13T20:23:00Z

A trained actor, he fell in love with the show and its brand of satire, and he worked with its writers to tweak questionable material. William G. Clotworthy, ‘Saturday Night Live’ Censor, Dies at 95 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z

The point you missed, Sarah, about satire, I mean really, really good satire, we see everybody's face except our own. Family Guy's Palin Lampoon: Not Funny 2010-02-23T00:11:00Z

Published in 2008, Chapman's book is a typically jagged satire of the paperback romance novel. Chapman brothers to film adaptation of The Marriage of Reason and Squalor 2013-05-20T15:44:41Z

The Wall Street Journal recently spoke with Mr. Groening, 64, about his shifting style of satire and how he finds humor in misplaced anger. From ‘The Simpsons’ to ‘Disenchantment’ 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z

That’s because author Charles Morey’s translation, receiving its West Coast premiere, is totally faithful to Beaumarchais’ narrative convolutions while giving its satire of class distinctions, economic inequity and aristocratic privilege a thoroughly modern spin. A 'Figaro' that crackles and pops at A Noise Within 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z

The Grand Theft Auto games have obviously always been works of social satire. Rockstar, Blizzard and Quantic Dream Lead the Pack 2010-08-06T16:00:00Z

The movie is far from subtle, taking on its satire “more often with cleaver than paring knife,” Jeannette Catsoulis wrote in her review for The New York Times. What’s on TV This Week: ‘The Last of Us’ and the Golden Globes 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z

But the main vehicle for Bendis’ media satire is Ted Henry, host of “The Powers That Be,” a tabloid news show that is crass and exploitative on a good day. The worst journalists in comics: How The Daily Bugle became a parody of Fox News 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z

People would say, "Come on, that's just too broad. Cut it maybe in half and it'll be a broad satire, but no one is going to buy any of this." Novelist Jonathan Lethem: "There is no allegory crude enough" to capture Trump's America 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z

Kilborn looked the part of a smug network anchor around whom the producers built their first version of a news satire revolving around actual headlines, few of which had any real stakes. Why women really don’t get to host late-night TV 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z

In Barragán’s telescopic satire “Tierra Contrafuturo,” or “Earth Against Future,” the United States threatens to invade Colombia to manage an alien arrival, claiming that Colombia is not up to the job. Science Fiction From Latin America, With Zombie Dissidents and Aliens in the Amazon 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z

We seemed, for example, to lose the satire. Death of The Author: how did my play fare in LA? 2011-03-07T17:31:16Z

Musical A terrifying creature from science fiction lays waste to the world of musical theater in this satire. L.A. theater openings, Aug. 2-9: 'Much Ado About Nothing' and more 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z

That sharp, even impatient strain of satire returns in full force with Mr. Cross’s modest, focused directorial debut, “Hits,” which also centers on an embattled citizen. Review: ‘Hits,’ a Comedy, Lampoons Internet Fame 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z

But Charlie’s connection to the theater is meant as the opposite of satire; it’s not deployed to belittle but to valorize. Is Theater Ridiculous? Movies, TV and Books Seem to Think So 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z

Pygmalion George Bernard Shaw’s classic satire about a speech professor who tries to transform a Cockney flower girl into a proper lady. L.A. theater openings, March 15-22: 'Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella' and more 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z

This suggests the best possible description of the Dutch: imagine the British . . . without satire. Rude Britannia: British Comic Art, at Tate Britain 2010-06-04T23:06:00Z

Chris Riddell talks through the process of creating his caricature of Nick Clegg - Little Clegg Riding Hood Political cartoonists, the satire squad of breakfast time, need something real to work with. Nick Clegg as a cartoon figure - it's fun but does it really hurt? 2010-07-17T23:05:00Z

Perhaps it's too emphatic to count as satire, but it gives an extra edge to a smart, nasty, gripping movie. Killing Them Softly 2012-05-22T11:22:25Z

Scientific knowledge has undoubtedly contributed to the general shift in attitude toward cephalopods: Such brilliant, beautiful creatures seem to have nothing in common with the capitalist greed depicted in 19th-century satires of railroad monopolies. Put an octopus on it! 2012-07-05T00:00:00Z

He’s best known in the United Kingdom, where he has appeared as the Voice of America on Charlie Brooker’s “Weekly Wipe,” a popular news satire. Doug Stanhope, Miles from Where the Action Is 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z

As Simon says in the same Vice interview: "There was a little bit of tongue-in-cheek satire on the show directed at people who were using Dickens to praise us." The Wire re-up: season five, episode eight ? the Dickensian aspects 2010-04-05T23:15:00Z

“Gold” could have been a biting satire of greed and folly, a neo-Conradian tale of Western misadventure in Asia, a rousing fable of underdog triumph or a caper comedy. Review: Matthew McConaughey Mines Profane Capitalism in ‘Gold’ 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z

I love mystery novels and academic satire, too. Natasha Trethewey: By the Book 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z

London's The Independent calls "Emperor" "a brittle, sophisticated cabaret, a nostalgic romance, a Chaplinesque satire, a declaration of defiance." Music of Remembrance to stage Viktor Ullmann's 'Emperor of Atlantis' 2012-11-15T22:28:03Z

From the ’70s satire inherent in its pungent costumes to the gorgeous singing of the entire cast, it has evidently been packaged as pure entertainment. In the Berkshires, Musicals With Ambitions Not Always Realized 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z

A satire on the behaviour of heavy metal bands and a parody of rock documentaries of the time, this classic follows a fictional British heavy metal band, Spinal Tap, on tour. The 50 funniest films… chosen by comedians 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z

David seemed to know about irony and social satire. The Rake's Progress: when Hockney met Hogarth 2010-08-02T20:30:00Z

But it isn’t the more or less ruthless suburban satire that makes Solondz, in my view, an underappreciated genius of American film. Todd Solondz: I’m Judd Apatow’s dark side 2012-06-06T00:00:00Z

Robert O’Hara’s world-without-women satire “Mankind” is the latest play to see the future through a lighting gel darkly. 10 More Plays Where the Future Forecast Is Grim 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z

Lem’s story is a satire of the infinite human capacity for self-defeat, with the various Egon incarnations bickering and undermining one another as the gyrations of space-time bend them into conflict. Review: A Sci-Fi Classic Featuring a Multiverse of Stooges 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z

Germain is grabbed by the mixture of affection and satire in Claude's paper, and particularly by the phrase "the singular smell of a middle-class woman" used by the 16-year-old schoolboy to describe the mother. In the House – review 2013-03-31T00:07:00Z

Once Ea’s search for disciples begins, “The Brand New Testament” slips from satire into absurdist farce, loses its sharper edges and becomes merely silly. Review: God Is Alive and Crabby, According to ‘The Brand New Testament’ 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z

His sense of satire is too mischievous and his absorption of influences too overt and self-conscious. BAMcinemaFest Opts to Be Unlikable and Thought-Provoking 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z

The clips, equal parts technical experiment and political satire, became a word-of-mouth success, much to the band's surprise. Youtube if you want to... 2011-02-16T02:52:54Z

“Part of the impulse here is to kind of do a genre mash-up — to have satire but also to have romance and the mystery,” he said. With ‘Upload,’ Greg Daniels Takes a Leap Into the Great Unknown 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z

The film is stronger with its moment-to-moment tension than with its cynical, shallow media satire. In ‘Default,’ Somali Pirates’ Demand Is for Coverage 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

Similarly, the behind-the-scenes machinations of the “Cedar” set offer moments of delicious satire. Double the Trouble in a Novel of Hollywood Marriages 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z

Consider the disastrous 2010 Broadway transfer of the British satire “Enron,” which lamely lampooned the scandals surrounding that Texas energy company’s shoddy business practices. Review of ‘Chimerica’: A sprawling tale is high on dudgeon, low on insight 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z

At this moment, the script edges toward an easy satire of the young. One Indelible Scene: the Master Class in Ambiguity in ‘Tár’ 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z

A barbed political satire about the fall of an African dictator, told from the perspective of talking animals. Biting Satires Dominate Booker Prize Shortlist 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z

“When I started working for Mad, they assigned me TV satires and asked me to draw famous people,” he recalled. Mort Drucker, Master of the Mad Caricature, Is Dead at 91 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z

That interview offered deep insight into the very specific ways that Noah uses satire to dismantle right-wing critiques of Black Lives Matter. Trevor Noah's wit is an effective weapon against white supremacy and defense of police violence 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z

The Capitol Steps The comedy-and-music groups returns with more political satire. L.A. theater openings, April 26-May 3: 'Abigail/1702' and more 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z

Fifteen years later, we’re living the Orwellian satire with less humor than ever. Perspective | We need comic novels more than ever. So where are they? 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z

Though the premise of “Embedded” is promising, the opera hovers uncertainly between satire, unabashed melodrama and hyped-up terror. Review: Fort Worth Opera’s ‘Buried Alive and ‘Embedded’ Conjure Poe’s Dark Terrain 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z

Nonetheless, it is pure horror when Caesar is left a bloodied lump on stage, as he is later in the play, after satire has mutated into something more complex. The Public Theatre at Fifty: “A Machine for Making Community” 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z

Jiang's stardom has risen in recent years with his successful directing efforts, most recently the political satire "Let the Bullets Fly." Donnie Yen tackles iconic Three Kingdoms general 2011-04-22T16:16:08Z

Irreverent musical "The Book of Mormon" from the creators of television satire "South Park," is a front-runner at the 2011 Tony Awards, with 14 nominations. Neil Patrick Harris returns to host Tony Awards 2011-05-10T19:14:05Z

The link between the three is the satire on the lives of boozy slackers, on dreary, unchanging small provincial towns and low-budget horror movies. The World's End – review 2013-07-20T23:05:25Z

An attempt at media satire about two-thirds in is crassly wide of the mark; likewise a heavy-handed metaphor about reading the writing on the wall. SXSW 2011: The Beaver - review 2011-03-17T10:10:14Z

Aaron McGruder moves his satire of contemporary African-American life from comic strips and animation to live actors with “Black Jesus,” his new series for Adult Swim, beginning Thursday night. Slink Johnson Is ‘Black Jesus’ on Adult Swim 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z

Levinson has maintained a populist touch on television, but his big-screen audiences have waned since the late 1990s, when he made such films as the political satire "Wag the Dog" and the crime drama "Sleepers." Levinson goes inside mob, plans Baltimore finale 2011-05-19T06:51:07Z

The tune originated in the 1931 Broadway revue “George White’s Scandals,” and was considered satire at the time. Flyers cover statue of singer Smith amid racism allegations 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z

But this inane, preposterous and stupefying film lacks the courage to milk the concept for the extreme satire that might have made it watchable. ‘A Long Way Down,’ a Suicide Pact Comedy 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z

Luckily the public has an alternative to the mainstream news that offers both information and incisive critique: satire. Why we need serious Trump jokes: From "SNL" to Colbert, comedians make sense out of impeachment 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z

Besides, accusations of casual racism are something that the original material has had to sidestep more than once, so perhaps the authors are merely keeping their satire in the spirit of the original. After Tolkien, get Bored of the Rings 2011-02-08T13:01:04Z

Friends say that he is a prankster, but he might be more than that: pundits are talking about a new, more calls-to-arms direction for US political satire. How John Oliver started a revolution in US TV's political satire 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z

Still, for a film genre, satire is the greatest form of flattery — a response to its popularity and a sign, in the case of doom-and-gloom depictions, that we aren’t taking it all so seriously. Disaster Films Plague the Box Office 2013-07-19T18:26:49Z

Embraced by everyone from Anthony Trollope to Tom Wolfe, the social satire remains enduringly popular. 'Beautiful Ruins': Jess Walter's dark, clever look at Hollywood entertainment factory 2012-06-21T17:28:03Z

There would seem to be so much material for “Full Frontal” to work with and a huge appetite for topical satire. Emmy Awards 2017: Samantha Bee on Nominations for ‘Full Frontal’ 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z

A housing board rules over a dystopia in the off-kilter satire “We Might as Well Be Dead.” ‘We Might as Well Be Dead’ Review: Housing by Neighborhood Watch 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z

This is topical satire with a shelf life, about American gun culture and the arming of children. Finding Some Treasures at FringeNYC 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z

She followed it with My Blue Heaven, a swerve into broader suburban satire, a Steve Martin vehicle about a mobster who is placed in a witness protection programme and relocated to the 'burbs. Nora Ephron – a career in clips 2012-06-27T10:08:00Z

"Some people feel this is Mark Twain's satire on reconstruction and how difficult life was after the Civil War," Powers says. Mark Twain remains censored, and uncensored 2011-01-07T19:08:15Z

I’m not optimistic that Lüscher’s satire of neoliberalism will attract a large audience in America, but if “Kraft” finds the right readers, the laughter will trickle down, right? Review | In ‘Kraft,’ German author Jonas Lüscher pokes fun at Silicon Valley’s shiny elitism and rabid faith in technology 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z

The other “fables” seem to be cautionary satires about the psychic rot that breeds within totalitarian regimes. The Beautiful Mind-Bending of Stanislaw Lem 2019-01-06T05:00:00Z

In her introduction, Hepola quips that she could be said to have written a satire of memoir, focused as it is on events she can't remember. 'Blackout': A deep, dark-humored drinking memoir 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z

A satire of something that is a self-parody is the laziest form of humor. ‘The Hotwives of Orlando’ Parodies a Bravo Franchise 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z

What makes the play so remarkable is that it goes way beyond satire. Chariots of Fire; Posh; Children's Children – review 2012-05-26T23:10:02Z

On “The Opposition,” his new satire show, Jordan Klepper reminded viewers that the Trump administration’s response to the Puerto Rico crisis was “a good-news story.” Jimmy Kimmel Seizes on Las Vegas Shooting to Champion Gun Laws in Emotional Monologue 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z

Buckley is an old hand at this, the author of more than a dozen political satires. Can Political Satire Outpace Reality? 3 Books Toss Their Hats in the Ring 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z

It’s a smooth and zippy package, but it doesn’t register very strongly as either a geekfest or a transgressive satire. ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Review: Life as Phaser Fodder 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z

In this academic satire, whose wryly funny first two episodes were screened for critics, the main person his character is trying to deceive is himself. ‘Lucky Hank’ Review: Better Call Solecism 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z

In a Times review, Mike Hale described it as “an affectionate and startlingly authentic evocation rather than a satire or a dissection.” What’s on TV Friday: ‘Hell or High Water’ and ‘This Is the End’ 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z

If the novel traffics mostly in satire, the tone here is more ambivalent. ‘Brave New World’ Arrives in the Future It Predicted 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z

The absurd comedy of this scene depends on Lynch’s satire of suburbia: if hubby comes home with wads of cash, who cares if he’s not the same guy who left? Twin Peaks recap: episodes three and four – nobody said it would be easy viewing 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z

As satire withers, the question is: Has America turned into a spoof itself? Satire, art and culture 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z

When there is only one role, the competition is fierce, so the group of black male actors seen auditioning and facing endless callbacks in Nathaniel Martello-White's satire are not just friends but rivals, too. Blackta – review 2012-11-06T17:52:00Z

To round out this satire he introduces a lame man who infects the Flemish peasants with St. Vitus’s dance. Dance Review: Paul Taylor Offers a Vision of the World Through Mirrors and Illusions 2011-02-27T23:16:14Z

Is it satire or product placement — or both? Movie Review | '2010 Academy-Award Nominated Short Films': Short in Time, Long on Wit and Daring 2010-02-19T19:07:00Z

A brief flash forward to an international conference on crisis in capitalism, where urban warriors are beating at the doors of the powerful, provides a nimble satire on economic pundits and global grandees. Peter and Alice; The Low Road – review 2013-03-31T00:05:46Z

Its mix of uptown and downtown Manhattan locations and its satire of upper-crust cultural pretensions recall “Sex and the City.” Amazon’s ‘Mozart in the Jungle,’ With Backstage Drama 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z

Colbert's "Late Show" didn't hit its stride until he was encouraged to return to the pointed satire he cultivated while hosting "The Colbert Report," a spoof of "The O'Reilly Factor." Why women really don’t get to host late-night TV 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z

“There’s a long line of comedies and satires taking on real, sad, scary situations. It’s just one in a long line of that.” Kim Jong-un Won't Like the New Trailer for The Interview 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z

The clumsiness of Nico’s singing meant that recreating it precisely could have seemed like a satire. Nico 1988: the film about the Velvet Underground's doomed singer 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z

"Our show started out as a political satire but it now feels more like a sobering documentary." Surprises, sure things and Trump joke at Emmys 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z

Jon Stewart, the comedian who made Comedy Central's “The Daily Show,” a nightly home for sharp-edged political satire and up-to-the-moment commentary on the news, said on Tuesday that he planned to leave the program. Jon Stewart Leaving ‘The Daily Show’ 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z

But today's satire is often not just a comment on the flaws and follies of the world and a call to rethink them. Why Zelenskyy's background in comedy really matters 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z

"The world out there is ready for more satire," he said. Neil Innes: And now for something completely different 2010-04-30T19:09:00Z

"No person should be subjected to such a senseless, humorless comment masquerading as satire," he said. Satire site The Onion apologizes for offensive Oscar tweet 2013-02-25T17:52:20Z

"We hope he will not cross the line from legitimate satire into offensiveness with jokes calling up anti-Semitic stereotypes and misogyny," the ADL statement read. Comedy Central defends new 'Daily Show' host Trevor Noah after tweets 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z

We’re just trying to make the tightest 21 minutes of artful satire we can. Samantha Bee and Jane Pauley Are Breaking the News 2017-01-07T05:00:00Z

And as the camping trip started to go haywire, I had vague, vain hopes that we might be detouring into the territory of madcap all-American satire à la “The Simpsons.” | 'Wild Animals You Should Know': ?Wild Animals You Should Know,? by Thomas Higgins - Review 2011-11-21T03:01:27Z

Mr Delacourt described his work as a satire on celebrity culture. Johansson wins payout from author 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z

The main trouble, always, with Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s spirited satire “The School for Scandal” is that we don’t get enough of them. Review: ‘The School for Scandal’ Is Full-Throated Satire 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z

But the effect is less reminiscent of Swiftian satire than of throwaway television comedies like “Mock the Week,” in which headlines are transformed into punchlines on the spot by a panel of stand-up improvisers. Richard Bean’s ‘Great Britain’ Opens at the National 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z

The analogy I like to draw is to the nursery rhymes of the nineteenth century, which covered all these intricate political situations and were the satire of their day. The Crazy History of “Star Wars” 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z

The title would lead you to expect an over-the-top satire of an already over-the-top genre, but this sendup of psycho-thrillers is, in its early episodes, surprisingly understated. Winter TV: 20 Shows You Might Not Know Already 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z

And it doesn’t help that the objects of satire here are overly familiar: commercialism, greed, narcissism, liberal pieties, our wired lives. | 'Civilization (All You Can Eat): This Porker Has a Beef With the World 2011-06-22T22:00:51Z

His shooting accident is in fact murder and he and various animals set out to solve it, with much social satire along the way. Tips, links and suggestions: What are you reading today? 2013-02-20T11:23:38Z

Thus the stage is set: the film is an incredibly cruel satire, aimed at both post-Soviet bigotry and American social dysfunction. Borat: No 2 2010-10-18T10:52:00Z

Doctor Faustus New adaptation of Christopher Marlowe’s 16th century satire about a man who sells his soul to the devil; may not be suitable for younger viewers. L.A. theater openings, Oct. 19-26: 'Doctor Faustus' and more 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

It was a history chapter that Atlanta hoped to forget — an event associated with traffic jams, violence and the degradation of women — but that T-Pain believed was a promising target for satire. The Spirit of Freaknik Comes to TV 2010-03-05T23:55:00Z

But it is true that the most insightful are an expression of an authentic ethical voice, for, like all satire, this is a militant art in search of an enemy. Political cartoons, trivial and inconsequential? I think not 2013-07-11T23:30:33Z

And his latest – a satire of how a film critic approaches a movie – may be his worst yet. Jesse Eisenberg is not funny: Please, New Yorker, stop publishing his ham-fisted attempts at humor 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z

In 1977 his satire on the creative life, Writer's Cramp, was the hit of the Edinburgh fringe, and transferred to London. John Byrne: in from the margins 2011-08-17T15:00:01Z

These days the relevance of political satire to public dialogue is almost taken for granted. 25 years of "The Daily Show": Here’s 5 ways it permanently changed U.S. satire 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z

A satire of quests for fame and fortune, the piece seems in this staging more modern than ever. Review: A ‘Rake’s Progress’ for a Fame-Hungry Internet Age 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z

The pecking order is crystalline, partly because Churchill deploys angry satire by rendering Clive’s daughter, Victoria, the lowest of the low, as a helpless rag doll. Michael Kahn on a dreamy ‘Cloud 9’ at Studio Theatre 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z

On any given day, they might have published a literary satire, a gender critique, biblical fan fiction and a fantasia about raccoons. Dear Prudence, how did Slate’s advice columnist find himself here? 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z

Based on three of 10 episodes, the series is flashy, intermittently entertaining and ephemeral — a ghastly event turned into a jazzy satire. Review: ‘Trust’ Is Flashy but Ephemeral 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z

It is, I think, intended to be a satire — a comment on materialism and on not-quite-young people who know nothing but entitlement, shocking us to make a point. Be warned: ‘The Comedy’ stinks | Movie review 2012-12-06T22:04:42Z

He is also producing a reality-show satire, “The Real Husbands of Hollywood,” based on comedy segments he created for the BET Awards. Television: Kevin Hart Learns to Tell the Truth 2012-08-30T12:00:00Z

Only if you understand that key feature of satire can you make sense of two recent satire highlights that prove that satire is an equal opportunity offender whose main target is our dumb nation. Satire’s war on stupid: This prank on the Democrats and an ACLU brief reveal our nation’s biggest battle 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z

Does this mean Fox News won and Stewart gave up?  I’d like to stay optimistic, but it’s time to take seriously the idea that Fox News killed the greatest satire show of our nation’s history. Fox News wore Jon Stewart down: How 16 years of debunking right-wing lies exhausted the last honest man 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z

Plus "Argo" is a sure thing because it seamlessly blends Hollywood satire with thrilling action, and this industry loves to honor itself for teasing itself. AP writers pick `Argo' for Oscar best picture 2013-02-21T17:46:04Z

That’s the cinematic satire that took home a clutch of Oscars in 1977 for telling Americans that their souls were being cannibalized by big television and the bigger corporations behind it. Review: ‘Network’ With Bryan Cranston Is Convulsive, Immersive and Still Mad as Hell 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z

The comic book “Preacher”—now an AMC series, which made its debut last night—is one of the most brutal religious satires in any medium. “Preacher” fans, your prayers are answered: Here are 10 comics with outrageous portrayals of God 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z

But if Ms. Perkins manages to shoulder the symbolic baggage that Mr. Crowley has burdened Grace with, most of the other characters sink under his satire. Review: Sexual Assault as Both History Lesson and Satire 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z

He also introduced "guest selectors" who chose writers and cartoonists on the themes of poetry, political satire, the future of fiction and the relations between parents and their children. Edinburgh international book festival sees dip in ticket sales 2010-08-31T13:04:00Z

I await Kholeif’s sequel 20 years hence, when the ego trap of such public ownership, this Sackler Wing for the everyman, will have given artists a whole new vista for techno-utopian satire. Will the Internet Democratize Art or Destroy It? 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z

Alan Partridge is back for another cringe-inducing outing this week, Revisit his very first appearance on wonderful radio news satire On The Hour. Catch-up TV Guide: From The Secret History Of Our Streets to On The Hour 2012-06-22T23:05:52Z

In “The Shakespeare Requirement,” Schumacher blends satire with righteousness; she seeks to circle collegiate wagons against external threats to the liberal arts. “The Shakespeare Requirement” Is a Sad-Professor Satire That Burns with Moral Anger 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z

Hilarious, beguiling and mind-bending, this surreal satire is a book like no other. Shelf Talk | Cult classics: nightmare visions 2011-05-27T16:26:13Z

“Big Love” was many things, including an inventive narrative of middle-class assimilation and a satire of modern marital negotiation. Critic?s Notebook: Farewell to Bill and His Family, Family, Family Values 2011-03-21T05:01:01Z

It’s hard to tell where the book’s sympathies lie — it reads as contemporary satire with Shakespearean echoes — but the baby boomers’ own verdict is “meshugas.” Daniel Torday’s New Novel Pits Young Against Old 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z

Mr. Armitage spins out surreal satires sharpened by his wicked wit. Books of The Times: Poems by Bao Phi, Roberto Bola?o and Simon Armitage ? Review 2011-12-19T22:52:42Z

Your character is now employing the clichés of the genre, but with satire, or maybe that would be satirrrrrrrrrre. Cultural Studies: Crafting Fictional Personas With the Language of Facebook 2010-08-13T20:15:00Z

“The Ambassador” is both a satire of European cynicism and an exposé of African corruption, but a crucial element of social or ethical concern is missing. Movie Review: ‘The Ambassador,’ Directed by Mads Brugger 2012-08-28T20:47:59Z

Robust satire is in evidence, particularly in the portrayal of a teacher leading her charges in the national anthem. Critic?s Notebook: From Belarus, Dynamic Drama With Limited Means 2011-04-18T23:52:43Z

Regarded as one of the pioneers in alternative comedy, he’s known for biting political satire. Comedy Listings for April 8-14 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z

The president was aware of Charlie Chaplin’s production The Great Dictator, a satire of Adolf Hitler, and he supported it wholeheartedly. The Interview Is Not the First Time Hollywood Bowed to a Dictator 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z

Satire satire of American politics isn’t funny anymore, because of trump. ‘Saturday Night Live’: Alec Baldwin and Larry David Contribute to an Awkward Episode 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z

As a satire of psychiatric hospitals and prisons, the novel is frighteningly insightful. Review | A.R. Moxon’s ‘The Revisionaries’ might be the weirdest novel of the year 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z

“The Manchurian Candidate” blends satire and political thriller, but also adds a touch of the surreal. ArtsBeat Blog: Critics' Picks Video: 'The Manchurian Candidate' 2011-12-06T16:33:53Z

It is not a way of writing that is beyond satire, even by its own creator, as a passage about a third of the way in suggests. Ancient Light by John Banville – review 2012-06-22T21:55:04Z

Because we already know this territory pretty well, the satire seems obvious. Review: Sexual Assault as Both History Lesson and Satire 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z

If anything, all the eye-rolling at older generations conjures fond memories of the Mad magazines boomers read growing up — classic satires that spoofed their parents. He wrote the book on boomers, and he thinks the Gen Z rap against them isn’t quite OK 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z

And maybe there were fans of the left-leaning satire of “The Daily Show” and “The Colbert Report” who were made uncomfortable by the more single-minded focus of “The Nightly Show.” Larry Wilmore’s Characteristically Low-Key Farewell 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z

Ultimately, Israel is too undisciplined to write a really devastating satire and too wedded to the conventions of comedy to deny his characters a happy ending — even if it is glazed in heavy sarcasm. Book review: ‘The Global War on Morris,’ a political satire by Congressman Steve Israel 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z

But satire and outrage are easier approaches than the tact and empathy Ms. Akhavan deploys. Review: ‘The Miseducation of Cameron Post’ Resists the Straight and Narrow 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z

But trenchant satire aside, parallels with the current president are so familiar that some readers have dubbed Mr. Freedland “Nostradamus” while others are begging him to choose their lottery numbers. Is Trump Imitating Fiction? Or Is Fiction Imitating Trump? 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z

But “Viva la Libertà” amounts to a rather uninspiring satire at this point for a country frustrated by political decrepitude. ‘Viva la Libertà,’ a Comedy Starring Toni Servillo 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z

Ms. Brooke-Rose’s earliest novels, published in the late 1950s, are conventional satires of manners. Christine Brooke-Rose, Experimental Writer, Dies at 89 2012-04-10T05:10:22Z

The song originated in the 1931 Broadway revue "George White's Scandals," and was considered satire at the time. Kate Smith's 'God Bless America' will still play on Jersey Shore town's boardwalk, mayor says 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z

After the company’s debut in 1974, critics applauded its smart satire of ballerinas and inherent commentary on the performance of femininity. Hairy Chests and Classic Tutus 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z

At such points the show slips almost into satire — or at least hyperbole. Review: ‘Sell/Buy/Date,’ Sarah Jones’s Futuristic Look at Sex Workers 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z

One is that they won’t tolerate a satire of workplace sexism if it doesn’t sometimes put the woman in her place. ‘What Men Want’ Review: A Mind-Reading Woman Flips the Script, Sort of 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z

Amazon has something special with "The Boys," a blistering satire that uses superheroes to skewer things like corporate greed, domestic extremism and, of course, Marvel movies. What "The Boys" Cinematic Universe has learned from the MCU 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z

“Metropolitan’ is a satire based on Upper East Side snobs who are stiff and don’t do anything with their time,” Mr. Estreich said. Edith Wharton?s World, Recast for ?Gossip Girl? 2011-03-02T22:22:52Z

Tomorrow's "This Modern World" cartoon, known for political and cultural satire, is published in about 80 newspapers across the U.S., and every week at Daily Kos. Tom Tomorrow's omnibus book tops $310,000 on Kickstarter 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z

“Dora and the Lost City of Gold” is not a satire, however, nor is it an attempt to crossbreed Nickelodeon’s popular bilingual character, who made her first TV appearance in 2000, with “Mean Girls.” ‘Dora and the Lost City of Gold’ Review: Indiana Jones With Teen Angst 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z

Good satire–The Colbert Report, say, or Doonesbury at its best–has a strong take without stacking the deck or setting anyone above ridicule. TV–Or Streaming Video–Tonight: Alpha House on Amazon 2013-11-15T13:30:44Z

Most writers do not fully understand the source of their creations, and it is Crompton's satire that makes so many readers laugh aloud at William's terrible truths. Partners in crime fiction 2011-07-22T08:00:02Z

In a flash, we know this story has crossed from satire to tragedy, into the trajectory of our own history. Perspective | How 9/11 altered the fiction landscape in 13 novels 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z

“The article is satire,” she explained to her devotees. Moronic irrigation: LA’s new turf war against its sprinkler-happy celebrities 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z

Zelenskyy's comedy was not just intended to get people to smile as a distraction — it was satire. Why Zelenskyy's background in comedy really matters 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z

There is something insincere in this movie’s manner, an aloofness that masquerades as satire but repels inquiry or emotion. ‘Dual’ Review: Seeing Double, Inviting Trouble 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z

"At its heart it's a teen novel, and a satire – that's something which fits really well with contemporary fiction," said McDermid. Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey to be reworked by Val McDermid 2012-07-19T14:42:25Z

More successful as art project than satire, the show dares to ask after a definition of blackness. ‘Black History Museum’ Review: Learn. Laugh. Suffer. Move Along. 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z

Returning to Chicago after military service, he appeared at the Playwrights Theatre Club and Second City, the famed satire troupe that launched the careers of dozens of top comedians. Actor Ed Asner, TV’s blustery Lou Grant, dies at 91 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z

Where satire is its most powerful is in the ways it helps rally resistance and create a community of those who are in on the joke. Hitting Trump where it hurts: The satire troops take up comedy arms against Donald Trump 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z

It's an intriguing film, one perhaps to set alongside that other Mexican family satire We Are What We Are, or Jonathan Glazer's cult Birth. Abel ? review 2011-01-06T21:59:00Z

It is exceptionally difficult to do justice to a state of national mourning using the tools of satire. Charlie Hebdo’s war on despair: “They have weapons. F*ck that sh*t. We have champagne!” 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z

"I needed satire and humor for therapy when I was fighting cancer." Cancer survivor produces medicine shows 2011-03-30T15:20:53Z

All right, all right — I added that last part, but that’s how closely the scene plays to satire. Conspiracy theories are mainstream now. Can the new ‘X-Files’ stand out? 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z

This was undeferential enough, but two years previously Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear concluded with an even more undignified satire on the president’s wife. Rom-coms, hatchet jobs and Hot Shots: how movies bid presidents goodbye 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z

But once the big names moved in, few were interested in his own new pitches for modestly budgeted zombie movies, in which the satire thrived by being left implicit. George A Romero: the zombie master whose ideas infected American cinema 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z

Ibsen’s incarnation of the fairy tale, for example, also works as a social satire of a community set at odds with its individuals and that emphasizes status over human empathy. Review: ‘Gnit’ Seeks Itself in a Mist of Magic and Mischief 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z

But satire is also used as a social tool, to divide those who get the joke from the those who don’t — and make the latter look ridiculous. Perspective | A humor exhibition at NGA might not be funny, but it reminds us to laugh at what’s stupid 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z

Or a satire of academics, armchair psychologists and the general intelligentsia, always trying to find a common language for our ways of living in the world. ‘Epiphany’ Review: A Holiday Party, but What Are We Celebrating? 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z

This 2018 satire written and directed by Boots Riley isn’t for everyone. The Most Important Decade for Movies About Black Lives 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z

As Mr. Trump has defied conventional politics and confounded conventional pundits, so has he frustrated conventional satire. Donald Trump Is a Conundrum for Political Comedy 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z

Political lines are conveniently drawn, and it’s hard to reconcile his satire of hate and hypocrisy with routines that indulge so freely in silly stereotypes. Latino history with professor John Leguizamo, the CliffsNotes edition 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z

What his show did with comedy was a kind of journalism nonetheless, using satire and some thorough research of source material to analyze the news and analyze its analysis. Jon Stewart, the Fake Newsman Who Made a Real Difference 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z

Chesterton have described the operetta as a satire of England, its vision of a nonsensical and bloodthirsty ersatz-Japan can strike modern sensibilities as offensive. A ‘Mikado’ for a modern age — minus Japan, but complete with a bar 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z

He and other politicians are predictably conflicted and hypocritical, and the political satire can sometimes seem to be writing itself. Can Political Satire Outpace Reality? 3 Books Toss Their Hats in the Ring 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z

The class satire is very thick, but in an Errol Morris way. ‘The Good Fight’: Michelle and Robert King Give Closing Arguments 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z

Related: Our Brand is Crisis review - Sandra Bullock gets our vote in broadly sketched political satire Trump is currently the front runner for the Republican nomination according to a CNN/ORC poll published this week. George Clooney: Donald Trump's comments about Mexican immigrants were 'idiotic' 2015-09-12T04:00:00Z

There is no topic that’s taboo, and no individual on the planet who is beyond satire. Stop mocking Adam Holland 2013-04-30T15:04:00Z

But the show clearly wants to be a satire of horror, and society, and the racial attitudes that remain an obsessive concern of Murphy’s. Scream Queens is a Missed Opportunity for Fox, and Ryan Murphy 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z

The book is a satire of this culture of excess, but Hollywood loves to glorify wealth. ‘This Story Transcends Race’: Kevin Kwan on the Appeal of ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ 2018-08-19T04:00:00Z

With this, the show once again demonstrates an emphasis on balanced satire. Post-outrage TV: how South Park is surviving the era of controversy 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z

The tale of a woman battling cancer who turns to a positive-thinking healer only to find herself in the world of the dead, it's both a satire and a moving story about illness. South Africa Walks 2010-06-16T07:00:00Z

“The Testaments” is not nearly the devastating satire of political and theological misogyny that “The Handmaid’s Tale” is. Review | Praise be: Margaret Atwood has published a sequel to ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z

Such indictments tend to have a short shelf life, and, as satire, Mr. Elliott’s production can feel gratingly dated. Holly Hunter and Bill Pullman in David Rabe's 'Sticks and Bones' 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z

But the subsidiary characters are farcical cartoons in a satire so unhinged that the movie seems to fly around squawking. | 'Father of Invention': ?Father of Invention,? With Kevin Spacey - Review 2011-10-13T23:24:32Z

This is the Higher Drollerie: pitter-patter satire that doesn't have much force or direction but which is genuinely suggestive and leaves a flavour of quizzical dissent. Birthday; Kiss Me Kate; Get Stuff Break Free – review 2012-06-30T23:05:59Z

The left tends to be, I think, better at satire than the right. Jon Stewart fought the good fight during the Bush era: “You had the mainstream media … reduced to taking seriously the garbage that was coming out of the right” 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z

A brilliant and rather prescient satire on 1930s nationalism and indeed fascism, but also a hilarious comedy. Comfort films to watch while self-isolating – ranked! 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z

Stewart and "The Daily Show" did not invent the satire of the TV anchor-desk format. Jon Stewart announces he'll leave 'The Daily Show' this year 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z

So Enlightened has sometimes felt jarring—sometimes a character study of Amy, sometimes feeling like a satire of her and sometimes playing like a satirical indictment of corporate culture. Enlightened Watch: Lighting a Fire 2011-12-13T14:41:30Z

And satire is exceptionally good at reframing narratives and exposing hypocrisy and hubris. Trevor Noah's wit is an effective weapon against white supremacy and defense of police violence 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z

A sequence with Brown and the Famous Flames outfitted in collegiate garb for a Frankie Avalon movie is played for satire. ‘Get On Up’ Stars Chadwick Boseman as James Brown 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z

Now he brings us an even more lethal satire from Norris that confronts the intersection between property and race. Clybourne Park 2010-09-03T09:35:00Z

But to worry about that is to miss the critical work that his style of satire can do. The genius of Sacha Baron Cohen: 5 comedy strategies that make his insane interviews work 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z

Berger flips the logic of Oliver’s school of political satire on its head. A Political Satirist for the Internet Election 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z

One famous episode, “Lemonade,” becomes a satire on American business practices, as the financially naïve Kukla vainly tries to make a go of his lemonade stand. Video: All Talking, All Singing, All but Forgotten 2011-05-06T21:13:01Z

Yet this is far from the first time his distinctive style of political satire - a fixture of national newspapers and magazines for decades - has been the subject of intense debate. Gerald Scarfe's colourful career 2013-01-29T13:10:53Z

Huge splashes of color, everything from political satire to whimsical creatures, climb across buildings in neighborhoods poor and rich. See Buenos Aires through its street art 2014-04-30T04:00:00Z

But because Lin’s play, running through June 25, is a satire, the curtain does not come down on that downer. In a City of Monuments, History Lives Onstage and in the Streets 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z

He also appears in the independently made political satire film "Knife Fight," which premiered at the Tribeca film festival in April. "Will & Grace" star returns to TV in "Perception" 2012-07-05T20:19:14Z

However, her family filed a lawsuit against the production company, claiming that Evans was unaware the movie was satire and that it was meant to "mock the Holocaust and Jewish culture." What's real in "Borat 2"? 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z

It’s a satire of the middle-class middle-aged white-male entitlement and privilege that all the big dramas treat as the stuff of life.” Rate Culture 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z

Yu’s Hollywood satire, a National Book Award winner, follows an Asian actor whose dreams of landing a leading role are forever stymied by typecasting and racism. 50 notable works of fiction in 2020 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z

The idea was to cross every line in an effort to use irony and satire to question the status quo. What the media can learn from Bill Maher: 1 year after Charlie Hebdo attack, satirists still taking risks news outlets won’t 2016-01-09T05:00:00Z

The formulaic two-couple setup notwithstanding, Rizzo’s satire deepens with surprising and increasingly outrageous turns, cleverly turning the tables on each character’s posturing. A Mount Washington clash of cultures in L.A. playwright's 'Mutual Philanthropy' 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z

The satire is not always without affection, as in the picture of two short, elderly gents strolling side by side in boxy plaid jackets. Art Review: Leon Levinstein?s Photographs of New Yorkers 2010-06-24T20:30:00Z

“I wanted to make something that was like, ‘Is this satire or is this real?’” A T-Shirt Shop for the Semi-Ironic ‘Twilight’ Fan 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z

Rae’s career began while she was still studying at Stanford University, where she made a spoof web series, Dorm Diaries, a satire on the black college life she was living at the time. How Insecure made TV gold with ‘a show about regular black people being basic’ 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z

“With my generation, it was still OK to poke some things, and the millennial generation are a lot more sensitive. It’s hard for them to understand context or satire.” Worst job in showbiz: why will no one touch the world's glitziest gigs? 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z

From a single viewpoint, one can find racial satire, a stereotype confirmed, or the embodiment of pure human idiocy. Crawling Through New York City with the Artist Pope.L 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z

THE FACTS: There is no record of any arrest of Disney CEO Bob Chapek, and the claim first appeared on a conservative blog that labels some of its content as satire. FACT FOCUS: Posts maligning Disney lack evidence 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z

Details are scant so far, but the play is described as a “satire of tragic dimensions” set in New York City. The Upcoming Flea Season Will Explore Police Brutality and Gun Violence 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z

“Airport” helped inspire the Zucker brothers’ antic “Airplane!” satire, in which the filmmakers hoped to cast Mr. Kennedy as the bumbling plane dispatcher. George Kennedy, Oscar-winning character actor of ‘Cool Hand Luke,’ dies at 91 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z

“Ralph told me that you have to be careful with satire because you could literally spoof yourself out of your objective,” Mr. Spurlock said. Financing the Hand That Slaps (or Nibbles) You 2011-04-16T02:33:01Z

Entourage" is usually a lot more broad in its satire, always sort of jabbing an elbow in your ribs and going, "Clever, huh? "Entourage" recap: 8x1 2011-07-25T16:40:00Z

It became a bigger story, and not merely a satire of some characteristically clumsy British tourists. Tessa Hadley on Teen-Age Losses of Innocence 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z

This bitingly timely satire, which dared to do for Ataturk what Animal Farm did for Stalin, offers a devastating commentary on what Tanpinar himself described as the country’s late arrival into the modern world. 10 of the best books set in Turkey - that will take you there 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z

In this Argentine satire about class, the love of beautiful things, and violent urges, the landmark structure plays the fictional home of world-famous interior designer Leonardo and his wife and daughter. New Directors/New Films Series Sets Lineup 2010-02-25T17:48:00Z

The play was a savage satire on England, depicting the ups and downs of a self-seeking Midlands family. In pictures: The career of Roger Lloyd Pack 2014-01-16T13:54:55Z

His ballets also contain despair, jealousy and satire, but he confined those things to acting. Royal Danish Ballet Performs Works by August Bournonville 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z

This finale, more than anything, needed to put what mattered — Rachel, Quinn, behind-the-scenes satire, occasional heartbreak — back in the center and trust it to hold. ‘UnREAL’ Season 2 Finale: Trust Me 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z

A satire of writerly ambition wrapped in a psychological thriller: A young novelist claws his way to fame by seducing other writers and stealing their plots. 50 notable works of fiction in 2018 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z

The film's most successful shot at true satire is the precise equivalent of Chaplin's deadly serious "Look up, Hannah" speech in The Great Dictator. The Dictator ? review 2012-05-19T23:08:03Z

This movie’s problem is less that it traffics in outrageous stereotypes – effective satire does that almost by definition — than that its purported reasons for doing so get lost amid a bloated, cluttered star vehicle. “Get Hard” is a bloated, lazy prison rape-joke trainwreck 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z

In a preshow welcome on Wednesday, the Encores! artistic director Jack Viertel said that one reason for revisiting “Call Me Madam” was to see how a political satire from 1950 differed from satire today. Review: Without Ethel Merman, a Limp ‘Call Me Madam’ at Encores! 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z

“Maps” is also, incidentally, the world’s first melodrama/Hollywood satire/supernatural horror/psychokiller movie. Cannes: Cronenberg's 'Maps to the Stars, a (sort-of) Hollywood satire 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z

Perhaps the deskbound realm is just too absurd for satire. Review | If you hate office life, you’ll love — and laugh at — this novel 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z

Colbert, meanwhile, appeared much less jaded, discussing the nature of his satire and explaining “I am not cynical, I behave cynically.” Jon Stewart is ready to be done with “The Daily Show”: “As much as I like work, nothing beats not working” 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z

Charles Waxberg directs the satire of "lengths we go through to maintain a standard of living to which we've become accustomed." Tartuffe and Freud part of Taproot's 2012 season 2011-07-07T19:28:05Z

Brodesser-Akner writes that Joshua Cohen uses the sharp wit of satire to disclose the underlying fear of the Jewish people that they are always the outsider no matter how successful they become. Readers Have Some Thoughts About Recent Reviews and Essays 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z

Serious-minded yet silly, dense with wordplay and anything-goes theatricality, the play is so heavily swaddled in its down vest of irony, snark and satire that you can hardly locate its heart. Review: Hipsters Double-Check Their Privilege in ‘Cute Activist’ 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z

If Millet’s mermaids are beautiful and graceful, though, the satire in her novel isn’t: It’s chaotic and exhausting. Book review: ‘Mermaids in Paradise,’ by Lydia Millet

This satire about a demented visitor from outer space who arrives in Virginia with the hope of starting a third world war recalls Wilde and Shaw, though it reverberates with Vidal's own unmistakable tone. Gore Vidal 2012-08-01T05:32:19Z

His latest film is “Chi-Raq,” an urban musical satire set for release on Dec. 4 by Amazon Studios with Roadside Attractions. For Spike Lee, an Honorary Oscar, but Diversity Takes Center Stage 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z

Almost everything you write now, no matter how outrageous, comes true, and if you're writing satire you don't want to be behind the curve but ahead of it. 'My humour has always come from anger' 2011-03-06T00:02:01Z

Black spoke to the BBC's Tim Masters about why he chose to tackle the 18th Century satire and how he coped with playing a giant. Jack Black on his 'giant' role 2010-12-24T08:30:39Z

Just when you think you’re reading career satire, Harris upends her plot with a science fiction twist that both surprises and broadens the story into something more urgent and ultimately — well, you decide. 10 books to read in June 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z

The episode received a mixed reaction on social media, with people unsure whether or not the takedown of Trump was brilliant satire or completely tasteless. South Park depicts Donald Trump being brutally murdered 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z

Satire that doesn't hurt isn't satire and thus has no point. Rory Bremner sees the funny side of Scottish independence 2013-04-03T14:16:43Z

It's topical, sharp satire on a hipster icon. An Edinburgh comedy judge's diary: Easyjet gags get a hip-hop upgrade 2012-08-08T15:15:16Z

Mr. Schumacher spoke with Melena Ryzik from his home in Los Angeles to discuss the darkness of “Twelve,” his career and how many of his films are actually satires. Film: Joel Schumacher on ?Twelve,? Starring 50 Cent 2010-07-23T21:51:00Z

Comedians, writers, satirists and a cartoonist gathered Thursday night at Hollywood's Upright Citizens Brigade to discuss censorship and satire in the wake of the killings at the offices of the Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris. Comedians and cartoonist gather to discuss satire and censorship 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z

And then Lazlow Jones, who writes a lot of the satire with me, is a good ol’ boy from Oklahoma. Q. and A.: Rockstar’s Dan Houser on Grand Theft Auto V 2012-11-10T01:05:01Z

If Trump is agreed to have killed off political satire, political history could well be taking its place. Cinema got woke in 2017, but it's only the beginning 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z

She is consistently but not deformingly alert to irony, to satire, to humor in its high and low forms. Review: In ‘SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome,’ Mary Beard Tackles Myths and More 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z

But as a satire of the publishing industry, it’s hilarious. Review | Francine Prose’s ‘The Vixen’ turns Cold War paranoia into smart comedy 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z

It gave WS Gilbert his material for Patience, the popular musical satire on the aesthetes which opened at the Opéra Comique in London in 1881. Aesthetic values 2011-03-26T00:05:03Z

He stayed with us in Colorado during the launch of his brilliant satire The Republic of Wine, a few days during which he seemingly read every Chinese novel on the bookcase in the guest room. My hero: Mo Yan 2012-10-12T21:55:20Z

The only problem is, their story doesn't add up, their satire is misplaced. My stuckist portrait: I'm flattered | Jonathan Jones 2010-03-18T11:03:00Z

"There's nothing like political satire here," said David Moses, who studies and writes about Chinese humor. Jon Stewart's humor a hit with millions of envious Chinese 2013-05-20T06:39:58Z

Lydia’s résumé is a litany of meritocratic glory and upper-middlebrow glitter so lustrous as to verge on satire. ‘Tár’ Review: A Maestro Faces the Music 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z

After six seasons swilling whiskey and deadpanning, the sweater-wearing title character of this animated Hollywood satire is putting down the reins. What’s on TV Friday: ‘Bojack Horseman’ and ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z

The broadcaster was talking to the Telegraph on the 50th anniversary of his proto-Mock the Week satire show That Was the Week That Was. Frankie Boyle gets satirical – and Two and A Half Men star says: stop watching 2012-11-27T15:18:44Z

What's been missing for a long time is a live, political satire show. Channel 4's 10 O'Clock Live: where satire becomes serious, and politicians can keep their credibility 2011-01-17T07:00:05Z

In a time when everything has become partisan, even facts and science, it is convenient to lump satire in with more of our red versus blue state drama. Satire’s war on stupid: This prank on the Democrats and an ACLU brief reveal our nation’s biggest battle 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z

The Eight: Reindeer Monologues The off-color holiday satire returns; for mature audiences. L.A. theater openings, Dec. 4-11: 'Complete Works – Table Top Shakespeare' and more 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z

I would add “Better Call Saul,” with its satisfying blend of satire and humanity. Review | Looking for a summer thriller? Here are 9 picks for your beach bag. 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z

Like the movie’s portrayal of African-Americans, the movie’s representations of women straddle the border between tongue-in-cheek satire and cynical exploitation. From Bluto Blutarsky to Donald Trump: The United States of "Animal House" at 40 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z

Because she was there, she is human, she knows it was special to be so pregnant, so electric, producing satire so immediate on live television. Review: ‘Yes Please,’ by Amy Poehler

Respect and deference, historically, have not been the most successful starting points for satire. Crash landing: Space Force is not the Trump satire we need right now 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z

The American satire rattled with rage, while this British inquiry seems to want a more reserved, realistic analysis. Review | ‘Jefferson’s Garden’ blooms with contradictions at Ford’s 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z

Mr. O’Hara’s savage satire may at first seem like a jigsaw puzzle whose pieces don’t all fit together. ‘Bootycandy’ Looks at Black Attitudes Toward Gays 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z

There's some lovely, eloquent satire on corporate life and the pursuit of happiness here, and the resulting novel though rarely moving, is never dull. Falling Sideways by Thomas E Kennedy - review 2012-11-06T12:00:04Z

He is “Lonesome” Rhodes from Elia Kazan’s 1957 “A Face in the Crowd”—but without the satire. Donald Trump’s the ultimate baby boomer: How boomer entitlement and Hollywood explain the GOP front-runner 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z

“Camping” could be a cutting social satire of the modern drive to try to make one’s life live up to the impossible perfection of staged moments on Instagram. Review: ‘Camping’ Is a Long, Uncomfortable Trip 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z

They also said the segment was satire and is protected under the First Amendment. Baron Cohen asks judge to dismiss Moore lawsuit 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z

My heart wasn’t in it, and the satire turned rancid. On Death and Dignity 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z

“Don’t Look Up” : Meryl Streep plays a self-centered scoundrel in Adam McKay's apocalyptic satire. ‘Spencer’ Review: Prisoner of the House of Windsor 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z

As Seth Meyers explained to Van Jones, satire goes after hypocrisy. Donald Trump and the media: The problem isn’t too much coverage — it’s how this president i... 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z

But they are also fantastical, a blend of satire, science fiction and parable, the point of which is to change our view of reality by inflating it to surreality. A Different Kind of Dystopian Novel 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z

The results clearly showed that he had changed the public relevance of satire news. 25 years of "The Daily Show": Here’s 5 ways it permanently changed U.S. satire 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z

Those questions imply judgments, and “Zola,” though it gestures in the direction of satire and Florida noir, lacks a consistent tone or point of view. ‘Zola’ Review: Twitter? I Hardly Know Her! 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z

It delivered that action, but then surrounded it with a merciless satire, in which a futuristic authoritarian government uses propaganda and jingoism to convince its youth to die cheerfully for the flag. The 50 Best Movies on Netflix Right Now 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z

Not everyone felt this deserved the award – as an American woman nearby remarked to me, this could clearly be read as satire, plain and simple. Bad Sex in Fiction Awards ceremony celebrates 24th year 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z

Even as satire, it’s a lot of weight to put on a sports comedy that’s essentially a character study, and longtime fans of “Brockmire” may not be happy with the changes. Review: ‘Brockmire’ Is the Dystopian Baseball Comedy We Need 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z

A Syrian musician seeks asylum in Britain and is sent to a very remote, very weird Scottish island to wait for a verdict on his request in this sweet satire. What’s on TV This Week: ‘Landscapers’ and ‘Live in Front of a Studio Audience’ 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z

It is a further refinement of this director's gifts for body horror and satire. Cannes 2014 review: Maps to the Stars - Hollywood dreams turn queasy in David Cronenberg's brilliant nightmare 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z

But their scabrous satire knew no limits, including the mentally challenged and interracial relationships, and carried an acid political rage that took it into the realm of deep catharsis. | Jinkx Monsoon’s Joyfully Cracked Ode to Vaudeville 2013-07-17T22:20:27Z

Lectures on human rights, political satire and censorship will complement the show. Long Before Twitter, Martin Luther Was a Media Pioneer 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z

This satire of Philippine society comes at a time when this Southeast Asian nation again stands at a political crossroads. Q&A: Filipino Author Miguel Syjuco 2010-05-11T06:00:00Z

But when it came to the Globes’ own satire, reaction was decidedly mixed. From Cosby to 'Charlie,' This Golden Globes Had Something to Say 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z

“There’s a fine line between satire and being offensive, and you have to be on the right side of that.” As Broadway Returns, Shows Rethink and Restage Depictions of Race 2021-10-23T04:00:00Z

“So the caricature and the satire were a reality.” Inside Art: Schütte in Central Park, Arrechea on Park Avenue 2013-01-24T21:08:48Z

Here are a few highlights of some of the best satire coverage of the issue: Why we need serious Trump jokes: From "SNL" to Colbert, comedians make sense out of impeachment 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z

But "& Sons" isn't primarily social satire, even though parts are hilarious. A novel about fathers & sons struggling to connect 2013-07-22T13:32:44Z

In these scenes “My Piece of the Pie” veers unsteadily from mild social satire to farce. | 'My Piece of the Pie': ?My Piece of the Pie? - Review 2011-12-09T02:19:48Z

Apple has rejected book apps for featuring sexual content and political satires for their potential to offend. In iPhone, adult industry sees pocket porn market 2010-07-29T11:01:00Z

In the glib, uneven satire “War Dogs” last year, director Todd Phillips used wall-to-wall needle drops of on-the-nose songs to make up in immediate recognition what the film lacked in depth and point of view. Perspective | Filmmakers are making their soundtracks do all the work, and it’s getting a little lazy 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z

The writers of “Scream Queens” exorcised that anxiety through satire in a scene that gained traction on YouTube. The Rise of the ‘Bromosexual’ Friendship 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z

In music, fashion, art and satire, it seemed to set the pace and, even today, the "swinging" status of that era is seldom challenged. The Australians who set 60s Britain swinging 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z

But unlike “Swope,” “Spook” is something other than hip satire and, as opposed to “Sweetback,” it did not lend itself to recuperative commercialization. The Spy Movie That Upset the American Dream 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z

Sharply conceived satire can sometimes accomplish what outrage and disgust cannot, sending some of this junk back in the direction from whence it flows. ‘UnREAL’ and ‘Another Period’: From female creators, sharp jabs at reality 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z

Neighbourly contention may therefore be a tougher target for satire than it appears at first sight. Consumerism triumphs in The Joneses 2010-04-26T10:22:00Z

Film and video fans should enjoy The Art Projects screening room, which is a curated program of experimental film and video that explore the connections between humor, satire and beauty in contemporary moving image artworks. In Transit Blog: London Art Fair to Showcase Modern Works 2012-01-17T11:00:19Z

But there’s nothing quite like gleeful shoe-on-the-other-foot bullying disguised as satire to give the most tiresome elements of the men’s right’s lobby – and they are legion — fuel for their own self-righteous sense of victimhood. Twitter’s latest unfunny trend: #killallmen 2013-05-07T16:32:00Z

Country houses are nothing if not a symbol of upper class hegemony: the novel provides an apparatus through which this can be examined, sometimes humorously, sometimes with gentle satire. The deep foundations of the country-house novel 2011-02-01T10:31:28Z

Like “Get Out,” “Master” finds scares — and satire — in the benevolence and moral vanity of white liberals. Worried About the Health of Cinema? Sundance Has Good News for You. 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z

These eclectic songs are rich with black comedy and bitter satire. Music Review: Met?s Summer Recital Series Kicks Off in Central Park 2010-07-13T22:57:00Z

A Woman of No Importance Oscar Wilde’s classic satire of social mores in late 19th-century England. L.A. theater openings, Nov. 9-16: 'O Réjane' and more 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z

But satire on racial snobbery also blends with low farce when the preacher and his prudish wife inadvertently stumble upon their son's copy of The Joy of Sex. One Monkey Don't Stop No Show – review 2013-01-18T13:41:53Z

That said: we know how satire works, right? “Djesus Uncrossed,” Grievance, and How Satire Actually Works 2013-02-19T22:42:23Z

Despite rumors of their demise, black humor and satire, too, remained alive and well on “Saturday Night Live” and The Onion, which ran headlines like “Rest of Country Temporarily Feels Deep Affection for New York.” The 9/11 Decade: Outdone by Reality 2011-09-01T16:55:45Z

Tender and artful, Prose’s 15th novel is a sophisticated satire, a gently spiritual celebration of life, a dark and thoroughly grim depiction of despair, a screwball comedy, a screwball tragedy. High Praise for a Novel About an Awful Children’s Musical 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z

Your satire pieces are really funny insights into pop culture. Neil Strauss on rock stars, Charlie Sheen and the art of a good interview 2011-03-18T18:19:00Z

She feared that her daughter's depiction of local government, allied to the vein of satire and "puckish mischief" familiar from her earlier books, might expose her own job to criticism and ridicule. Winifred Holtby's South Riding 2011-02-19T00:05:25Z

Here the novel becomes both thriller and social satire. ‘The Sympathizer,’ by Viet Thanh Nguyen 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z

"It's a parallel universe and I hope it's a benign satire rather than destructive." Olympic satire 'Twenty Twelve' hits close to home 2011-04-07T11:46:05Z

In the end, satire may well have no more impact than any other publicly expressed view, Mitchell accepts, but at least it is more fun. Political satire 2010-04-17T23:08:00Z

That is excellent positive thinking – particularly when you remember that the community Gwyneth is talking about is Goop, her self-curated lifestyle website that doubles as a rolling satire on late capitalism. Why Donald Trump’s victory is a gift for Gwyneth Paltrow 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z

Shifting from whimsical comedy to light satire to lumpy allegory, it quickly strips its gears and stops cold. Review: In ‘Terra Firma,’ a Wee Wet Country on the Brink 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z

Trump’s evident egomania, which seems in no danger of waning, also games the system so that satire cannot function correctly. Is Satire Possible in the Age of Trump? 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z

Trump’s guest spot could have been a major milestone in satire, like when Stephen Colbert humiliated President George W Bush at the Washington Correspondent’s Dinner. Donald Trump on SNL: candidate’s hosting stunt was no laughing matter 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z

Antony Jay, whose keen appreciation of Machiavelli and corporate behavior helped make the 1980s British television series “Yes Minister” and “Yes, Prime Minister” instant classics of political satire, died on Aug. 21. Antony Jay, a Machiavelli Scholar and a Creator of ‘Yes Minister,’ Dies at 86 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z

The finest TV satire thus far this electoral season has come from Larry Wilmore on “The Nightly Show” and Lee Camp on “Redacted Tonight.” Samantha Bee is Jon Stewart’s real heir: Finally, the 2016 campaign has the satirist we so desperately need 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z

Occupation West Coast premiere of Ken Ferrigni’s dark satire, set in 2017, about a local resistance movement that springs up after the U.S. sells Florida to China. L.A. theater openings, March 29-April 5: 'The Break of Noon' and more 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z

“Buckley is an old hand at this, the author of more than a dozen political satires,” Ben Greenman writes, reviewing the book alongside two other works of politically minded fiction. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z

It’s always a bad sign when a show starts using satire and song as a nuclear option rather than as a subtle slap on the rear. ‘American Horror Story: Freak Show’: Carny cornballs

The reality-TV twist may seem incongruous, but topical satire was part of the Stooges arsenal; they often spoofed the westerns and war movies of the day. The Farrelly Brothers on Their ?Three Stooges? 2012-04-06T13:00:00Z

Was she meant to be taken as a high-minded emissary of enlightenment or was she as much an object of Lewis’s satire as Main Street itself? The Novelist Who Saw Middle America as It Really Was 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z

Many people thought that book was purely satire, but it’s also a profoundly romantic story of a guy who lost his mother and wants to be a writer. Jay McInerney on brightness, couples and catastrophe 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z

Those wonderful people who brought you “The Good Wife” attempt something almost unheard of on TV — satire. Readers reflect on the staying power of Beatlemania and mourn the loss of Gene Wilder 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z

"On the other hand, there's got to be a line drawn as to what constitutes satire and what constitutes insult." Painting that ridicules S. Africa's leader defaced 2012-05-22T12:45:09Z

“Money Monster” begins with a jolt of satire, proceeds through a maze of beat-the-clock exposition and lands on a surprisingly gentle, sentimental note. Review: In ‘Money Monster,’ a Broke Investor Holds a Grudge and a Gun 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z

That’s typical of Parks: it’s combines a sense of satire about the larger world with unashamed positivity about the smaller individuals in it. Parks and Recreation Watch: Find Your Team and Get to Work 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z

"Dual" delivers a clever satire on relationships, violence in society, and issues around individuality, change, and freedom. "Dual" director on a world where Karen Gillan duels her own clone for survival: "Karen is a maestro" 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z

It’s easy enough to formulate a distinction between the redemptive satire that aims upward, toward the seats of privilege and authority, versus the bullying kind that picks on the powerless. Adjusting to a World That Won’t Laugh With You 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z

But it’s also important because it represents the moment “Planet of the Apes” was reconfigured from the satire of Pierre Boulle’s 1963 novel “Monkey Planet” to a more pointed commentary on humanity’s propensity to self-destruct. The transformation of 'Planet of the Apes,' from book to movie legend 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z

How important is real research to this kind of satire? Imagining Dubya on Jeb feels so real now it hurts: “He thinks he’s a dweeb, he thinks he’s a knucklehead, he think he’s a dope” 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z

It was written and directed by Chris Morris, best known for controversial satire Brass Eye. In pictures 2011-01-18T11:51:58Z

It boasts lurid murders, explicit sensuality and broad satire — as well as a riotous orchestration. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z

Ms. Petri, 30, writes a satire column for The Washington Post’s op-ed page, and writes a daily blog for the publication, entitled ComPost. Alexandra Petri, Stephen Stromberg 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z

Part satire, part autofiction, part confessional, “My Dinner With André” never loses the plot; it doesn’t have one to begin with. ‘My Dinner With André’ at 40: Still Serving Hot Takes 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z

Veep not only mastered the art of political satire, it did that rarest of things: it became a successful cross-Atlantic adaptation. Veep resigns after season seven but leaves a peerless comedy legacy 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z

"Up Da RA is pure satire," says Chambers. The Rubberbandits: comedy, prank CDs ... and the IRA 2013-01-16T18:33:59Z

“But I know one of the secrets of Borat’s success was how many people took it literally. Some people didn’t see it as a satire – they just saw a rude guy speaking their language.” Borat director Larry Charles: why I asked terrorists to tell me a joke 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z

The satire about race relations, directed by Justin Simien, follows a group of black students on a fictional, predominately white college campus as they explore racial identity in a "post-racial" America. 'Fury' should top 'Gone Girl' at box office this weekend 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

“Excuse Me, But ...” by Jane Comfort and Company was a satire of today’s picky eaters. DanceNow Festival Keeps Performances Short and Snappy 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z

In many ways, this is a satire of the Norman Rockwell family. Emile Hirsch plays 'Killer Joe,' a trailer park Hamlet 2012-08-09T22:00:06Z

And the interactions between the two comedy hosts on air and off illustrate how important this kind of political satire is around the world. The documentary “Tickling Giants” is a chronicle of weaponized satire and the Arab Spring 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z

Painting just when the feminist movement was taking off, Lichtenstein made a wicked satire of the blame-the-victim mentality still prevalent today. 5 pieces in the Broad collection that highlight Pop art history 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z

Tina Fey’s satire over seven seasons have been hilarious and cutting, and yet in these final episodes it’s also been interwoven with just the right amount of sincerity. Dead Tree Alert: 30 Rock–It Peacocks TV So Much 2013-01-25T14:22:48Z

His cloak-and-dagger adventure novels veered into social satire, the gory and occasionally the supernatural, but his definition of what was truly frightening was surprisingly prosaic. Warren Murphy, Writer and Creator of Remo Williams, Dies at 81 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z

The best satire makes you fear for your safety and perhaps your soul. Ian McEwan’s Political Satire ‘The Cockroach’ Offers a Reversal of Kafka 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z

The dialogue is occasionally funny, but more interesting than its satire is the play’s clever formal style that breaks up the story into three parts that echo off one another. | 'Wolves': Drama by Delaney Britt Brewer at 59E59 Theaters 2010-08-09T02:00:00Z

When there are flashes of satire they are faint and rose-tinted, fangs filed into photogenic stumps. The Bling Ring – review 2013-07-07T00:05:00Z

The sketch, Daryl, was the first of a two-part satire of the Showtime series Dexter, which has a man who kills murderers as its complicated hero. Dan Harmon deletes Twitter account after obscene video sketch resurfaces 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z

This season, which airs its finale on Wednesday, is built around an extended satire of political correctness. How ‘South Park’ Perfectly Captures Our Era of Outrage 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z

"Let's Pollute," though cleverly drawn, uses a heavy hand in its satire of '60s education films. Oscar-nominated shorts: A vivid, varied collection of films 2011-02-10T22:46:55Z

Because sometimes you wonder if satire is even needed. Aerospace lobbyists, military in satirist Buckley's cross hairs 2012-06-07T20:38:04Z

This year, surreal showbiz satire "Birdman" leads the film nominees with seven nods in the comedy/musical film categories while coming-of-age tale "Boyhood" has five nominations in the drama film categories. Blunders begone! Golden Globes burnish Hollywood credibility 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z

Though the experiment is carried out in a complex format — one that blurs satire and minstrelsy and comedy and drama — this is not some avant-garde nonsense producing microscopic results. Review: ‘Slave Play,’ Four Times as Big and Just as Searing 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z

Hence “Real Husbands” as commentary: Here are well-regarded actors reduced to parody, and reduced to sharing the air, on a show that is a satire of emasculation. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Real Husbands of Hollywood’ and Lack of Black Male Leads 2013-01-14T23:20:39Z

"Having a big Wellywood sign pokes affectionate fun at Hollywood, and the satire doesn't work if you're designing something that looks completely different," said Jackson. Peter Jackson's Wellywood sign faces legal challenge 2010-03-12T11:26:00Z

At times the show's satire is as broad as it's long. Vernon God Little - review 2011-02-08T00:34:00Z

But even here, there seems to be a new anger in the air: theatre fuelled by satire of the coalition and calling for solidarity against Tory cuts. Latitude theatre roundup: forest sets, bankers' debts … and getting wet 2012-07-16T16:27:04Z

But what those incredulous characters probably don’t share with the real Kemper is her knack for satire. Review | Phoebe Robinson, Ellie Kemper and Busy Philipps are here to brighten your days 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z

If you come at the king, you best not miss — or, if you’re joking, at least get ready for the inevitable guerrilla warfare over the limits of art, free speech and satire. 10 Cultural Battles That Ruled 2017 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z

This satire is, in some ways, a companion piece to her 1967 comedy Barefoot in the Park. Jane Fonda's 10 best films – ranked! 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z

“Mythic Quest” has some of the slick satire of “Silicon Valley,” but it also has a surprisingly emotional side, reminiscent of pensive, auteur-y dramedies. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z

His "With a Light Touch" columns were hugely popular for their sharp satire of the absurdities of corruption and abuse of power and privilege. Adam Lusekelo obituary 2011-04-12T17:17:07Z

Aside from a delicious satire of book publicity — an industry so unhitched from reality that it’s hard to parody its exaggerations — “The Boat Rocker” also dramatizes the vast shadow world of Internet news. ‘The Boat Rocker’: Ha Jin’s timely novel about freedom of the press 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z

That’s why the earthly institutions of Christianity that Hess depicts from the start of the film are the relentless objects of scathing yet empathetic satire. Jared Hess’s Bitter Religious Satire, “Don Verdean” 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z

South Korea’s conflicted attitudes toward North Korea are the subject of Jang Cheol-Soo’s “Secretly Greatly,” a wicked satire that, like “Drug War,” eventually takes a wrong turn, ending on a maudlin note. Critic’s Notebook: New York Asian Film Festival Offers Sturdy Hollywood Themes 2013-06-28T22:13:41Z

Michael Breslin and Patrick Foley’s show is a crazed, ambitious satire of how the media and woke cultures feed on themselves and into flamboyant incoherence — an M.O. it ends up reflecting. Review: A Satire of Social Media That Aims at Too Many Targets 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z

It was praised as a satire on capitalism. Ian McEwan, Rachel Whiteread and the frozen north 2010-04-16T10:31:00Z

I’d say “satirize” instead of “spoof,” but even bad satires have something to say. Review: Ballers Throws a Flag on the Playboys 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z

But while Donald Trump's election injected new life into U.S. political comedy, the British are still waiting for Brexit to usher in their new golden age of satire. Brits still waiting for full Brexit comedy dividend 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z

Sweet, smart and quickly addictive, it's a classic cross-cultural romantic comedy with top notes of satire, but a brave and true heart. Hail 'Welcome to Sweden,' despair for 'Working the Engels' 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z

Wasserstein inflated a lot of her story into the realm of satire; a brash young feminist is named Quincy Quince, while the TV reporter whose interviews torpedo Hughes’s political chances is Timber Tucker. The political wrath of Wendy Wasserstein 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z

Chinese movie star Fan Bingbing stars in this sly political satire about Chinese bureaucracy and gender dynamics. Teen Angst With a New Edge 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z

Wilmore debuted in the midst of a late-night field that was only to grow yet more crowded, and shortly before the splashy debut of a presidential candidate who made satire next-to-impossible. Larry Wilmore: 'I Hope to Do' Late Night Again 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z

Photograph: Parrish Lewis December saw the US release – both in cinemas and streaming online – of Amazon’s first major feature film: Chi-Raq, a gang violence satire by Spike Lee. Jeff Bezos: 'I want Amazon to win an Oscar' 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z

“When Trump will fade into ignominy and take with him his ability to outstrip satire.” Kurt Andersen, Alec Baldwin to Write Satirical Book About President Trump 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z

But twice during the last couple of weeks, Stewart has gone serious on us, and delved into what “The Daily Show” – or any political satire – is good for. Jon Stewart doesn’t give a damn anymore: Why the “Daily Show” host has never been more watchable 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z

The second thing you notice is how sour-witted and slackly focused its satire is — qualities that ultimately make it a wearying, dispiriting read. 'King of the Badgers': A media circus in England 2011-09-21T23:08:04Z

The Madwoman of Chaillot Parson’s Nose stages Jean Girardoux’ satire about an eccentric woman who tries to stop a scheme to drill for oil in Paris. L.A. theater openings, Feb. 1-8: 'Seussical the Musical' and more 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z

And “The House of God” is wonderfully effective satire insofar as it points an accusatory finger at systems of power in medicine. “The House of God,” a Book as Sexist as It Was Influential, Gets a Sequel 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z

Xavier Giannoli's latest movie is an unsatisfying satire on the subject of celebrity. Superstar – review 2012-08-30T16:44:35Z

At repeating this fake witticism, Poehler mugs for the camera, looking directly into it, the overriding posture of Wain’s self-aware satire. Review: ‘They Came Together’ a parody party 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z

A seemingly sweet twist to complete the song turns what could have been a quaint step in Ramones history into a total piece of satire, with the joke on the dedicated listener. Joey Ramone's Posthumous "...ya know?": You'll Almost Wish You Didn't 2012-05-22T10:45:20Z

Another underrated movie from Frears, this satire canters enjoyably through the world of English middle-class hypocrisy and vanity. Every Stephen Frears film – ranked! 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z

Her voice and mannerisms drenched in meretricious satire, von Fliss eschews actual rich perspective on her dad to flippantly dive into anything goes misery disguised as jokey, "scientific" inquiry into the nature of loss. Review: 'Cancer: The Musical' suffers from unappealing treatment of its subject 2010-06-10T20:54:00Z

There’s an element of the show that believes it is weaving dark satire, offering grim perspective on the fact that the world’s nuclear weaponry is really controlled by this clutch of dithering idiots. It’s not TV, it’s HB-bro: Welcome to the quasi-hellscape of HBO’s brooding, bumbling, baller summer 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z

Jean Renoir’s early satire stars Michel Simon as a prodigiously bearded tramp who, one fine morning, walks halfway across the Pont des Arts and jumps into the Seine. 10 French Movies That Can Transport You to Paris 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z

Yet, what the film ultimately becomes — a sci-fi mystery, a smirking satire of religion — doesn’t possess enough actual narrative meat, formal style, or wit to justify its structural gambit. ‘Nr. 10’ Review: A Strange Joke, Too Dryly Delivered 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z

Stewart offered a form of political satire that really cared about offering the public leadership. 25 years of "The Daily Show": Here’s 5 ways it permanently changed U.S. satire 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z

You seem to be the opposite of many writers who deal in satire, such as Mark Twain, whose work became darker and darker as he aged. George Saunders's Humor 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z

And so begins the barrage of viciously funny satire in “Bachelorette.” Movie Review: ‘Bachelorette’ by Leslye Headland, With Kirsten Dunst 2012-09-06T12:00:00Z

Dramas and satires on political subjects exist, of course. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: When Political Theater Feels Truly Dangerous 2011-01-12T23:37:21Z

Some critics saw it as a withering and ultimately arid satire on affluent American aridness, an overextended variation on shorter, more surreal works like “The American Dream” and “The Sandbox.” | 'A Delicate Balance': Voices Pitched to a Fine-Tuned Hollow Sound 2010-08-24T22:05:00Z

Denying its reality, particularly when you are a popular comedy show with millions of viewers who interpret your satire as representing a deeper truth, was extremely irresponsible. “South Park” apologizes to Al Gore and admits it was wrong about global warming 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z

"I don't think it's supposed to be seen as anything other than a satire," attendee Eli Pearlstein said of the competition. Joey Chestnut chows down 5th hot dog contest win 2011-07-05T00:31:04Z

Opening batsman Wicket keeper Spin bowler A terrible one Why was Follow My Leader, Rattigan’s satire on fascism, denied a licence by the Lord Chamberlain in 1938? Cause C?l?bre: Terence Rattigan centenary ? quiz 2011-07-27T10:07:11Z

But Mr. Perrotta, whose earlier books include “Election” and “Little Children,” had no interest in engaging in easy satire of the Rapture and its adherents. ‘The Leftovers,’ About a Small Town’s Loss, Comes to HBO 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z

And the idea that the work could be taken as a topical satire featuring Melania Trump proved to be something of a red herring. Opera as lively art — or not-so-lively 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z

The writing is sharp, the satire is sharper, the performances beautifully unhinged. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z

Some of these carry the sting of satire, especially those that you suspect are close to the literal truth. | 'The Time That Remains': In Nazareth, Human Comedy as Wind Rustles the Olive Branches 2011-01-06T23:52:20Z

Or, as the curators write, “Capable of biting satire but also of enormous empathy, Degas approached each of his nudes in the terms warranted by that moment.” Art Review: ?Degas and the Nude? at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - Review 2011-10-20T20:19:22Z

Although Mr. Greenwood brings a sly humor to his Chauncey-like role, this satire about the corruption of language registers only when Adan’s nonsensical slogans weirdly apply to the situation at hand. Movie Review: ‘And Now a Word From Our Sponsor,’ With Bruce Greenwood 2013-05-10T00:37:58Z

Because satire takes aim at faulty logic and flawed reason it is well-positioned to mock false binaries, hypocrisy and inflammatory policy ideas. 5 ways the 2020 election will be shaped by late night comedy 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z

Satire, especially the broad, formless satire of Who Is America? can only get you so far. Who is America?: Why Sacha Baron Cohen's comedy failed to land a punch 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z

"From the medieval era, as well as before Islam, poets used satire as an instrument of ridicule." Ridiculing of leaders through satire has a long history 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z

But he remains intrigued by the relationship between politics and satire, specifically the “instinct to satirize as a coping mechanism”. 'How do we celebrate, not satirize?': inside the world of Terence Nance 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z

It has triggered an extreme makeover for political satire, which is now more ubiquitous, more pointed, more passionate and often more partisan than ever before. The New Politics of Late Night 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z

And it's not the facetious twittering that often passes for satire. Andrew Maxwell ? review 2011-08-25T16:59:43Z

But few have matched Mr. Busch in packing decades of celluloid dreams into an hour or two of stage satire. | 'The Divine Sister': No Doubt, Not a Typical Singing Nun 2010-09-23T02:03:00Z

So that is fodder for political and social satire. How 'Family Guy' Tried to Talk About Abortion 2010-07-19T22:08:00Z

Its opening poem, recited breathlessly, is acute in its satire of the revenge fantasies prevalent in action movies. ‘Fest’ and ‘Bear/Skin’ at American Realness Festival 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z

The Monty Python troupe burst forth from Britain as the 1960s became the ’70s, with a delirious blend of satire, surrealism and silliness. The men of Monty Python prove they’re (mostly) still a gas in live London shows

Is there such a thing as a "slow burn" satire? No amount of wine can make "The Woman in the House" spoof work, despite its charismatic star 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z

Its blend of astute commentary and effective carnage might have raised hopes that “Election Year” would turn out to be a timely and cathartic exercise in allegorical satire. Review: ‘The Purge: Election Year’ Offers a Campaign Platform of Blood Lust 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z

Morgan played an unhinged, reckless comedian called Tracy Jordan in a network television satire that caricatured his SNL days. Actor Tracy Morgan in intensive care after New Jersey road crash 2014-06-08T04:00:00Z

It’s Latino Theater Company satire disguised as farce masquerading as a potboiler. 5 picks: What's on our radar for art, theater, music and more 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z

When your satire confuses people, it can be a promising sign that it is smart, creative and subtle. Is political comedy dead now? 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z

In Moore’s artful style of satire, he often lets his interviewee reveal the flaws in their own logic. Why Michael Moore's "Bowling for Columbine" matters now more than ever 2019-10-19T04:00:00Z

But in July, when Kuhlman saw a photo of Trump bestowing an array of Goya products with a double thumbs-up from behind the Resolute Desk, he assumed it was satire. The presidency has been swamped by the Trump Aesthetic 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z

And soon the Second City comedy club - famed for its satire and improvisation - will use this fodder, as it turns its wit on the city itself. Famed comedy club seeking laughs in Chicago's past 2011-11-05T14:53:08Z

A recent “Tartuffe” took a 17th-century satire and pulled it into our moment while retaining its integrity. This Is Theater in 2020. Will It Last? Should It? 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z

Political satire also played an important role on both sides as a weapon to mock the enemy. WW1 show explores role of humour 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z

In "Super Sad True Love Story," you could smell Gary Shteyngart sweat as he labored to keep his outrageous satire one step ahead of dismal current events. 'Lionel Asbo': from brothel to brawl and back in dystopian England 2012-09-13T20:25:05Z

The smug, preening male characters bear the brunt of the satire. Movie Review: ‘What’s in a Name?,’ a Farce About a Fractious Evening 2013-12-12T23:26:35Z

As I've explained in relation to the rise of satirists as political actors in the Trump era, there has been a steady increase in satire playing a direct role in political action. Why Zelenskyy's background in comedy really matters 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z

The feminist satire website Reductress ran a headline last week reading: “Bra furlough extended.” The death of the bra: will the great lingerie liberation of lockdown last? 2020-07-05T04:00:00Z

Set in the winter chill of the northern Minnesota town of Trippton, the novel is both a murder mystery and a satire of small-town life. John Sandford: A thriller writer having a little fun with the genre 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z

Read more here Silicon Valley Excellent and agonisingly underwatched tech satire. The best TV of 2016 so far 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z

The playfully incendiary satire of "Dear White People," set amid a racially charged college campus, takes it on, head-on, while diffusing tension with wit and humor. With 'Dear White People,' Justin Simien wants to start conversations 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z

While Stuart Urban's vigilante satire May I Kill U? earned one-star reviews pretty much across the board, an unlikely source of support came from the Observer's veteran critic, Philip French. Les Miserables bucks seasonal trend to record best UK opening for a musical 2013-01-15T17:29:24Z

It's said that good satire should afflict the comfortable and comfort the afflicted. Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart ? review 2011-02-27T00:05:26Z

But, as I’ve argued in my research on satire and politics, satire can’t make an audience cynical about something that doesn’t deserve it. Don’t worry, be cynical: Why the fear of a nation of critical skeptics is overblown 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z

In its first season, Another Period developed a reputation for cutting social satire – a tradition that continues in season two. Another Period: behind the scenes of the Downton Abbey parody 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z

Buckley hasn’t abandoned political satire at all — he’s just found a different playing field for his favorite sport. Christopher Buckley may not have given up political satire after all 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z

Lots of material, then, for Yes, Minister's guiding principle, the gentle satire on a governing system in which elected politicians are outmanoeuvred by their more worldly, unelected officials. TV review: Yes, Prime Minister 2012-11-27T00:46:12Z

And then there's the saucy stuff, like "Vox" and "House of Holes," which merges Baker's knack for satire with a keen interest in sex. Nicholson Baker's 'The Way the World Works': on Wikipedia and weddings 2012-08-01T19:59:04Z

Wharton's satire of early 20th-century marriage and a woman's role in the upper echelons of American and French society, is a piece of sheer aesthetic beauty. The Great American Novelist tournament 2013-01-22T12:51:05Z

Let's avoid cheap satire in the face of such advice. Julius Caesar; Siegfried – review 2012-10-06T23:08:03Z

Ultimately, I think that the environmental satire “Don’t Look Up” prevails because of its topical, urgent subject matter. Oscars 2022 Predictions: Who Will Win Best Picture, Actor and Actress? 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z

An opinion piece in The Washington Post, “All That Jazz Isn’t All That Great,” actually made the claim that Mr. Gold’s satire was “funny because it was true.” Jazz’s Year of Complaint, Citing ‘Whiplash’ and The New Yorker 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z

But then there's another side of the story, which is that there's a lot of proof that people who watch satire news shows are more informed on issues. Did the “The Daily Show” make us smarter voters or not? Two satire experts face off 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z

Since “Loving Day” is Johnson’s follow-up to his celebrated 2011 novel, “Pym” — a brazen fusion of academic satire and two-fisted Arctic adventure yarn — the truth is likely to be very strange indeed. “You get a cookie for being offended”: Mat Johnson on the fine art of racial satire 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z

Fertile as the play is for drama and satire, Prose’s novel leaps out beyond the circle of theater people. Francine Prose’s ‘Mister Monkey’ takes on the bananas world of children’s theater 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z

This strange and beautiful print became a cause célèbre, as many interpreted it as a satire on the puritanical reforms of the day. Art Review: At Japan Society, Prints by Utagawa Kuniyoshi 2010-04-15T21:23:00Z

There’s a certain scurrilous honor, or at least honesty, in creating a Hollywood satire that basically isn’t satire at all, and that appeals to our lust for tawdry glamour with almost no sense of shame. The utterly unnecessary comeback of “Entourage”: Hollywood douchebag satire, minus the satire 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z

A more subversive satire might suggest that the world doesn’t care whether women are beautiful so long as they’re outwardly sweet-natured and sympathetic to the needs of men. ‘Unfortunate Importance of Beauty,’ by Amanda Filipacchi 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z

It was subversive, countercultural and punky, and used near-future and science-fiction stories as blackly humorous satires of contemporary events: in particular Thatcher’s Britain, the Cold War and the very real prospect of nuclear holocaust. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: 21 Great Buildings Throughout History 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z

But to summarize the book as a satire on New York’s publishing industry belittles its aims. From a Small Nigerian Tribe to a Big American Publishing House 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z

But if you’re hoping for any cogent political satire here, then the joke’s on you. You Can't See The Interview, But I Did 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z

Comedy's one-time conscience tried contemporary satire, but it was tough to get as heated over David Cameron as he was about Margaret Thatcher. Ben Elton's standup comeback 2010-10-11T11:07:00Z

A work of nonfiction and not satire, it included a facsimile of Washington’s ledger itemizing cases of Madeira for personal use and military outlays for his army’s frequent, if occasionally strategic, advances to the rear. Marvin Kitman, Satirist Whose Main Target Was TV, Dies at 93 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z

“The Brink” uses satire to tell truth to power, but it works better as farce than as parable. Review: ‘The Brink’ Stars Tim Robbins as a Sex-Crazed Secretary of State 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z

There are times when only satire can do the work of honest journalism, and Wolf recognized that it is the reason late-night political segments have become formulaically routine. Michelle Wolf went full meta on “The Break,” and it was the best comedy moment all week 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z

Over the next six decades, they blended celebrity caricature, pop-culture parody and political satire in a way that would influence American comedy from Saturday Night Live to The Onion and more. Magazine's 1st MAD men get a rare reunion 2011-11-12T15:31:12Z

That is because the nature of satire makes it the perfect foil for Trump and his allies. Why we need serious Trump jokes: From "SNL" to Colbert, comedians make sense out of impeachment 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z

After more than 16 years at the helm of “The Daily Show,” Jon Stewart said that his final episode as host of the the Comedy Central news satire will be on Aug. 6. Jon Stewart Announces August Date For Final Show 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z

But there were some sobering issues about true-crime, she acknowledged, that even this satire couldn’t fully address — including the future of the genre, which she said was “already at an extreme.” ‘Based on a True Story’: The Vogue of Killer Content 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z

The same could be said about Ben, who is also, at least at the start of the movie, the object of Novak’s most brutal, knowing satire. ‘Vengeance’ Review: A Dish Best Served With Frito Pie 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z

The play’s undisciplined writing undermines its pretensions to cultural satire, to say nothing of its pretensions to sociological tragedy. Theater Review | 'Neighbors': At Public Theater, Racial Commentary in Caricature 2010-03-09T22:11:00Z

It is not that Mr. Coogan has aged, just that the world of media fatuity that Alan represents has evolved away from this kind of satire. Movie Review: ‘Alan Partridge,’ Starring Steve Coogan 2014-04-03T22:44:42Z

As his fellow New Yorker discovered, it’s possible to find somebody to lean on in the world of political satire. Review: Hillary Clinton on ‘Saturday Night Live’ 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z

Scary Musical — The Musical Members of a high school’s drama club are being murdered in the world premiere of this satire of the slasher-movie genre. L.A. theater openings, Sept. 14-21: 'Low Hanging Fruit' and more 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z

A show as meta as “UnREAL” faces the problem that often confronts satire: if you skewer a genre well enough, you might eventually become it. ‘UnREAL’ Season 2 Finale: Trust Me 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z

The Nazi satire “Jojo Rabbit” took home the best adapted screenplay honor. ‘Parasite,’ ‘Jojo Rabbit’ win top Writers Guild Awards 2020-02-01T05:00:00Z

Meyer is only a character on a TV show and a satire, no less. What would a Trump presidency look like? Just ask Veep's Selina Meyer 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z

With a literary shifting of perspectives, the film is a blistering satire of high-minded pretensions while also a sympathetic examination of the insecurities that so often make each of us our own worst enemy. Next Fest a little taste of Sundance in L.A. 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z

“This movie is really fun at its heart and it’s a satire,” Damon said. 'Downsizing' puts microscope on environment, immigration and humanity 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z

Caron calls Rainbow's approach "truthiness satire," exposing the simulacrum by creating a competing, obviously false reality, exposing both worlds as fakes. Randy Rainbow, singing truth to power 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z

The Wall Street satire “Black Monday” returns this weekend for its 10-episode third season, as fast and silly and jazzy as any contemporary comedy and twice as fun. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z

It added, “Instead of a well-made satire, the book is a marketing coup,” and noted that the book was less subversive than advertised. ‘Look Who’s Back’: Germans Reflect on the Success of a Satire About Hitler 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z

The Importance of Being Earnest A duplicitous bachelor carries on under an assumed name in Oscar Wilde’s classic satire. L.A. theater openings, Sept. 21-28: 'The 39 Steps' and more 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z

But whatever outrage happens on-screen — and Stewart promises plenty — the creators are adamant on one point: "Blunt Talk" isn't intended as a satire of the cable news business or anything else. Patrick Stewart enters 'a new world' of comedy with 'Blunt Talk' on Starz 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z

There’s satire over here in cartoons, and you’re standing onstage in a suit and you want me to vote for you.’ The creators of “South Park,” like so many other comedians, just don’t find President Trump funny anymore 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z

There is a time and place for lèse-majesté, or satire, but this isn’t it. At the End of Her Reign, the Queen Takes a Bow Onstage 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z

What is special about this film is the empathy it shows for an older generation – as personified by Mrs Robinson – even in the midst of such scathing satire. Here’s to you, Mrs Robinson: why The Graduate unites warring generations 50 years on 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z

One of the most notorious of these was The Interview, a satire about North Korea that prompted a cyber-attack on the film studio. Seth Rogen criticises Sony Pictures plan to release 'clean versions' of films 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z

A dyspeptic satire that owes much to Kurt Vonnegut and Thomas Pynchon, “Antkind” has in Rosenberg a contrarian whose tomatoes are always rotten. Review | Charlie Kaufman’s debut novel, ‘Antkind,’ is just as loopy and clever as his movies 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z

"A Separation" is partly a courtroom drama, partly a political satire and partly a twisty thriller that gradually draws you in and becomes more engrossing with each new revelation. 'A Separation': a wholly engrossing Iranian tale of a couple divided 2012-02-02T21:05:07Z

Financial journalist Maha Khan Phillips made her debut with "Beautiful from This Angle," a satire set against the backdrop of honor killings in Pakistan, and thinks many novelist wannabes may be lurking in media offices. From finance to fiction in India and Pakistan 2010-12-17T18:00:09Z

New York City playwright David Goldfarb, whose credits include the book of the 2006 musical satire "Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me," clearly knows that surreal territory, too. 'Cradle and All': Baby rocks couple's world 2012-02-08T00:36:04Z

Specifically, it was a millennial version of satire that engages more directly in politics. Why Zelenskyy's background in comedy really matters 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z

Temporarily adrift after the downsizing of Pop TV, this tenderly acidic satire of the public-relations business has resurfaced at Amazon, and its second season will finally be seen in America. 26 Summer Shows, No Mask Required 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z

"One of the great geniuses of The Thick of It is that we live in a world where the line between politics and spin doctors and satire gets ever thinner." Political drama 2012: Fact v fiction 2012-12-31T07:11:28Z

A satire about graft in an ill-managed provincial town, the play follows a panicked mayor and his cronies as they mistake an aristocratic traveler for the incognito official assigned to investigate their district. The Russian Comic Writer Who’s an Antidote to Mad Times 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z

Fry’s film is a sly satire that still resonates today. Get inspired for New Year’s Eve with these 10 outrageous movie party scenes 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z

Produced by Mark Wahlberg, the series was a loose satire of his own experiences in Hollywood. Entourage movie gets the go-ahead 2013-10-29T13:13:00Z

Michael Moore keyed in early to the power of satire for bringing down Trump. Hitting Trump where it hurts: The satire troops take up comedy arms against Donald Trump 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z

A satire of the Booker Prize by Edward St Aubyn has won its own award - The Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction. Booker satire wins comedy book prize 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z

But the script never makes Miranda a figure you respect for her struggles, nor an object of pointed satire. Review: Money-Hungry Women Scheme for a Better Life in ‘Can You Forgive Her?’ 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z

They are likely to consider any biting satire of their candidate’s platform to be yet another example of “media bias.” Jon Stewart resigned, Trump is a joke and Larry Wilmore got canceled: Understanding the power of political satire this election 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z

HBO, a unit of Time Warner Inc, said the show will air on Sunday nights and be a satire of topical news and politics. 'Daily Show' comedian John Oliver gets HBO series 2013-11-14T23:01:38Z

Despite the high energy of the ensemble, they don't overcome the limitations of a play that misses opportunities for real satire. Bookworms 2010-06-04T21:45:00Z

Was Stewart revealing a new shift in his career away from satire and towards more serious work? Jon Stewart’s war on propaganda: Hannity, Cruz sound as dogmatic as fundamentalist Iranians 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z

With books that range in style from comedy and romance and drama to satire and postmodern mashup and critique, she can’t be pigeonholed. How Muriel Spark Came Home to Scotland 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z

Here, the target of her satire is less defined. Review: In a New Yasmina Reza Play, a Superfan Becomes Celine Dion 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z

The aggressive nostalgia for his characters’ snappy points of view fills a certain gap that’s been curiously unfilled in the ongoing presidential campaign—that of substantially penetrating satire. Will McAvoy Nostalgia Proves How Awful 2016's Political Comedy Has Become 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z

The film works as both insider moviemaking satire and an enigmatic tribute to intergenerational bonds between women. Here Are the Best Movies of 2015 So Far 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z

The show came into being as a satire of popular culture and a poignant contemplation of the human need to define one’s place in the world. Decades later, ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’ is still bold and fresh 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z

So satire can affect public opinion and change history. Hitting Trump where it hurts: The satire troops take up comedy arms against Donald Trump 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z

In 1990s indie terms, “Loitering With Intent” is closer to the navel-gazing of “My Life’s in Turnaround” than to the knowing satire of “Living in Oblivion.” ‘Loitering With Intent,’ Directed by Adam Rapp 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z

It all came about after Dead Set, a horror zombie satire Brooker and Jones made for Channel 4, that had nowhere to go because everyone had been killed off. Charlie Brooker: 'Happy? I have my moments' 2019-06-01T04:00:00Z

She plays the role of secretary Karen in David Mamet's Hollywood satire, a role that was originated by Madonna on Broadway in 1988. Lindsay Lohan makes stage debut 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z

It's not enough today to lob insults at barely fictionalized characters as in a roman à clef; the more-is-more satire of today demands the mauling of celebrities and even religious figures, specifically and by name. 'South Park' Muhammad Episode Sparks Rage?Again 2010-04-22T18:54:00Z

After an awards season marked by its predictability, the Oscars delivered a spectacular final-reel twist on Sunday evening, naming capitalist satire Parasite best picture. Parasite makes Oscars history as first foreign language film to win best picture 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z

In “The Moors,” the latest offering from the invaluable Playwrights Realm, she occupies the land haunted by Heathcliff in a spirit that might be described as empathetic satire. Review: In ‘The Moors,’ Where Heathcliff Fears to Tread 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z

He also appeared in several "National Lampoon" films, and later hosted the pop culture satire show "The Dish" for the Style Network. 'Girl Meets World' is 'a passing of the baton' from 'Boy Meets World' 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z

The film company, which cancelled the release of its North Korea satire The Interview following hacking threats, called Annie's takings "a nice shot in the arm". Final Hobbit film tops US box office 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z

Black novelists have long used surrealism, farce and satire to tackle taboos around race. A Crop of New Novels About Race and Racism Finds Freedom in Satire 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z

If the show were a satire of the artist as a comfortably middle-class tenured professor and soccer mom, it would be funny and possibly illuminating, but it’s not. Michelle Grabner 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z

He read Ishmael Reed’s experimental satire “Mumbo Jumbo,” and something clicked. ‘Friday Black’ Uses Fantasy and Blistering Satire to Skewer Racism and Consumer Culture 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z

The baseline situational irony that has governed the entire Trump administration can only be countered by the sort of critical irony found in comedic satire. How late night comedy shows are making sense of absurd and reckless coronavirus responses 2020-03-22T04:00:00Z

That's this : neither comedy nor drama, neither bitter nor sweet, neither inspiration nor satire or some inventive mix of the two. Review: Stay Away from the Horns of This Dilemma 2011-01-13T23:10:00Z

His work seems more like satire than an earnest rendering of the 45th president. Photo from G7 Summit resembles widely-mocked pro-Donald Trump portraits 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z

Couple that with the fact that the practitioners of satire, or what passes for it these days, have proliferated greatly. Is Satire Possible in the Age of Trump? 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z

Those mourning Day-Lewis’s imminent disappearance from the movies do well to remember James Cagney’s quieter but no less resolute decision to quit acting in 1961, after a dismal experience filming the satire “One, Two, Three.” Perspective | If Daniel Day-Lewis is really done acting, is it any surprise he did it on his own terms? 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z

But there’s little in his many previous books to suggest he can pull off a novel-length satire. A Polite Drive for Secession in ‘Radio Free Vermont’ 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z

The artists are unsparing in their satire, which seems to be directed as much at themselves as at anyone else. ?Happy Days in the Art World? at Performa 11 2011-10-31T22:10:32Z

With the outcome of the novel never in doubt, I could savor the language, satire and repartee, the cutting observations cloaked in seemingly innocuous remarks. In Trying Times, the Balm of Jane Austen 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z

It’s mumblecore par excellence but laced with a satire of white Australia and its historical amnesia. New Directors/New Films Turns 50 With a Bracingly Eclectic Lineup 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z

The facility, mostly underground, is minimalist to the point of being a satire of minimalism, or that is how Jeff seems to take it. Don Delillo's deep freeze: 'Zero K' takes on death, futurists and cryonics 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z

It’s one of the best American satires of the 21st century. Ziwe Endorses Box Braids and ‘Real Housewives’ 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z

Martin replied, “Except for you, it’s not a satire.” Why Are Steve Martin, Selena Gomez and Martin Short Working Together? It’s a Mystery. 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z

Yet the stage is more literal than the page, and there’s a bumptiousness to the vaudeville-grade performances that edges Thackeray’s wit and satire firmly into farce. Review | Becky Sharp returns with razzmatazz in Kate Hamill’s stripped-down ‘Vanity Fair’ 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z

The satire on race relations has brought in about $1.8 million to date. 'Ouija' scares up $20 million in opening weekend; 'John Wick' No. 2 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z

But despite the show’s apt timing, the satire gets swallowed up by the hyperactive joke engine. Review: ‘Bordertown’ and ‘Cooper Barrett’ Debut 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z

This sensitive and impressive piece of work is too long to quote, but another aspect of Mr. Cullen’s work may be given, and that is his keen, almost epigrammatic gift that borders on satire. Review: ‘Color,’ by Countee Cullen 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z

When Skylark begins to buy into Kim’s propaganda, “The Interview” becomes a sharp, if never entirely serious, satire on media ma­nipu­la­tion as it’s practiced by dictators and movie stars alike. Review: ‘The Interview’ has some laughs and makes some points but isn’t as edgy as its reputation suggests 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z

Or the irony of nabbing free tickets for a satire about freeloading proved too much. MPs duck out of The Duck House 2013-12-11T10:59:23Z

The Argentina celebrations were banned during the country's 1976-1983 military dictatorship due to their penchant for political satire and celebration of resistance. Argentine music troupes launch carnival parades 2013-02-03T23:46:09Z

In the book’s sole nod to satire Harold attracts the press and then acquires a group of followers who think of themselves fellow pilgrims. Books of The Times: ‘The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry,’ by Rachel Joyce 2012-07-29T21:26:22Z

This weekend in Edinburgh, the annual Festival of Politics is hosting a discussion on the interaction between comedy and satire on the one hand, and modern democratic politics on the other. Heard the one about the corrupt, lying politician? 2011-08-25T21:30:03Z

I think everybody that watches the show recognizes that it’s satire. ‘It’s Always Sunny’ at 13: The Cast Has Evolved, but the Gang? Not So Much 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z

This is a memorable journey, with exquisitely drawn characters and a tremendous cast, that blends satire, melancholy and romance in unlikely but delicious fashion. A tasty fable about a hooker and a shrink 2011-08-26T20:27:00Z

Douglas Friedman’s kitchen in Marfa, Tex., looks more like a mysterious appliance or a piece of art furniture — perhaps imagined by Terry Gilliam for his dystopian satire, “Brazil” — than a room. Kitchens and Their Evolving Personalities 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z

Music history describes The Beggar's Opera as a satire on the early 18th-century London fashion for Italian opera, the joke being that here was an opera with words that audiences could actually understand. Rivers of babble on: how word became the servant to music 2013-06-28T17:59:00Z

“So the roots of satire were planted very early.” Bruce McCall, Satirical Artist Who Conjured a ‘Retrofuture,’ Dies at 87 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z

It makes of satire a frozen obelus, as dependent upon divisiveness as the president himself. Is Satire Possible in the Age of Trump? 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z

In its more relaxed first half, “Passengers” allows room for needling satire of the airline industry. Review: Two ‘Passengers’ Trapped on a Spaceship Find Love Amid Despair 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z

Perhaps, but satire doesn’t necessarily get you home dry, especially when it’s ambiguous. Bad Sex in Fiction Awards ceremony celebrates 24th year 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z

That's also true of powerful men who devolve into living satires, a truth understood and long accepted, and one that never was funny to people barred from being in on the joke. Goodbye Chris Matthews, MSNBC's reigning Ron Burgundy 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z

The first piece in the show, by Gunnel Wahlstrand of Sweden, so perfectly represents Nordic angst under wraps, you might wonder if it was meant as a satire. Art Review: Chilly Scenes (and Sounds) of Scandinavia 2011-07-07T21:56:29Z

The researchers found that when “people consider an issue personally important and anger serves as a motivating factor, exposure to cross-cutting political satire can transform people into active citizens.” Don’t worry, be cynical: Why the fear of a nation of critical skeptics is overblown 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z

When he wrote about it at Telluride, A. O. Scott said the film “blends academic satire, classic Jewish humor and an almost Shakespearean sense of the tragic potential of the paternal bond.” ArtsBeat Blog: Joseph Cedar Discusses 'Footnote' 2011-10-11T20:30:09Z

There’s a lightness to the satire, but it’s not in the writing alone; the roughly 90-minute production has a nimble cast. Review: ‘Confederates’ Talks Race in Double Time 2022-03-27T04:00:00Z

Each is introduced by a title and scene citation, followed by a quick foray into dark absurdism or satire. A heavy toll of Puppet Death 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z

He kept well away from any proper satire about the real meat of it all – corruption and abuse. Frankie Boyle puts his money where his mouth is – and Justin Bieber's life is a comedy 2012-12-18T16:01:23Z

The Government Inspector New adaptation of Gogol’s satire about corruption in czarist Russia; for ages 12 and up. The week ahead in L.A. theater, Oct. 15-22: 'Bright Star,' 'In the Heights' and more 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z

But something odd happened to satire in the United States after 9/11. Jon Stewart, defender of American values: How comedians are redefining patriotism now 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z

He took a stab at political satire, playing an American antiwar general in the British spoof “‘In the Loop.” The TV Watch: A Complicated Actor Who Made a Complicated Mob Boss Indelible 2013-06-20T23:08:03Z

No eyelash batting here – just very clever, laugh-out-loud satire coupled with cutting sarcasm, which points sharp fingers at a political system that treats the poor so unkindly. Bollywood dances to another tune at the first Indian film festival of London 2010-08-26T15:00:00Z

In “James Orr,” he explores these same themes with greater artfulness and delicious doses of body horror and contemporary British social satire. In This Novel, a Man’s Face Becomes Distorted. His Sanity Follows. 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z

“Me the People” was clumsy in its satire but a lot of fun in its fury. Hard Truths or Easy Targets? Confronting the Summer of Trump Onstage 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z

This old-fashioned yarn is also a rollicking satire on our faith in modernity. Editors’ Choice 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z

For in this satire of mainstreamed queerness, presented by New Light Theater Project, two different couples anticipate a blessed event. Review: In ‘Breeders,’ Parenting as a (Literal) Cage Match 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z

But in 2020, a braying satire of failure would be crass and too close to the reality we're intent on tuning out; besides we wanted the comfort of the familiar. The "Ted Lasso" way is comforting – and a counter to the hollow nationalism Americans have embraced 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z

This truth gives bite to the book’s frothy satire. How a Novel Can Unmake the Myth of Meritocracy 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z

Part of the success of “Slow Horses” lies in its combining ambient satire with smart spy work and authentically frightening suspense. An International Buffet, From Elena Ferrante to ‘Slow Horses’ 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z

You can see the whole thing as gentle satire of Scots-o-phelia. 'Brigadoon' a bonnie trip through the heather 2011-06-07T18:52:02Z

On HBO once a week, Oliver—who does a weekly satire podcast, The Bugle, now—has the chance to create an institution instead of expand one. John Oliver To Star in HBO Comedy Series 2013-11-14T21:20:24Z

It is more akin to a cable news show — albeit one wrapped in satire and anchored in comedy. The 8 best late-night appearances by Stephen Colbert 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z

He's perhaps best known for his novel "Slaughterhouse-Five," a brutal World War II satire that reverberates to this day. Happy birthday, Fyodor Dostoevsky and Kurt Vonnegut! 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z

Our love for the ’70s, equal parts homage and satire, is inseparable from the bell-bottomed music scene of that decade. A Rock Band Novel — and a Snapshot of the Bell-Bottomed 1970s 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z

It dares you to call it glib, but actually it's a thoughtful, prescient satire on the war on drugs, packed with neat twists and funny-horrid setpieces. Thrillers roundup 2010-09-24T23:06:00Z

Ash pulled up DailySnark.com on her screen and scrolled to the “About” section, where it explained the site is “sports, news and entertainment satire.” ‘These are all fake news,’ said the honor student. He was wrong. 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z

But satire doesn't have to mean that playwrights become infantile or retreat into the short form. Political theatre lacks the Commons touch 2010-10-19T11:04:00Z

These days he comes off as a bipartisan satire of egotistic leaders who never seem to have known doubt. Critic’s Notebook: Judah Friedlander’s Stand-up Comedy 2012-09-05T22:20:35Z

In fact, negative news reporting tends to produce cynicism in the viewer but doesn't produce the same degree of political action as we see among satire news viewers. Did the “The Daily Show” make us smarter voters or not? Two satire experts face off 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z

But, as satire, the play is too far from observed truth to draw serious blood. The Charming Man ? review 2010-10-25T20:30:00Z

Despite the nod in the title to Steven Spielberg’s “Saving Private Ryan,” this satire feeds primarily on spaghetti westerns, “The Dirty Dozen” and “The Godfather.” | 'Saving Private P?rez': ?Saving Private P?rez,? Directed by Beto G?mez ? Review 2011-09-02T04:43:03Z

Last year, American Paul Beatty became the first American to win the award, for his novel “The Sellout,” a biting satire on race relations in the United States. George Saunders' 'Lincoln in the Bardo' wins 2017 Man Booker prize 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z

Full of intrigue, love, fight scenes, and social satire, “The Count of Monte Cristo” is one of the best revenge books ever written. 35 Books Everyone Should Read in Their Lifetime 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z

This is climate change nobody should believe in, and it’s made us all weirdly self-conscious about satire. Perspective | Ghosthunters, grabbers and grifters: What would Jonathan Swift say of our times? 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z

He made it in Mexico with Japanese funding after his anti-imperialist flop, “Walker,” a 1987 satire of United States meddling in Central America, ostracized him in Hollywood. ‘Highway Patrolman’ Bends the Thin Blue Line 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z

Sissy Spacek is the bullied teen with telekinetic powers in this parable of bullying and misogyny, which is also a brilliant satire of high school, particularly the prom as a theatre of cruelty and anxiety. The scariest horror films ever – ranked! 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z

It also aims for the trenchant political wit of Tom Stoppard in his “Rock ‘n’ Roll” mode, and Gogol’s blithe way with bureaucratic satire. Review: Real Russians and Fake News in ‘Describe the Night’ 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z

The goal, in other words, was mostly jokes, rather than satire. Final 'Colbert Report': Colbert confers self immortality, sings 'We'll Meet Again' 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z

If social satire that elicits scornful laughter is your kind of humor, “King Kelly” will have you doubled over with guilty guffaws. Movie Review: ‘King Kelly,’ a Satire of Lust for Internet Fame 2012-11-29T23:12:02Z

Snark, sarcasm and satire have literally become a key part of our political idiom. Trevor Noah and Stephen Colbert step up: Donald Trump made “The Daily Show” and out-of-character Colbert relevant again 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z

Too much of Murray's satire on boozy Britishness, and he starts to seem boorish himself. Al Murray 2010-08-22T14:57:00Z

Though the Trumps are presented as wealthy, brand-obsessed philistines, the satire isn’t too pointed. Trump and ‘S.N.L.’: A Look Back at a Complicated Relationship 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z

In yet another irony to this story, confronting a manufactured scandal offered Minhaj a groundbreaking opportunity to demonstrate, yet again, how effective his satire is at getting at the truth. Off with his head: The manufactured scandal over Hasan Minhaj 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z

“BrainDead,” this summer’s satire from the creators of “The Good Wife,” targeted elected officials by planting brain-destroying space bugs in their skulls. Kiefer Sutherland Returns. This Time the Oval Office Is His. 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z

Her serial violence is the dark-comic foundation for the show’s satire of fan culture and social media, and its depiction of their effect on someone who has always felt like an outcast. ‘Swarm’ Review: The Underside of ‘Atlanta’ 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z

Last week, after Jon Stewart announced he would stop doing the fake news on “The Daily Show,” his fans mourned, saying that he had pioneered a genre of political satire. The ‘S.N.L.’ 40th-Anniversary Show: Very Funny, Except When It Wasn’t 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z

We do have proof that exposure to satire makes people more cynical and increases negative attitudes towards politics. Don’t worry, be cynical: Why the fear of a nation of critical skeptics is overblown 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z

Baker said that he had followed Rex’s career since the 1990s and that Rex’s appearance in the satire “Bodied” convinced him that the actor could take on a dramatic part. In His Films, Big Roles Go to Passers-by and Professionals Alike 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z

Behind the mask of satire Colbert was able to impersonate a Bush-loving pundit. Stephen Colbert schooled Fox News hard: Comedy, Bill O’Reilly and the exposure of right-wing patriotism lies 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z

In 2004, Seattle's Theater Schmeater staged his riveting "Back of the Throat" and his barbed satire of Hollywood images of Arabs, "Jihad Jones and the Kalashnikov Babes." 'Pilgrims' by Seattle playwright is a comedy of cultures 2011-06-16T20:12:04Z

President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as sharks, in a yearly carnival famed for its political satire. Portuguese carnival revelers poke fun at Putin, Trump and Kim 2018-02-11T05:00:00Z

But it would be a cold satire without the transformation of Mr. Hader, best known for playing outlandish characters like Stefon on “Saturday Night Live.” Review: In ‘Barry,’ This Actor Slays Them, Offstage 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z

It must have been the gentle toothlessness more than the comedy itself that troubled Miller, given all the satires mentioned above, plus weekly SNL routines, Sarah Cooper and so much more. Review | Elinor Lipman’s ‘Rachel to the Rescue’ is a rom-com about a Trump staffer. Do we care enough to giggle? 2021-07-12T04:00:00Z

FIELD: The comedy that you’re doing, and several others, is so incredibly valuable and important — to see that kind of satire. Jimmy Fallon (as Trump) Meets the Press 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z

It is probably too generous to interpret the video as a satire of how dance gets used in pop videos, but it certainly is a satire of pop video conventions. Taylor Swift's 'Shake It Off' Video: A Dance Critic's Take 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z

The third, and by far the best, of these Middle-East-meets-the-Wild-West comedies is “War Dogs”, a trenchant and very funny satire co-written and directed by Todd Phillips, the maker of “The Hangover” and its sequels. War games 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z

But it has also been one of TV’s sharpest satires of a changing city. How Three Quirky Sitcoms Capture the New York Hustle 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z

But there’s not much else going on — the satire is soft and scattershot, and the elements of farce and physical comedy are routine. Review: On ‘Blunt Talk,’ Patrick Stewart Is Far From Home and Caught With His Pants Down 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z

Martel’s new film, Zama, is her first in nearly a decade, a feverish satire of colonial hubris with a delicious streak of absurdist humour. Lucrecia Martel: 'The Oscars are a joke' 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z

You can’t definitively say whether it’s satire or poetry, angry or exuberant or funny. How to Look at a Basquiat 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z

It is a comedy, but without the sharp, angular edges of satire or bleakness that might endanger the comfort factor. Comfort films to watch while self-isolating – ranked! 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z

Therefore, it argues, the Supreme Court must hear Novak's case to ensure the preservation of satire as a legitimate means of free speech. 4.3 trillion readers can’t be wrong — why The Onion’s defense of satire should be heard by SCOTUS 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z

Last season’s nemesis, The Terror, has been rooted out and our unlikely blue do-gooder The Tick is back for another round of hyper-stylized superhero satire. The Best Movies and TV Shows New to Netflix, Amazon and More in April 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z

“My Girlfriend’s Wedding” often seems to satirize McBride’s original satire, as when, interviewing Clarissa, he directs her to hold up a mirror, thus revealing the camera that is recording her. ‘My Girlfriend’s Wedding’: Her Life Plays Like a Movie 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z

Mamet has a field day caricaturing this worldview, but satire isn't exactly his shtick. In David Mamet's perplexing 'China Doll,' Al Pacino can only roar weakly 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z

More than ever, it feels as if we need the glint of satire, not as the light at the end of the tunnel but as the light in the tunnel. Is Satire Possible in the Age of Trump? 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z

That switch leaves a residue of ambiguity in this wickedly funny and disturbing satire about America’s confused and confusing attitudes about race. Why write a novel about a race that’s not your own? The case of ‘Ginny Gall’ 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z

Her best-known project so far was the League of Lady Wrestlers, a series of feminist performance-art satires of pro wrestling. 125 years after gold was discovered in the Yukon, we ventured up to Dawson City. Here’s what it looks like now 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z

In the early 1960s, Losey brilliantly translated Harold Pinter’s savage class satires in The Servant and Accident, with a keen eye for British social nuances. Blown up – how cinema captured the dark heart of the swinging 60s 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z

But the show's producer told Entertainment Weekly the Vatican may have gone a step too far in its analysis of the satire, noting that Homer and Bart only consider converting in the 2005 episode. In excelis D'oh! Vatican says Homer, Bart Catholic 2010-10-19T17:32:00Z

Although this sounds like some sort of satire, these were – broadly speaking – the findings of a recent study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Is this a circle? And what does your answer say about your politics? 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z

Ms. Fey also writes about the point at which her foray into political satire became too much for her staunchly Republican parents. Books of The Times: Tina Fey Is Greek and Also Teutonic, but She Isn?t a Troll 2011-04-03T21:52:49Z

If satire is what closes on Saturday night, “Maps to the Stars” might never have opened at all—and it almost didn’t. David Cronenberg’s Horror Portrait of Hollywood 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z

“Handbagged,” meanwhile, a satire at the Vaudeville Theatre about the testy relations between Queen Elizabeth II and former prime minister Margaret Thatcher, proved to be a slight, mildly amusing comedy stretched to a laborious two-hours-plus. In London, stages are set for pleasure

In this 1990 satire of assimilation, Viveca Stanton, a young dancer, deals with racism by blending in and smiling as hard as she can. 5 Must-See Shows if You’re in New York This Month 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z

Tech culture is the target of feminist satire in Shafrir’s biting and astute debut novel, peopled by clueless men in positions of power and women struggling for recognition and respect in a male-dominated world. 8 New Books We Recommend This Week 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z

This is art in general, a comment on today's world, a satire on excess, a groovy collection of dross and waste. Sculpture's lost in the third dimension 2010-05-12T20:35:00Z

In the insincere world of Big Little Lies, which acts as a microcosm for the big, wide world beyond the beaches and mansions, satire is essential. Has the satire and humour of Big Little Lies been lost in translation? 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z

Ives’s hyperbolic satire—her outsized, loquacious characters, her stylistic brio—lays bare the central fallacy of “write what you know.” What Does It Mean to Be a “Real” Writer? 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z

There was wordplay, and farce, and topical satire. Should comedy worry about its shelf life? 2011-03-14T14:30:00Z

In examining what kind of society would begrudge an elderly man a chance at literacy, the filmmakers situate Maruge’s tale on the slippery ground between satire and suspense thriller. | 'The First Grader': Simple Quest for Literacy Hits a Wall of Politics 2011-05-12T23:10:04Z

In the context of the play’s conversation between liberals, Carol offers a satire of white liberal guilt. In “Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus,” Taylor Mac Takes on Shakespeare—and Trump 2019-04-20T04:00:00Z

We have pretty conclusive research that shows that people who watch political satire are, yes, cynical, but also far more politically engaged. Did the “The Daily Show” make us smarter voters or not? Two satire experts face off 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z

Distance made its biting satire easy to enjoy. 'Super Sad True Love Story': Gary Shteyngart's dystopian novel is super, sad and true 2010-07-30T23:27:00Z

He works in the accounting department of a company that is as generic as everything else in “The Art of Self-Defense,” a wobbly sort-of satire written and directed by Riley Stearns. ‘The Art of Self-Defense’ Review: Karate Empowers a Dweeb 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z

Best said she aimed for “a satire of not only capitalism but also of academia.” With Whiskers and Wit, the NY Cat and Dog Film Festivals Return 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z

Schumer brings with her a veneer of spiky feminist cool, not to mention a singular mode of warm-hearted yet hard-hitting satire. Living doll: why Amy Schumer's the best thing to happen to Barbie 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z

In other hands, some of this would be played as satire, as in the original movie. The Demolition Artist: 3 Critics Debate Ivo van Hove 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z

Grand Theft Auto is a sweeping, over-the-top satire on the modern world. Video Game Review: A 1947 Mystery That Matters Now 2011-05-16T20:25:34Z

It's an inside-Hollywood satire mixed with a paranoid thriller and a dash of romance, all brought to life by one of Altman's typically massive, eclectic casts. 5 great movies about making movies 2012-11-21T22:31:05Z

In any case, this novel feels more like a weary wallow in Hollywood scum than the sort of savage satire this gifted author is capable of writing. Book Of The Times: Book Review: ‘Dead Stars,’ by Bruce Wagner 2012-08-10T06:30:09Z

“Purlie Victorious” is a satire of Southern stereotypes, and both Leon and Odom said they believe it will resonate with contemporary audiences. Leslie Odom Jr. Plans Return to Broadway in ‘Purlie Victorious’ 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z

"We intended it to be a satire of what it means to be young and semi-spoiled in New York." Viral video spoofs the, er, stuff New Yorkers say 2012-01-20T23:48:08Z

According to The Times obituary of Wolfe, “as an unabashed contrarian, he was almost as well known for his attire as his satire.” Your Tom Wolfe Reader 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z

McManus’s first novel merges Old World elegance and modern irony in a brilliant social satire of life among the 1 percent of the 1 percent. Notable fiction books of 2015 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z

Good satire generates its own self-contained logic and infectious energy. Theater Review: ‘Forbidden Broadway: Alive & Kicking!’ at 47th Street Theater 2012-09-07T02:00:00Z

Can satire work if the writer isn’t a compassionate person? George Saunders's Humor 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z

Starship Troopers is one of the all time great satires, and this is just part of it. Casablanca to Starship Troopers: the movie breakups that hit our writers hardest 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z

Political satire doesn’t tell you what to think. Jon Stewart resigned, Trump is a joke and Larry Wilmore got canceled: Understanding the power of political satire this election 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z

An attractively produced mix of quick-hit jokes, cartoons, fake advertisements, interviews, first-person essays and deep-dive satire, the magazine is united by an arch tone that provides a nice backdrop for its periodic descent into silliness. Titanic Still Afloat: The American Bystander Publishes Second Issue 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z

"God Bless America" - Bobcat Goldthwait's targets are many and easy and obvious in this satire of everything that's wrong with the world today, but he hits them squarely and in bold fashion. Capsule reviews of new movie releases 2012-05-10T14:39:12Z

But trying to force Nabokov’s exquisitely controlled satire of bourgeois materialism and conventionality into a slapstick would-be youth comedy was a grave error. Nabokov and the Movies 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z

If Mr. Kazan lacks the light touch necessary for satire, the political tactics the film predicted are anything but subtle. Movie Listings for April 15-21 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z

Parker and Stone have always been agnostic in their satire, knowing what to mock but not necessarily what they should be advocating. Post-outrage TV: how South Park is surviving the era of controversy 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z

Would a major studio pass up on an experimental script like Jordan Peele’s racial horror satire Get Out in favor of something tried and tested? Less Shaft, more House Party: Hollywood revisits 90s black film boom 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z

But it’s a disastrous move in a Hollywood satire that already needs to be more than a grab bag of jokes. ‘Fool’s Paradise’ Review: No Talent? No Problem! 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z

But even if satire is your thing, you might like it to be funny or pointed. Review: In ‘Thunderbodies,’ War, Sheeple and Psychedelic Muumuus 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z

“They prefer to maintain their monopoly on satire and criticism — where only conservatives are the ones skewered,” she said. Laura Ingraham was ‘Trump before Trump.’ But is she made for TV? 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z

It has been hailed as "a scalpel-sharp satire on the contingencies of liberalism", which "nails the thorny subject of race relations". There's nothing funny about putting racism on stage 2011-02-21T17:42:14Z

His Clybourne Park was an entertaining, cringe-making satire about bourgeois bigotry and the way that when people's property is threatened they become aggressive. Royal Court theatre prepares to bid farewell to King Dominic 2013-03-10T07:00:00Z

The kind whose execution appears so effortless that its target might not realize it is satire. Danny McBride Keeps It Righteous 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z

This 1836 work — in which a witless fop is assumed to be a powerful state functionary by corrupt politicians in the provinces — infuses scathing satire with giddy surrealism. A Giddy ‘Government Inspector,’ Restaged by the Red Bull Theater 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z

Sheridan's satire on the theatrical world features Mr Dangle and Mr Sneer, two carping critics who accompany Mr Puff to the rehearsals of his historical tragedy The Spanish Armada. John Mullan's 10 of the best: plays within plays 2012-05-25T21:55:09Z

What better way to cope with a time of massive uncertainty than by sharpening our satire?  Political theatre lacks the Commons touch 2010-10-19T11:04:00Z

The Kvartal 95 group was committed to offering the public sharp political satire that would help make sense of the absurdities, ironies and abuses of power that governed post-Soviet Ukrainian society. Why Zelenskyy's background in comedy really matters 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z

The pop-savvy new satire at Studio Theatre is a reality TV show confining a white Canadian pop star with two black hip-hop artists from Chicago who are tasked with sharpening his edge. Review | ‘Pygmalion’ meets hip-hop in a satire on race at Studio Theatre 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z

Even assuming the marvellous Bananas spoof is forgotten save by a few Woody anoraks like me, this sportscaster satire still feels stale. In Pete Versus Life, the winner is Woody Allen 2010-08-06T11:22:00Z

Theatrical satire is premised on the assumption that dramatic literature as performed by live actors is at least sometimes capable of creating larger human value. Is Theater Ridiculous? Movies, TV and Books Seem to Think So 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z

How do you maintain dramatic momentum in a gargantuan satire on the judicial system whose very subject is inertia? Bleak House 2010-07-11T21:16:00Z

Between Bernstein’s self-confidence and Mr. Spielberg’s awkwardness, this material seems ripe for satire. Review: Ballet Hispánico, Piercing Stereotypes 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z

In its first reel, The Joneses looks set to deliver a biting satire on competitive consumption. Consumerism triumphs in The Joneses 2010-04-26T10:22:00Z

“House of Cards” long ago crossed from dark satire into ridiculousness. Fallen Stars, From Roseanne Barr to Kevin Spacey, Rearrange Fall TV 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z

In his sixth novel, Lee records the adventures of this college dropout in a wild tale that moves coolly between satire and thriller. Review | Chang-rae Lee’s ‘My Year Abroad,’ is a sweeping, twisty tale of love, family and hope 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z

The scene then introduces one of the film’s terrific ironic inflections, creating a satire of consumer culture on a par with the humor of "The Simpsons." How "Toy Story" changed everything – in its first eight minutes 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z

This time round, the chances of serious injury in any given show seemed greatly reduced, but Hoyle's biting satire, bravura costumes, wicked comic timing and compelling charisma remained intact. David Hoyle: divine director 2010-03-24T15:39:00Z

Taken as a whole, these fleeting moments lead to the realization that the series' creators and the cast have conflated satire with absurdity. No amount of wine can make "The Woman in the House" spoof work, despite its charismatic star 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z

It looks like a satirical film, but with the satire removed, like fat from a fat-free yoghurt. Somewhere ? review 2010-12-09T15:00:00Z

Particularly in its gleeful satire of feminism, these are harpies from hell. With ‘Purity,’ Jonathan Franzen tackles the Web, mothers, the truth 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z

Yet when this book shifts from satire into deeper human feeling, it strips its gears. Review: Mat Johnson’s ‘Loving Day’ Takes a Satirical Slant on Racial Identities 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z

Valerie’s more coherent moments led to incredible bursts of humor, biting satire, fascinating insights and uncanny accuracy about the world. ArtsBeat: A Sad and Remarkable Life: Breanne Fahs Talks About ‘Valerie Solanas’ 2014-04-23T21:34:55Z

It’s not quite celebration and it’s not entirely satire; it’s halfway between roast and toast. The ‘Preppy Handbook’ & Me 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z

Right now, it can’t just be a satire of a foolish and tragic era. The uneasy farce of "Jojo Rabbit": Is there ever a good time for "wacky Nazi" satire? 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z

The interracial couples in Jeremy O. Harris’s “Slave Play,” a dazzling mix of satire and psychodrama, know that their partnerships are in trouble, and that the roots of that trouble are centuries-deep. Broadway on Race: Still More Likely to Comfort Than Confront 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z

This delightfully muscular production, which opened Thursday night at the Second Stage Theater, courses with the vital sap of an able-bodied satire enjoying a rollicking love-hate affair with its subject. Theater Review: Kristoffer Diaz?s Body Slam to the American Dream 2010-05-21T03:52:00Z

George S. Schuyler’s satire is basically a thought experiment in which a procedure that decolorizes Black people solves America’s race problem but creates a new one when there’s no one left for haters to hate. Review: In ‘Black No More,’ Race Is Skin Deep, but Racism Isn’t 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z

It’s a satire on a style of acting and that makes it timeless. How We Made: Airplane! 2020-05-25T04:00:00Z

Warning: this screenplay may contain traces of topical satire. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: five things we learned from the final trailer 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z

The immigrant debate and a growing culture clash are the targets of “Bordertown’s” satire, but nothing and no one is left unscathed. Fox’s ‘Bordertown’ is a ripped-from-the-headlines satire 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z

A diverse slate of series ranging from a Civil War drama to a satire of New Age yoga culture will highlight Amazon Studio's first pilot season lineup for 2015. New Amazon pilots include shows from Ridley Scott, Carlton Cuse 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z

Farce, parody, satire, science fiction, Afro-Futurism all published by my native city’s national, local and underground Black press. Even Margo Jefferson Sometimes Gets Sucked Into a Bad Thriller 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z

But enduring this frayed satire for these moments of pleasure is a deal only the most devoted Amis fans should accept. 'Lionel Asbo': from brothel to brawl and back in dystopian England 2012-09-13T20:25:05Z

China's thirst for foreign satire is so great that Stewart is not the only popular U.S. comic. Jon Stewart's humor a hit with millions of envious Chinese 2013-05-20T06:39:58Z

The satire was about a New Jersey youth settling into Seattle during that era. Fantagraphics exhibit celebrates Charles Peterson's photos 2011-05-12T19:29:06Z

While much of this year's material is forgettable, one bit in which Lawrence expresses his disgust at Kellogg's for marketing Coco Pops as an after-school snack is truly wonderful, trenchant satire. Who is today's defining comic? 2010-08-20T15:35:00Z

At another level, the book is a love story disguised as a satire. How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia by Mohsin Hamid – review 2013-03-28T08:00:02Z

There is much that is arresting here, love poems that are sensitive and compelling and faint satire that is unmistakably piercing. Review: ‘Color,’ by Countee Cullen 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z

The category for best comedy or musical film covered the Manson murders and Hitler, while “Succession,” the sharpest satire on television, won for best TV drama. The 2020 Golden Globes Recap: Michelle Williams for President 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z

I think it’s fair to say that they are set in a world that is a satire of American media culture. Q. and A.: Rockstar’s Dan Houser on Grand Theft Auto V 2012-11-10T01:05:01Z

Candidates regularly appear on late-night comedy shows, satirists frame issues of social relevance, stories get "broken" by satire news shows, and comedians go beyond joking to address their audiences on issues all the time. 25 years of "The Daily Show": Here’s 5 ways it permanently changed U.S. satire 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z

There is a healthy dose of art world satire which makes this exhibit as entertaining as one of his standup comedy shows. John Waters: 'I never wanted to be a cult film-maker' 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z

“I always used the zombie as a character for satire or a political criticism,” Romero told Britain’s The Big Issue, “and I find that missing in what’s happening now.” The Walking Dead Watch: “Internment” 2013-11-11T03:01:06Z

HBO's satire "The White Lotus" is the story of a vacation gone wrong for many guests and workers at a luxury Hawaiian resort. Creating those wild "White Lotus" wallpapers and the hidden meanings within 2021-08-15T04:00:00Z

In Tim Robbins' satire "Bob Roberts," Vidal played an aging and ineffectual senator who is no match for cynical times. The great, and entitled Gore Vidal 2012-08-01T21:11:12Z

So, basically, it is not the world’s most inaccurate satire. “We don’t have a political agenda, we just want to make fun of everyone”: Inside “Clinton the Musical” 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z

The novel is not solely a satire on celebrity culture and the poverty of aspiration in the Big Brother generation. A Great Big Shining Star by Niall Griffiths – review 2013-02-01T15:01:01Z

But growing its audience means the show must reach beyond the like-minded crowd that already tunes in for Mr. Colbert’s political satire, and that remains a work in progress. Stephen Colbert Reboots ‘The Late Show,’ Fixing It on the Fly 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z

ONN is darker and more deadpan, an immersive satire that, much like the Onion's Web and print editions, skewers the medium's form above all. Faking News 2011-01-20T06:05:00Z

A riff on both the “Best American” book series and a satire of one thing we all have in common, terrible emails. Cocktails, crafts, rap, Bob Ross, yoga and cats: Great stocking stuffer books 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z

Political satires like to depict pols as self-interested, cold professionals who have traded in their ideals, and that’s plenty true here. The Morning After: Back Into The Thick of It 2012-09-10T11:32:30Z

In the UK, watching the world crisis from the sidelines, jokes were another weapon: the 60s satire boom was about to explode. October 1962: the month that modern culture was born 2012-09-29T22:12:23Z

He wrote these incredibly funny para-logical stories and novels that managed to be satires of everything in the universe at once. Seven Books I?m Looking Forward to in 2012 2011-12-07T09:58:46Z

The song originated in the 1931 Broadway review “George White’s Scandals,” and was considered satire. Yanks stop using Smith recording while investigating racism 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z

Silicon Valley culture, with its bespoke lingo and self-delusions, is ripe for Mr Keen’s satire. Net costs 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z

This has always been the danger, but it’s one every sort of parody or satire contends with in the current climate. Sacha Baron Cohen reveals “Who Is America?” and the answer is terrifying 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z

It’s a psychological thriller, a scathing political satire, a powerful and upsetting family drama, a dark comedy and a work of magnificent landscape cinematography and startling pictorial intensity. “Leviathan”: A tragic, ironic masterpiece from Putin’s Russia 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z

In each case the satire is wrapped in an overall gentleness, perhaps out of some lingering timidity regarding the subject matter. ‘Rev.’ and ‘The Yard,’ Two Short Series on Hulu 2012-06-13T16:30:55Z

Kuhlman once conned a pro-Trump art collective into accepting an absurd collage jammed with guns, breasts, explosions and multiple guitar-playing Trumps — a work of satire that also could be interpreted as a fan’s sincere celebration. The presidency has been swamped by the Trump Aesthetic 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z

The Connecticut suburbs are the backdrop for this new satire following three couples, anchored by an upscale school with a megalomaniacal headmistress. 20 New Works of Fiction to Read This Season 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z

"I think comedy and satire are the best at a point of extremes," said Field Smith. Political satire "Butter" drips with ambition 2011-09-16T12:03:25Z

This flowering of political satire could be a unique moment in American comedy–one that passes quickly should Trump be sent back to his reality show. The New Politics of Late Night 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z

Nor is there a great deal of the searing satire that permeates the 2000 AD comic. Sci-fi comic strip remake finds few laughs 2012-06-22T15:39:30Z

Cuneo alternates between biting political satire and charming scenes of the passing seasons. John Cuneo’s “To Fetch or Not to Fetch” 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z

“Bikini” is parts mockumentary, satire, dark drama and, in at least one scene, bizarre fantasy. Review: ‘Bikini Moon’ Finds a Documentary Crew Under Its Subject’s Spell 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z

Some of this, it must be said, relies on sitcom-style satire, the kind that exploits, however sympathetically, a manufactured gap between the characters’ intelligence and the audience’s. Review: ‘Collective Rage’ Is ‘The Vagina Monologues’ Times 5 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z

This question is never asked outright in “War Machine,” a new Netflix original movie starring Brad Pitt and written and directed by David Michôd, but it’s a substantial thematic undercarriage of this satire. With ‘War Machine,’ Netflix Bets on Brad Pitt in Afghanistan 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z

Yes, you can read this satire with your kids, but it’s not really meant for them. Michael Ian Black says his Trump kids’ book was inspired by Hillary Clinton 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z

When Woody Allen created a half-hour satire of Henry Kissinger for PBS in 1971, the Nixon administration, already antagonistic toward public television, made clear that broadcasting the program “would result in funding cuts.” ‘The Comedians’: An antic history of the people who make us laugh 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z

Jules Feiffer has always been adept at using satire to trace the links between our public and private anxieties, our political and personal preoccupations. Books of The Times: ?Backing Into Forward?: Jules Feiffer?s Ink-Stained Memoir 2010-03-17T22:47:00Z

The satire is observational rather than psychological — Mitford skewers people, deftly and economically, through their own words and actions. Review: ‘The Pursuit of Love’ Against All Odds 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z

Theater and film artists have been trying for years to capture Bulgakov’s sui generis blend of fantasy, satire and ontology, in which the Devil pays a troublemaking visit to 1930s Moscow. Theater Review: ‘Master and Margarita’ Is Staged at Bard College 2013-07-19T19:48:20Z

“Is it satire? Comedy news? Partisan conspiracy? Partisan journalism? Big mistakes reliable news institutions have made, or hoaxes they fell for?” It’s time to retire the tainted term ‘fake news’ 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z

It was accused of being sexist, but to me it was always an attack and satire of sexism and of male ego. Mary Harron Narrates a Scene From ‘American Psycho’ 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z

Many of those early audience members were uncomfortable with Fred Ebb, Bob Fosse and John Kander’s use of musical showstoppers in the service of an amoral satire, and the show’s jerky and pastiche-like narrative technique. Review: ‘Chicago,’ With Nary a Finger Snap 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z

But the problem with satire is that it’s so easily misinterpreted. Q. and A. With T.J. Miller: ‘Silicon Valley’ and the Mucinex Phlegm Ball 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z

Some satires that challenged the Bush administration were popular with audiences and critics, including David Hare’s “Stuff Happens” and Christopher Durang’s “Why Torture Is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them.” Star Power Meets War?s Firepower 2011-03-23T22:13:44Z

This is also a satire in which female characters are not pushed to the margins, but hold the story together. NoViolet Bulawayo Allegorizes the Aftermath of Robert Mugabe 2022-03-06T05:00:00Z

Buckley’s latest satire, involving an effort to blackmail the president over the doings at a Miss Universe pageant, begins with his seventh chief of staff in prison. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z

As the virtual Democratic National Convention wraps up on various news networks on Thursday night, TCM will air this political satire, the only film directed by the playwright and theater director George S. Kaufman. What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Bill & Ted’ and ‘An Easy Girl’ 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z

The biggest problem is that “Paper Bullets,” while perhaps still relevant as satire, already feels dated. ‘Paper Bullets’ takes aim at celebrity culture — and misses 2013-03-20T21:35:38Z

Last year, Paul Beatty became the first American to win when he received the prize for “The Sellout,” a dark satire about race and the legacy of slavery and segregation in America. George Saunders Wins the Man Booker Prize for ‘Lincoln in the Bardo’ 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z

It’s just too busy chasing gross-out bits to reap much durable satire. 2004: ‘Fahrenheit 9/11’ and a Country at War With Itself 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z

He is an intellectually passionate Frenchman who believes in his nation’s long history of employing taste-eschewing visual satire to make a point — an authority-thumbing tradition that dates back to Daumier in the mid-19th century. In posthumous manifesto, Charlie Hebdo editor speaks out against hate 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z

In the Hollywood satire “Maps to the Stars,” Julianne Moore plays a hysterically desperate aging actress in Los Angeles. Fiction, reality mingle for Stewart in Cannes 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z

Dark Instagram satire Ingrid Goes West won best first feature, Faces Places was named best documentary and Chilean drama A Fantastic Woman picked up best international film. Get Out wins big at Film Independent Spirit awards on eve of Oscars 2018-03-03T05:00:00Z

Boots Riley, the director of the acclaimed satire Sorry to Bother You, has taken aim at Spike Lee’s new film, BlacKkKlansman, in which a black police officer infiltrates a white supremacist organisation. Boots Riley attacks Spike Lee over ‘made up’ BlacKkKlansman 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z

As far as I’m concerned, this is not satire, or at least not successful satire. Is Netflix’s ‘Insatiable’ as Offensive as It Looks? Let’s Discuss 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z

Thus satire was no longer simply a comment on the news; for many it became the source of news. Trevor Noah and Stephen Colbert step up: Donald Trump made “The Daily Show” and out-of-character Colbert relevant again 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z

I ask how far the satire on social networks can go. RedShirt – or what happens when Facebook meets Star Trek 2013-05-01T10:01:14Z

Can the studio pull off the same feat for Ruben Ostlund’s social satire “Triangle of Sadness,” which also took the Palme and similarly mines class warfare for big laughs and shocking set pieces? Will These Be the 10 Best Picture Oscar Nominees? 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z

This 1982 play by Don Evans, the African American playwright, director, actor and teacher closely identified with the Black Arts movement of the 1970s, is a light satire with a few sharp edges. The Accrington Pals; Di and Viv and Rose; One Monkey Don't Stop No Show – review 2013-01-27T00:06:22Z

If Twitterati consensus is a reliable applause-o-meter, then the two people doing the best political satire are the two who are beloved “Daily Show” alumni and can therefore lay the most claim to Stewart’s crown. We’ll pick a president, but the search continues for a perfect late-night host 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z

It is a moving satire on the arbitrariness of the everyday, rivaling the best of Douglas Adams in its witty conjugation of cultural norms and ephemera. Latitude theatre review: marquees and mash-ups 2013-07-22T16:41:20Z

At its best, "South Park" keeps its eyes on the prize and delivers memorable jokes with sharp satire. “South Park” vs. Amazon’s Jeff Bezos: Not quite a takedown in season finale 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z

If you think that satire is fundamentally a form of social critique, that it must have a purpose or an idea behind it, then these T-shirts don’t seem much like satire. Perspective | A humor exhibition at NGA might not be funny, but it reminds us to laugh at what’s stupid 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z

In his new novel, “French Exit,” deWitt serves up a modern story, a satire about an insouciant widow on a quest for refined self-immolation. The Stealth Absurdism of Patrick deWitt’s “French Exit” 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z

Thus we have seen a common argument against satire that it is partisan and dividing our nation. Satire’s war on stupid: This prank on the Democrats and an ACLU brief reveal our nation’s biggest battle 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z

The harmless, frothy satire is nothing you wouldn’t see on a fairly average episode of ABC’s gay teen sitcom “The Real O’Neals.” Harvey Weinstein’s evil genius playbook: How he got LGBT people to support one of the year’s most controversial films 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z

You could, if you really wanted, read the original normcore manifesto as a kind of satire of luxury marketing and lifestyle journalism. Hipsters, they’re just like us! “Normcore,” Sarah Palin, and the GOP’s big red state lie 2014-04-27T11:00:00Z

Charles Webb, a lifelong non-conformist whose debut novel “The Graduate” was a deadpan satire of his college education and wealthy background adapted into the classic film of the same name, has died. Charles Webb, author of ‘The Graduate,’ dies in England 2020-06-27T04:00:00Z

Controversial satire The Hunt, in which “elites” track and kill “deplorables”, will now be released after being pulled last year in the wake of of a string of mass shootings. 'Elites v deplorables' thriller The Hunt to finally get release 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z

Instead, this limp satire only proves that no one fails to understand Godard as spectacularly as filmmakers who think they do. ‘Adieu Godard’ Review: A Poor Imitation 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z

I always saw my social media as satire. Anna Sorokin on ‘Inventing Anna’ and Life After Rikers 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z

One limitation may lie in casting Cuoco and Messina, whose comic gifts run to styles other than caustic satire. ‘Based on a True Story’ Review: Only Murders on the TV 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z

Two other works of fiction we suggest: a workplace satire that sends up the well-being industry and a raucous debut collection that ranges across multiple genres. 13 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z

That its jokes seem modest and a bit familiar shouldn’t discourage fans of sharply observed satire. ‘One Woman Show’ Review: Unlikable for Laughs 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z

Because The Onion believes the right to use satire is under threat. 4.3 trillion readers can’t be wrong — why The Onion’s defense of satire should be heard by SCOTUS 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z

The author subtly drops in the occasional hilarious remark and the use of puns and satire is well done. Dodger by Terry Pratchett - review 2013-02-08T12:00:00Z

Even though it was satire, a lot of readers mistook it as real. We can't stop talking about the Donelle Woolford controversy 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z

In the show’s best tradition, the writers wrote their characters with love, yet they also managed to comment on the world around them, using satire that was sophisticated and pointed but never cruel. We’ll Always Have Pawnee 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z

Once again she uses a tangy mixture of satire and sentiment to recount her story, seasoning a basically realistic narrative with a light sprinkling of bizarre, tabloid-type events. Books of The Times: She?s Making Friends in a New Place 2011-04-21T22:41:45Z

But whereas the latter understood the specific visual language and tricky tone of its genre satire, “Outlaw Johnny Black” struggles to establish a consistent comedic rhythm. ‘Outlaw Johnny Black’ Review: Vengeance Is on His Mind 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z

An acclaimed satire, Who Is America?, featuring Baron Cohen interviewing assorted US figures in a variety of disguises, screened on Showtime in 2018. Borat 2 imminent, reports suggest, with Trump, Epstein and Giuliani as targets 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z

The increase in satire is directly connected to this increase in gullibility. Satire’s war on stupid: This prank on the Democrats and an ACLU brief reveal our nation’s biggest battle 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z

“Borgman” wears just enough of a smirk to suggest that it might be a dark satire about class warfare. ‘Borgman,’ Alex van Warmerdam’s Adult Fairy Tale 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z

Now he needed to figure out something smaller but crucial: how to apply the organ stings, ominous monotones and other instrumental plot thickeners that would underline the satire and keep the audience on track. Where Do Theater Artists Go to Ask Questions? Poughkeepsie. 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z

“Clinton: The Musical,” a satire about scandals of the 1990s, will make its United States premiere on July 18 as part of the New York Musical Theater Festival. Hillary and Bill Clinton Inspire Musical Theater 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z

“We Killed” pivots from nightclubs to sitcoms, paying almost no attention to other kinds of television, movies or written satire. Books of The Times: ‘We Killed,’ Women in American Comedy, by Yael Kohen 2012-10-14T21:28:31Z

What starts as a mordant satire ends in a warm glow of humanist sentiment. The Heretic - review 2011-02-11T00:20:01Z

The Day Today Take the best American TV comedy, make it smarter and meaner, and you have British TV satire. 
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It walked to the razor’s edge of being a satire of a kind of B movie, and yet it had so much true heart. ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ at 40: The Plant That Conquered the World 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z

The book is “mostly a medium for satire and repulsion,” with a somewhat convoluted plot, but “intelligence and humor keep Reseng’s tale afloat.” 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z

But these broad bits of social and political satire — along with some silly drama involving emergency mathematicians — are the weakest elements of “The Anomaly.” Review | Hervé Le Tellier’s ‘The Anomaly’ has already sold a million copies in France. It should take off here, too. 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z

“Hits,” Cross’ first feature film as a writer-director, is a broad satire certain of its timely relevance about modern America. ‘Hits’: Satire of our fame-obsessed culture misses mark 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z

We’ve had test screenings where people said, “I understand that it’s satire but I just don’t like seeing that.” The Personal Back Story Driving ‘They Cloned Tyrone’ 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z

In the 80s, Senator William Fulbright, commenting on the healthy send-up tradition in the UK's tolerance of its royals, asked me for ideas for reviving more "serious" satire in the US. Letters: Sacred text and satire 2012-12-25T21:00:03Z

Photograph: Tristram Kenton Though no composer has yet made a convincing out of Mikhail Bulgakov's great novel The Master and Margarita, his earlier, slighter satire A Dog's Heart is a potentially less daunting source. A Dog's Heart - review 2010-11-21T21:31:00Z

"It was an absurdist comedy and a social satire," said West. Adam West returns in 'Batman' series' digital release 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z

His previous best-known work with his “Duck” collaborators, his brother Robert Morris and Joe Shane, was the musical “White Noise,” a satire about white supremacists. 'Duck Dynasty' Family at Center of New Las Vegas Musical 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z

He depicts China through an assortment of lenses: rip-roaring Swiftian satire in “Lenin’s Kisses”, when a village buys the corpse of the Soviet patriarch and builds a sort of Red Disneyland around it. Build, and they will come 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z

As any good sociologist might have foreseen, this shift has changed how television tells stories, often blurring the lines between comedy and drama, between satire and pathos. 'Orange Is the New Black' Emmy nods a win for women 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z

One particular poem attacked by Liao, he said, is not praising a disgraced party official, but is actually satire. Mo Yan dismisses 'envious' Nobel critics 2013-02-28T14:43:20Z

But Thanksgiving is not the only object of the satire, and to the extent the play sometimes seems to miss its mark, it’s because the mark keeps moving. Review: In ‘The Thanksgiving Play,’ Who Gets Roasted? 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z

“We are in one of those rare unharmonic convergences when reality is more absurd than satire,” Dowd begins one column entitled “The Mogul and the Babe.” Maureen Dowd’s Latest Book on Everything Hillary and Donald 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z

I think that the idea of satire always is to break things down for people, and point out absurdities and injustices in a fun way. Not all comedians are tickled by Trump: He’s “in the news and that’s our job, but personally, to me? It’s nothing but scary” 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z

The producers of the show, however, refused to apologize, saying that “Striscia la Notizia” is satire, “and like satirical and comic programs all over the world, politically incorrect.” Sketch mocking Chinese launches racism debate in Italy 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z

Beneath this dystopian chiasmus, is brutal and often hilarious satire and nightmare visions of death on the 405. “Tell Me How This Ends Well”: Tricky gods, sex slaves and patricidal Jews 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z

The Stewart-Colbert era ushered in a radical shift in the relationship between satire and news: Rather than comment on the news; satire became it. 5 ways the 2020 election will be shaped by late night comedy 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z

But only as a means of making comedy and, here, satire, at first of relationships, then of rule-bound, custom-enslaved systems of any kind. These Movie Scenes Might Not Be Important, but They’re Pretty Great 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z

And, if not, can he offer this country the sort of satire that speaks truth to power — and that we sorely need? Trevor Noah has cratered “The Daily Show”: He has no bite, no message — and has let Fox News off the hook 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z

A satire about art, audiences and artists that gets only a few laughs, it’s more idea than dance. Dance Review | Mark Morris Dance Group: Cheekily Defying Expectations 2010-02-24T22:46:00Z

Lea Michele also stars in this ABC satire of small-time politics with an emphasis on civic engagement and the return of power to the people. Superheroes, singers and spaceships: what can we expect from TV next? 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z

The musical, by the creators of the animated TV comedy "South Park", is an expletive-filled satire of two Mormon missionaries from Salt Lake City sent to Africa to win converts. Musical "Book of Mormon" opens in London to mixed reviews 2013-03-22T15:22:47Z

“We had a video component of the show that would play onstage in front of the live sketches — satires and spoofs of commercials.” Film: Surely It?s 30 (Don?t Call Me Shirley!) 2010-06-26T12:47:00Z

The premise of a new play about Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev may sound like biting political satire, but the intent is just the opposite. Kazakh leader is made hero of allegorical play 2011-11-24T14:02:17Z

“There’s comedy and there’s satire implicit in the story,” he said. An Experiment That Evolved Into a Tragedy 2011-07-02T04:10:56Z

At the same time, authoritarian leaders prove impervious to satire. When We Laugh at Nazis, Maybe the Joke’s on Us 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z

As in many of the greatest Golden Age musicals, they latch onto a subject of topical importance, using its gravity to anchor their satire and their satire to leaven its earnestness. ‘The Prom’ Review: Bringing Jazz Hands to the Heartland 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z

The third episode, “Some Hope,” set at an elaborate country house party where the guests await the arrival of Princess Margaret, is more of a social satire in the “Gosford Park” vein. Benedict Cumberbatch Just Crossed the Last Role Off His Bucket List 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z

You don’t have to know what’s being satirized to love the satire. S.J. Perelman was a master of comedy. Nearly a century later, his work still delivers laughs. 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z

It’s hard not to read Cohen’s gentle satire in this: multitasking as the highest human good, and Shelley Stone as our patron saint. Can Women Have It All? Not in Silicon Valley 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z

Part carnival, part protest, all pageant, Bread and Puppet productions express political outrage and satire, sometimes coarse and raw. | Bread and Puppet Theater: Bread and Puppet Theater?s ?Attica? and ?Man of Flesh & Cardboard? 2011-12-12T22:23:55Z

That has made him ripe for satire — his gnomic musings in car ads practically begged for it. Review | Matthew McConaughey is ‘alright, alright, alright’ — and thinks you will be too 2020-10-18T04:00:00Z

On Donald Glover’s acclaimed FX series, “Atlanta,” the threat of police violence was an undercurrent that fueled satire and suspense, but never felt like the subject of a Very Special Episode. Review | Police-shooting drama ‘Shots Fired’ is thoughtful but won’t burst your political bubble 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z

Released in the Reagan era, the film was a pointed satire of conservative hypocrisy. ‘Clue’ Review: A Whodunit That Looks a Lot Like a Board Game 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z

Not quite a satire and not quite a pastoral idyll, Jon Raymond's new novel, "Rain Dragon," focuses on a possible Pacific Northwest utopia, its lurking discontents — and its surprisingly vigorous business potential. 'Rain Dragon': searching for greener pastures (organic version) 2012-05-02T19:30:06Z

But beyond the coy nostalgia and the timid satire is a feeling of bottomless exhaustion. ‘Under the Silver Lake’ Review: Andrew Garfield Gets Lost in a Haze of Pop-Culture Allusions 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z

The story was a cerebral work of historical fiction and political satire cleverly infiltrated with cultural criticism. Review | In ‘The Committed,’ Viet Thanh Nguyen continues his Pulitzer Prize-winning story 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z

Many G & S fans stress “The Mikado” is clearly a satire of British society set in an imaginary Japan-like realm called Titipu. The ‘Mikado’ controversy: A call for calm discourse 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z

What begins as a backstage satire of white cluelessness and Black ingratiation gradually broadens and darkens into something far more mysterious: a peculiarly American tale of lost opportunity. Review: ‘Trouble in Mind,’ 66 Years Late and Still On Time 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z

District 9 managed a graceful, entertaining fusion of political satire, some sensational monster CGI and a wry narrative take on interspecies friendship. Neill Blomkamp’s Elysium: Drab, Dreary and Dysto-pointing 2013-08-08T16:08:09Z

As I did, I kept flashing on “Sunset Boulevard,” Billy Wilder’s grim 1950 satire about another studio writer adrift in the waxworks. David Fincher, the Unhappiest Auteur 2021-01-01T05:00:00Z

In 19th-century Europe, burlesques were satires about popular “legit” plays, offering ordinary folks a chance to mock the tastes of the upper classes and comment about how sex jokes knew no class boundaries. Not Just Strippers: Seven Things You Didn’t Know About Burlesque 2013-06-04T09:45:33Z

Greenery and various animals sprout up with increasing intensity around the set; this is satire through clowning. Keeping You Entertained (and on Your Toes) 2010-08-27T22:59:00Z

But that seeming awareness of how fine the line was between satire and slur, only added insult to injury, Lowen Liu wrote on the Slate site. Chris Rock’s Asian Joke at Oscars Provokes Backlash 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z

The pith and the punch of his cabaret work translated brilliantly to his anti-Nazi satires. Giving a Satirist of the Third Reich the Last Laugh 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z

Willis also played himself in the throes of a hissy fit in the Hollywood satire What Just Happened? This is the End: why actors love to play themselves 2013-06-06T18:00:00Z

The juxtaposition is vintage Lee: a blend of satire, realism and in-your-face political commentary. Spike Lee Takes on the Klan 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z

He uses satire in his works, tackling politics and culture. 2010-02-14T19:16:00Z

Nothing — including a happy ending — is as it seems in this accelerating swirl of political and academic satire, science fiction and romantic melodrama. Review | Joyce Carol Oates has seen hell, and it’s 1950s Wisconsin 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z

Stalter does some more straightforward parodies like a satire of rom-com clichés, but what distinguishes her from her peers is an unpredictable surreal streak. Now Playing Nightly on Instagram: Sketch Comedy’s Newest Star 2020-03-29T04:00:00Z

We made caricatures of her partnered with Johnny Rotten for a satire on nightmare couples, which also included Princess Margaret and Tony Armstrong Jones. Margaret Thatcher and Spitting Image: we had no idea we would be joined at the hip 2013-04-17T19:00:01Z

“It will be emotional for me because in their music there is a small grain of tragedy, but also underlying a lot of their music is a satire of the government,” he said. An Orchestra Brings Harmony to a Region of Discord 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z

This week we have now seen another key feature of satire: It offers ethical responses to unethical actions. One more lesson from Charlottesville: Our comedians are more ethical than our president 2017-08-19T04:00:00Z

And the perverse affliction of homicidal celebrity hasn’t gone away in the quarter-century since Stone mounted his demented satire. Natural Born Killers at 25: the problem with Oliver Stone's hit film 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z

Along the way, Stephenson offers stimulating contrarian views on a number of topics — the drawbacks of solar panels, for example — and jovial satire, mainly at the expense of McHooligan and Texas hype. Review | Neal Stephenson’s ‘Termination Shock’ is another prescient page-turner 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z

It is still recognisable as an election and – oh yeah, I forgot – even the satire on Old Corruption is not entirely irrelevant to voters' concerns in 2010. The best art is born from democracy 2010-04-07T11:48:00Z

“Podcast for Laundry” is a satire of podcasting, but only in the way that “Larry Sanders” sends up talk shows: T his is its starting place. The Sociopathic Comedy of Brett Davis 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z

Once derided as the lowest branch of theater, this burlesque is an updated version that mixes performance art, modern dance and political satire. Theater: Tassel-Twirling Gets a Feminist Touch 2011-11-08T13:30:07Z

But it reinforced an underlying, less comforting sense that  Culture Clash's most vital political satire is a thing of the past. 'Vote or Die Laughing': Culture Clash fires off the jokes as fast as Hillary and Donald trade insults 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z

As with “Game of Thrones,” the political satire is entered for its final season and could benefit from voter sentiment as well as evident respect. ‘Game of Thrones,’ ‘Veep’ aim for records at Emmy Awards 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z

Soon enough, this brand of globally minded satire coalesces into a giant cornball. HBO’s ‘The Brink’: In a global crisis, the satirical missiles are mostly duds 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z

There is a marked difference, for example, between most late-night comedy and the specific genre of political satire. Don’t worry, be cynical: Why the fear of a nation of critical skeptics is overblown 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z

ABC is struggling with "Selfie," a satire of social media, which opened to a mediocre audience of 5.3 million, then dropped 26% in Week 2. Broadcast networks encouraged by better than expected ratings 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z

I interpreted the gingerbread house listing as clever satire, a bit of gallows humor performance — with a side of whimsy — to call attention to the current housing market squeeze. A tiny gingerbread house got listed on Zillow for 31 days, and the price felt all too real 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z

Featuring humorous improvisation and topical satire, it won a large following. Willard Scott, TV’s Clown Prince of Sun and Showers, Is Dead at 87 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z

She finds a tricky balance of farce, satire and emotional sincerity, a way of treating people as ridiculous without denying them empathy. Review: In ‘Maggie’s Plan,’ Greta Gerwig Aspires to Motherhood on Her Terms 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z

Part of why satire has also been so rarely attempted, of course, is that it must ride a thin line. HBO's 'The Brink,' with Jack Black, is satiric about the geopolitical 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z

Welsh also attempts satire, at one point introducing a rich American businessman who is famous for a popular television show on which he fires people and denounces them as losers. Irvine Welsh is back with another brazen novel: ‘A Decent Ride’ 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z

Benjamín Naishtat’s satire, set before the coup that installed a military junta in Argentina, is an enraging – and informative – parable of iniquity about the fate of the disappeared. The 50 best films of 2019 in the UK: 41-50 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z

Still, unlike many painters working today — artists as different as Michael Krebber, Josh Smith and George Condo come to mind — Mr. Jensen rarely resorts to what might be taken as satires of painting. Art Review: A Textured Palette Without Much Paint 2011-01-27T22:58:12Z

But Shteyngart's characters are heartbreakingly real, their plights sympathetic, and his wicked social satire is dead-on. 27 best books of 2010: The Seattle Times looks back at a year of great reading 2010-12-18T01:15:33Z

But have these months working on two prickly satires about critics shifted his views in any way? The wrath of Michael Kahn in comedies about critics 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z

“I’m dabbling a little bit, mixing genres and metaphors,” he said, adding that he likes to incorporate political satire in his works, and that it is a bigger part of the comic. George Romero, Father of the Zombie Movie, Dies at 77 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z

This barbed comic satire, adapted from a novel by Julia Strachey, is more downscale than its forerunner. Movie Review: ‘Cheerful Weather for the Wedding,’ With Elizabeth McGovern 2012-12-06T21:22:23Z

If one of the masters of satire thought satirical irony was dead, then, surely, we were doomed to live in an era of boorish, literal communication. Is political comedy dead now? 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z

That the juxtaposition between the experimentation in its setup and the brazenness in the characters' and story's incendiary satire has now reached a point where that dissonance is simply an everyday truth. "Good, honest folks": 20 years later, controversial "Dogville" has become frightening prophecy 2023-04-30T04:00:00Z

Shifting gears from satire to a double-edged dissection of point of view, it’s a snappy way of prepping viewers for the multiplicity of voices to follow. ‘2023 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour Review: Small Bites 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z

But, lacking real insight or indignation, these skits feels less like satire, more like a submission to celebrity culture. Katy Brand 2010-04-23T21:00:00Z

So what exactly is “Jonah From Tonga,” supposedly a satire, trying to say? HBO debuts “Jonah From Tonga”–which stars a white actor in brownface 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z

“In the early days of television — the ’50s and ’60s — he thought the sure way to coax television to fulfill its cultural and creative possibilities was through satire,” Mr. Moyers added. Marvin Kitman, Satirist Whose Main Target Was TV, Dies at 93 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z

The satire was impressive, but he made it seem pretty easy on Wednesday’s Tonight Show. Watch John Oliver Explain How He Started A Church 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z

But compared to slyer satire of this season’s “The Convert,” the humor falls a bit flat. ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 3, Episode 5 Recap: Yo Ho Ho 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z

In the raucous agit-prop of Who's in Control, the velvet-gloved satire of Living Is So Easy and the fearful explosion of Stunde Null, the band present British society crumpled in the gutter. British Sea Power: Valhalla Dancehall - review 2011-01-06T22:00:03Z

“RoboCop,” besides being a raw, almost Cormanesque shoot-’em-up, is a devastating satire: of advertising, television news, privatization and corporate politics. The Week Ahead: Oct. 7 — 13 2012-10-07T07:30:05Z

The two previously worked together on “Better Off Ted,” a gonzo corporate satire that lasted just two seasons on ABC. Portia de Rossi is the secret weapon of “Santa Clarita Diet” 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z

Let me begin by saying that because it never really lets its guard down as a piece of satire, “Atlas of Another America” is a tough book to ask questions about! Building Type: Keith Krumwiede's satirical jolt for the earnest world of architecture publishing 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z

The veteran drag performer returns with a new tune-filled holiday satire. L.A. theater listings, Nov. 29-Dec. 6: 'Guys and Dolls' and more 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z

While some inclusions are either essays or explicitly works of criticism, the collection includes a variety both of literary works — poems, short fiction, satires — and of historical documents. Book Review Podcast: 'Shakespeare in America' 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z

You’re a brave man to write a satire about something people are so invested in. “You get a cookie for being offended”: Mat Johnson on the fine art of racial satire 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z

More than 2,400 years ago, the Greek playwright Aristophanes wrote “Lysistrata,” an antiwar satire in which a group of women endeavor to stop the Peloponnesian War by withholding sex from their husbands. Review: In ‘ms. estrada,’ Campus Feminists Say No to Sex, Yes to Hip-Hop 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z

He wrote his thesis on the fin de siècle satire of Oscar Wilde and Will Self. Dan Stevens Upends Expectations in ‘The Guest’ 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z

There are elements of satire throughout, but they are never vicious or sharp-edged. ‘Freestyle Love Supreme’ Review: Hip-Hop Saves the World 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z

Our present moment is so relentlessly off-kilter that crazy, heightened satire written a year ago will be upstaged by reality when it plays on television today. Always Too Soon: Writing Sketch Comedy in the Trump Era 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z

But now that it’s here, it soars like never before, in a New Group production that fully finds the compassion within this singular show’s surface satire. Review: ‘Jerry Springer,’ Sacred and Profane, Triumphantly Sings Again 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z

It has a sharp sense of place just this side of satire, makes the principal villain an upper-class fifth columnist and is shocking in its ruthlessness. Went the Day Well? 2010-07-10T23:05:00Z

Imagine the glorified bad taste of the Mel Brooks musical “The Producers,” crossed with the more affectionate satire of the 1952 film “Singin’ in the Rain,” Hollywood’s giddy, innocent valentine to its younger self. Theater Review: ‘Bunty Berman Presents ’ at Acorn Theater 2013-05-10T02:00:01Z

"America's Funniest Home Videos" celebrates 25 years of crazy clips, while "Saturday Night Live" marks four decades' worth of sketches, satire and musical performances. TV This Week Feb. 15-22: 'QI' on BBC America 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z

It’s an eclectic mix of everything from portraits to political satire. Professional artist teaches Gillette students 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z