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Satire

Satire is a literary technique of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject (individuals, organisations, states) often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change. In Celtic societies, it was thought a bard's satire could have physical effects, similar to a curse. A satirist is one who satirizes.

Satire is not exclusive to any viewpoint. Parody is a form of satire that imitates another work of art in order to ridicule it.

There are several types of satire:

  • Diminution: Reduces the size of something in order that it may be made to appear ridiculous or in order to be examined closely and have its faults seen close up. For example, treating the Canadian Members of Parliament as a squabbling group of little boys is an example of diminution. Gulliver's Travels is a diminutive satire.

  • Inflation: A common technique of satire is to take a real-life situation and exaggerate it to such a degree that it becomes ridiculous and its faults can be seen, and thus satirical. For example, two boys arguing over a possession of a car can be inflated into an interstellar war. The Rape of the Lock is an example of inflation.

  • Juxtaposition: Places things of unequal importance side by side. It brings all the things down to the lowest level of importance on the list. For example, if a guy says his important subjects in school include Calculus, Computer Science, Physics, and girl-watching, he has managed to take away some of the importance of the first three. The Rape of the Lock is also an example of juxtaposition.

  • Parody: Imitates the techniques and style of some person, place, or thing. Parody is used for mocking or mocking its idea of the person, place, or thing. Monty Python is an example of parody.

For example, satires of Gothic are often presented in the form of 'recipes':

Take - An old castle, half of it ruinous. A long gallery, with a great many door, some secret ones. Three murdered bodies, quite fresh. As many skeletons, in chests and presses. An old woman hanging by the neck; with her throat cut. Assassins and desperados, quant. suff Noise, whispers, and groans, threescore at least. Mix them together, in the form of volumes, to be taken at any of the watering places before going to bed.

Some examples of satire are:

The line between parody and satire is often blurred. Satires need not be humorous -- indeed they are often tragic -- while parodies are almost inevitably humorous. Parodies are imitative by definition, while satires need not be. Some parodies with heavy elements of satire include: Some works of satire are subtle enough in their exaggeration that they still seem believable to many people. The comedic intent of these works of satire may be lost on the public at large, and there have been instances where the author or producers of a satirical work have been harshly criticized as a result. In 2002 the British network Channel 4 aired a satiric "mockumentary" entitled Paedogeddon, in the Brass Eye series, which was intended to mock and satirize the fascination of modern journalism with child molestors and paedophiless. The TV network received an enormous number of complaints from members of the public, who were outraged that the show would mock a subject considered by many to be too "serious" to be the subject of humor. The movie This is Spinal Tap, a parody of rockumentaries about a fictitious and ridiculous hard rock band was mistaken for a non-fiction by some critics.

On occasion, satire can cause social change when used to make a political or social point (although simply revealing absurdities to the public, as opposed to the quality of the satire, may be the actual cause of any consequences). For instance, the comic strip Doonesbury satirized a Florida county that had a racist law that minorities had to have a passcard in the area; the law was soon repealed with an act nicknamed the Doonesbury Act. In the 2000 Canadian federal election campaign, a Canadian Alliance proposal for a mechanism to require a referendum in response to a petition of sufficient size was satirized by the television show This Hour Has 22 Minutes so effectively that it was discredited and soon dropped.

Satire enjoyed a renaissance in the UK in the early 1960s with the Satire Boom, led by such luminaries as Peter Cook, Alan Bennett, Jonathan Miller, David Frost, Eleanor Bron and Dudley Moore and the television programme That Was The Week That Was.


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Original satirical and political writing, plus other humor and technical resources.
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http://www.martini3000.com/

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Covering humor, current events, music and celebrities.
http://shortbusmag.com/

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Humorous advice, movie and video reviews, horoscopes and features.
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http://feasties.orcon.net.nz/

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Short articles, links and a discussion forum.
http://digital204.com/

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A literary magazine dedicated to humor.
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Comment and satire aimed at the upwardly mobile.
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Grab a snack, pull up a chair, and enjoy some warped humor.
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Comics, satire, interviews, archive of issues, art gallery, fora, and miscellaneous extras.
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Articles, thoughts, gobbets of bleeding culture thrown fresh to the wolves every Monday and Thursday.
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