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Land of the Dead, a satire of post-9/11 America state and of the Bush administration; The Wicker Man, a satire on cults and religion; The Great Dictator, a satire on Adolf Hitler; Monty Python's Life of Brian, a satire on miscommunication, religion and Christianity; The Player, a satire of Hollywood, directed by Robert Altman
This is a list of notable satirical news websites which have a satirical bent, are parodies of news, or consist of fake news stories for mainly humorous purposes. For magazines published on paper, see List of satirical magazines .
Satire is a genre of the visual, literary, and performing arts, usually in the form of fiction and less frequently non-fiction, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, often with the intent of exposing or shaming the perceived flaws of individuals, corporations, government, or society itself into improvement. [1]
Film or television satire may be of the political, religious, or social variety.Works using satire are often seen as controversial or taboo in nature, with topics such as race, class, system, violence, sex, war, and politics, criticizing or commenting on them, typically under the disguise of other genres including, but not limited to, comedies, dramas, parodies, fantasies and/or science fiction.
Satirical comics artists (8 C, 3 P) Satirical comics writers (7 C, 4 P) E. Editorial cartoonists (2 C, 4 P) ... This list may not reflect recent changes. *
This is a list of frivolous political parties. Some more serious political parties, such as the Rent Is Too Damn High Party , may use the same tactics and humorous approaches to politics as their more frivolous counterparts but aim to address legitimate sociopolitical issues, something that some frivolous parties do not do.
This is a list of satirical magazines which have a satirical bent, and which may consist of fake news stories for mainly humorous purposes. For magazines published online, see List of satirical news websites .
Even though many satirical sources are labeled as such with disclaimers, there is a long history of satirical content being falsely perceived as true. [1] According to Snopes, this misunderstanding can be due to a variety of reasons: A lack of understanding of literary techniques typically used for satire, such as sarcasm, irony and exaggeration