Contemporary_Satire

=**Contemporary Satire**= "Contemporary popular usage often uses the term "satire" in a very imprecise manner. While satire often uses caricature and parody; by no means all uses of these, and other humorous devices, are satiric.

Cartoonists often use satire as well as straight humour. [|Garry Trudeau], whose [|comic strip] //[|Doonesbury]// has charted and recorded many American follies for the last generation, deals with story lines such as [|Vietnam] (and now, [|Iraq]), dumbed-down education, and over-eating at "McFriendly's". Trudeau exemplifies humor mixed with criticism. Recently, one of his gay characters lamented that because he was not legally married to his partner, he was deprived of the "exquisite agony" of experiencing a nasty and painful divorce like heterosexuals. This, of course, satirized the claim that gay unions would denigrate the sanctity of heterosexual marriage. Doonesbury also presents an example of how satire can cause social change. The comic strip satirized a [|Florida] county that had a law requiring minorities to have a [|passcard] in the area; the law was soon repealed with an act nicknamed the Doonesbury Act.[|[13]]

Like some literary predecessors, many recent television "satires" contain strong elements of parody and [|caricature]; for instance the popular animated series //[|The Simpsons]// and //[|South Park]// both parodise modern family and social life by taking their assumptions to the extreme. As well as the purely humorous effect of this sort of thing, they often strongly criticise various phenomena in politics, economic life, religion and many other aspects of society. Due to their animated nature, these shows can easily use images of public figures and generally have greater freedom to do so than conventional shows using live actors.

Satires and parodies are common on the [|internet]; one of the most prominent examples is the [|news satire] site //[|The Onion]//, which publishes parodies with satirical content. Another example is [|OrionAndOrion.com], which focuses on technology and the internet landscape. Satirical television shows such as //[|Have I Got News For You]// and //[|They Think It's All Over]// are also popular on [|British] television. Another example would be //[|The Chaser's War on Everything]// and [|The Chaser]'s other program, [|CNNNN], which are popular satirical Australian television shows. "

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 * People:**
 * Frank Caliendo - Comedian and Impressionist has a show on TBS airing starting November 20
 * Lampoons George Bush, Dr. Phil, Robin Williams, and more
 * [|Click here for his website]
 * Dave Barry - Comedic columnist with 30 books written and a Pulitzer Prize for Commentary.
 * "Dave Barry's Guide to Guys," "Dave Barry's Money Secrets," "Dave Barry's Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need"
 * www.davebarry.com
 * Anne Coulter - American columnist and political commentator

[|List of Satires and Satirists]


 * Music:**
 * The Clash
 * Their songs are about the cold war, etc.
 * The The
 * Armageddon Days Are Here (Again), etc.
 * Xiu Xiu
 * Fabulous Muscles Album
 * "Support Our Troops OH! (Black Angels OH!)"
 * I Luv the Valley OH!
 * Harry and the Potters
 * Weird Al Yankovic
 * satirical song-writer/singer/rapper
 * "I Love Rocky Road"
 * "My Bologna"
 * Pokes fun at the music industry and the egotism of modern musicians by comedically parodying many popular songs. Also known for societal and pop culture commentary within his music.
 * Though the remakes of song is a parody, his image in the music video is satire
 * "[|Eat It]"
 * "[|White and Nerdy]"
 * "[|Mercedes-Benz]" a McClure-Joplin song sung by [|Janis Joplin]
 * [|Culturcide]'s album //tacky souvenirs of Pre-Revolutionary America// overdubbed new, satirical lyrics onto such pop hits as "[|We Are the World]"
 * [|Mark Russell] American political satirist known for his many appearances on [|PBS]
 * [|John Austin]'s album //If I Was A Latin King// satirizes Mexican and Latin pop music and Christian dogma
 * Lily Allen

The Simpsons || Family Guy || South Park || The Colbert Report || Saturday Night Live ||
 * TV & Radio:**
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 * TV Shows:**
 * The Office
 * King of the Hill
 * Beavis and Butthead
 * Drawn Together
 * Freakshow
 * Arrested Development
 * Family Guy
 * Futurama
 * Scrubs
 * Venture Brothers
 * [|South Park]
 * an Emmy Award-winning, American animated television comedy series about four elementary school boys who live in the small mountain town of South Park, Colorado. The series was created and is written by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, and has been distributed and aired by Comedy Central since 1997. The show is well-known for its pop-culture parody, scatological humour, and satirical handling of current events.
 * Mad TV (ex. [|iRack], [|iPhone], [|North Korean Scientists])
 * Saturday Night Live (ex. [|Obama Mocks Clinton])
 * Weekend Update - identification of human flaws and vices related to politics, entertainment, and current events
 * Home movies
 * Metalacalypse
 * Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia
 * Robot Chicken
 * Freaks and Geeks
 * Short Circuitz
 * 30 Rock
 * [|CNNNN]
 * [|The Simpsons] ([|Matt Groening])
 * [|Howard Stern] (radio personalty "The Howard Stern Show")
 * [|The Daily Show with Jon Stewart] (US Talk Show)
 * [|The Colbert Report] (US Talk Show)
 * Stephen Colbert’s Comedy Central television program //The Colbert Report// is a classic example of modern satire. Colbert's character, who is based on conservative Fox News pundits such as Bill O'Reilly of "The O'Reilly Factor" and Sean Hannity of "Hannity and Colmes," is an opinionated and egotistical commentator. His character's opinions are over-exaggerated and often illogical. His most notable use of satire is in his nightly segment "The Word," in which he defends conservative opinions while on-screen comments lampoon and humorously disprove his arguments. Although his character can appear ridiculous in its staunch defense of conservative opinions, the real humor comes from the fact that Stephen Colbert is actually a well-known liberal, and he uses his character to ridicule public figures and by point out hypocrisy and stupidity. Recently Stephen Colbert ran for president in the South Carolina primary (interestingly, as a Democrat), but his presidential bid was rejected by the South Carolina Democrats because they did not take his campaign seriously. This demonstrates that modern satire is extremely influential and very much a part of American societal reality.
 * [|This Hour Has 22 Minutes] (Canadian TV show)
 * [|The Chaser] (Australian newspaper and TV shows)
 * [|Facelift] (New Zealand Political show)
 * [|Spitting Image] (UK TV show famous for its puppets)
 * [|Yes Minister] (also "Yes, Prime Minister" - UK TV show satirising government)
 * [|Have I Got News For You] - Long running UK TV panel show
 * [|Nathan Barley] - 2005 UK TV satire by [|Chris Morris] and [|Charlie Brooker].
 * [|The Chaser's War On Everything] - Australian satire with an emphasis on attacking 'everyone'.


 * Movies:**
 * Austin Powers
 * Sexism towards women
 * Ridicules the escapes by the spy and the stupidity of the evil villain
 * Scary Movie
 * Exaggerates the techniques used by horror movies to scare audiences
 * Pulp Fiction
 * Borat
 * Not Another Teen Movie
 * The Great Dictator
 * Blazing Saddles
 * Spaceballs
 * The Producers
 * South Park the Movie
 * American Dreamz (satire on America's pop culture)
 * Little Shop of Horrors (Satire of 1950s when women were considered to be nothing more than just housewives and sex objects)
 * //[|This Is Spinal Tap]// (satire of heavy metal culture and "rockumentaries")
 * //[|Clueless]//
 * //[|Thank You for Smoking (film)]//
 * //[|Team America: World Police]// (2004 film satirizing Hollywood action flicks as well as post-9/11 American foreign policy)
 * Dogma
 * Monty Python's Life of Brian (religious satire)
 * Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (satire about discrimination, in this case toons)


 * Books:**
 * Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
 * Florence of Arabia by Christopher Buckley
 * Don Quixote by Miguel De Cervantes
 * The Good Soldier Svejk: and His Fortunes in the World War by Jaroslav Hasek
 * Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
 * Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
 * 1984 by George Orwell
 * Animal Farm by George Orwell
 * The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
 * Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
 * Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
 * Yiddish with Dick and Jane by Ellis Weiner
 * The Mouse that Roared by Leonard Wibberly
 * The Holy Land by Robert Zubrin


 * Print:**
 * [|Le Canard enchaîné] (weekly French satirical newspaper)
 * [|The Second Supper] (US Magazine)
 * [|The Onion] (US Magazine)
 * News satire in print and on the Internet.
 * Publishes fake or hyperbolized news stories to entertain
 * [|Private Eye] (United Kingdom magazine)
 * [|The Chaser] (Australian newspaper and TV shows)
 * [|Titanic] (German Magazine)
 * [|MAD Magazine] (Juvenile satire magazine)
 * [|The Art of Bitchcraft](Kaaronica Evans-Ware)
 * National Lampoon


 * Internet:**
 * [|BBspot]
 * [|The Brushback] (sports related satire)
 * [|The Big Foam Finger](sports related satire)
 * [|Jon Swift](satirizing a conservative political blog)
 * [|Landover Baptist Church] (US website satirizing Fundamentalist Christians)
 * [|The Onion]
 * [|The Republic Newswire]
 * [|The Daily Mash](UK satirical spoof news website)
 * [|The Therapist]
 * [|NewsBiscuit]
 * [|The Big Foam Finger](sports related satire)
 * [|Bigsexyshaq's Journals] (satirical writing about music)
 * [|Maddox]
 * [|ScrappleFace]
 * [|SatireWire]
 * [|Uncyclopedia] (satirical parody of [|Wikipedia], the free encyclopedia)
 * [|The Second Supper]
 * [|Kirt Johnson] (technology related satire)
 * [|Jeremy Nell] (South African cartoonist)


 * Musical Theater:**
 * //**Urinetown**// - One of the most uproariously funny musicals in recent years, Urinetown is a hilarious tale of greed, corruption, love, and revolution in a time when water is worth its weight in gold. In a Gotham-like city, a terrible water shortage, caused by a 20-year drought, has led to a government-enforced ban on private toilets The citizens must use public amenities, regulated by a single malevolent company that profits by charging admission for one of humanity's most basic needs. Amid the people, a hero decides he's had enough, and plans a revolution to lead them all to freedom! Inspired by the works of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, Urinetown is an irreverently humorous satire in which no one is safe from scrutiny. Praised for reinvigorating the very notion of what a musical could be, Urinetown catapults the "comedic romp" into the new millennium with it's outrageous perspective, wickedly modern wit, and sustained ability to produce gales of unbridled laughter. (www.mtishows.com)
 * //**How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying** -// Power, sex, ambition, greed... it's just another day at the office. From the authors of “Guys And Dolls” comes one of the most delightfully irreverent musicals of all time. A satire of big business and all it holds sacred, “How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying” follows the rise of J. Pierrepont Finch, who uses a little handbook called "How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying" to climb the corporate ladder from lowly window washer to high-powered executive, tackling such familiar but potent dangers as the aggressively compliant "company man," the boss' whiny, nepotistic nephew, the office party, backstabbing co-workers, caffeine addiction and, of course, true love. Guaranteed to appeal to anyone who has ever worked in an office, the show boasts a show-stealing star role in its antihero, quirky, memorable secondary characters, a catchy, witty score that's bright, brassy and easy to learn and sing, and a wicked sense of humor that's as biting, unforgiving and on-target today as ever. Add to that an optional reduced orchestration and a scenic plot originally designed around simple, cartoonish sets, and you may find yourself mounting “How To Succeed...” without really trying! (www.mtishows.com)
 * //**Spamalot -**// ‘Spamalot’ tells the legendary tale of King Arthur’s quest to find the Holy Grail. However, diverting a bit from the true story, this hilarious musical features such oddities as a line of beautiful dancing girls, a flatulent Frenchmen and killer rabbits. Outside there is plague with a 50% chance of pestilence and famine. Throughout the show Arthur, traveling with his servant Patsy, recruits several knights to accompany him on his quest, including Sir Bedevere, Sir Robin, Sir Lancelot and Sir Galahad. Besides the rabbits and farting Frenchman, they meet such characters as the Lady of the Lake, Prince Herbert, Tim the Enchanter, Not Dead Fred, the Black Knight and the Knights who say Ni. ([|www.stageagent.com])
 * //**The Apple Tree** -// From the songwriting team of "Fiddler On The Roof" and "She Loves Me" comes a unique evening of three one-act musicals about men, women and a little thing called temptation. The first, "The Diary Of Adam And Eve," is a quirky, touching spin on the tale of the world's first couple, adapted from Mark Twain's "Extracts From Adam's Diary." The second, The Lady Or The Tiger?," explores the fickleness of love in a rock and roll fable set in a mythical barbarian kingdom. Finally, "Passionella" is based on Jules Feiffer's offbeat Cinderella-story about a chimney sweep whose dreams of being a "glamorous movie star" nearly sabotage her one chance for true love. Witty, tuneful and utterly charming, these fast-paced, tongue-in-cheek musical miniatures may be presented separately or in any combination, to fill out a theatrical evening. Each is modest in production requirements and filled with the warmth and humanity that is the hallmark of Harnick and Bock. (www.mtishows.com)


 * Videos**:
 * http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2601175960558450668
 * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKNNt5_L6Rk