satire

Despite Tuesday’s approaching elections, the episode largely limited its political satire to the cold open and a handful of “Weekend Update” jokes.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026

The host was once positioned as an irreverent comedian whose political satire was guided by his no-BS take on Capitol Hill and American culture.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

“The Occidental Book of the Dead” is full of verve, satire and rage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

At a later press conference, Baron Cohen -- as himself -- defended satire as the quintessential format for "shining a light on, maybe, subjects that we haven't really discussed as a society before."

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

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.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

The latter film is one of Keaton’s lesser-known but still brilliantly limned stone-faced satires, in this case involving cowpokes and its star’s tender feelings for a milk cow.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025

Unlike most post-“Parasite” satires, “Common Side Effects” encourages its viewers to think about its themes in new and mystifying ways.

From Salon ● Apr. 4, 2025

The Oscar-laden romantic fantasy launched a thousand pop culture satires, while Bradford marshaled the gay dialect of camp in defense of moral seriousness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2024

His 1964 apocalyptic Cold War comedy Dr Strangelove will be staged by Armando Iannucci, who is known for TV political satires The Thick of It and Veep.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2023

But it is remarkable that this extensive body of verse, if a few political satires be excepted, has but one constant theme—the exaltation of love.

From Legends & Romances of Spain by Lewis Spence