lampooning

“South Park” loves to lampoon politicians and celebrities, but it reserves a special zest for lampooning the easily manipulated machinery that props up government and politics.

Call it genius, then, that “Oh, Hi!” plays into this trope while simultaneously lampooning it for a push-pull dynamic that makes for one of the funniest movies of the year.

By lampooning powerful figures, comedy provided a constructive means for citizens to challenge leaders in a public, collective setting.

They tore into Matt Gaetz and RFK Jr. immediately in the cold open, lampooning Trump's cast of oddballs using some of their own.

These punishing, skeptical, prodding, guilt-inducing thoughts, personified with lampooning gusto, serve as the chattering chorus for his divided identity.