satirist
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“She was a social satirist who was very well aware of currents in sociology and, in particular, psychology and psychiatry, which she mocked in a gentle but devastating way.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
Though she is not a satirist, her gimlet-eyed prose conveys a caustic humor that feels more British than American.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026
As attention spans keep getting whittled down, intellectually impish Romanian satirist Radu Jude continues to go longer and longer, his latest act of cinematic disobedience the nearly three-hour mythbuster “Dracula.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2025
American musician and satirist Tom Lehrer has died at the age of 97, according to US media reports.
From BBC • Jul. 27, 2025
Now, he was a satirist, so he left it that way, and my father was, I guess I realized too late, a romantic, so he ended it another way.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
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