satire
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Grande moves in a similar space, but without the satire to easily delineate the difference between healthy and unhealthy behaviors.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026
Valdez saw that pointed, raw satire was not only necessary but a recruitment tool for the fight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
The group, which is not a real political party, started out as satire.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
On the comedy side, after last year's big wins for Seth Rogen's Hollywood satire "The Studio," the competition looks set to feature an old favorite and a newcomer.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
Some brilliant satire on the decadent Old South being cast before the unaware swine in the Night of Joy audience.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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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
But Iannucci turned his attentions to political satires like The Thick of It, while Baynham was "poached by Sacha Baron Cohen" for Borat, Coogan recalls.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 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
Frank Rich, known for his work as an executive producer on the Emmy-winning TV satires “Veep” and “Succession,” is executive producing the film adaptation, but in a non-writing capacity, according to the company.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2023
But contemporary squibs and satires cannot affect the real good which has made Abernethy’s name a household word.
From The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. by Various
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