satire
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Known for dark, irreverent and unfiltered stand-up, his joke-related legal case reached the Supreme Court of Canada, which ruled in his favor in 2021, an important decision for free expression in comedy and satire.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
The fourth season of the wealth satire is currently being filmed in the south of France, and will be set during the Cannes Film Festival.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
Some have rejected the film as flimsy satire; others have wanted its message to be edgier and more obvious.
From Salon • Apr. 9, 2026
As a satire, it’s almost too implied — the filmmakers barely bother to develop their ideas, figuring correctly that people already agree the internet is, at best, a neutral-evil.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
Mordred wore his ridiculous shoes contemptuously: they were a satire on himself.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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