satire
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Art punk Radu Jude’s latest satire is about a Romanian immigrant with a burlesque double life.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
The catalyst for Jonathan Glatzer to create “The Audacity,” AMC’s dark satire of Silicon Valley that takes aim at the desperation that plagues it, began as a father witnessing his teenage son’s relationship with tech.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
For the next 12 years, Colbert’s topical, opening monologues riffed heavily off the news, and that included healthy doses of satire about Trump the candidate or President Trump.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
The irony, of course, is that when satire comes under attack by those in power, it tends to come back even stronger.
From Salon • May 19, 2026
There was even a brand of harsh satire in my parents’ quest itself, because it typified the American belief that everything can be solved by doctors.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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