satire

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“Everyone in This Bank Is a Thief,” the fourth entry in Mr. Stevenson’s zany series, gives readers more than their money’s worth of shocks and satire.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

It sounded like he was the star in a Marx Brothers satire — or in “Team America: World Police.”

From Salon • Mar. 20, 2026

The owners of the Facebook page behind these two videos said they were "obvious" satire.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

In television, Netflix limited series "Adolescence," medical drama "The Pitt" and Apple's Hollywood satire "The Studio" are poised to repeat their Emmys success.

From Barron's • Mar. 1, 2026

In Lucian’s little satire, Apollo asks Hermes: “I say, why do we never see Castor and Pollux at the same time?”

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton