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“Idiocracy,” on the other hand, was as cheap as the mid-aughts culture it was setting out to satirize.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

Mr. Hanif’s problem may be that his country gives him too much to satirize.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

Just two years after “Cruise” debuted, duo Maddie & Tae had heard enough about arm candy and daisy dukes to satirize the subgenre’s views on women with 2015’s “Girl in a Country Song.”

From Salon ● May 16, 2025

“Family Guy” began as the brainchild of Seth MacFarlane, now 50, who imbued the show with its pop-cultural bona fides, iconic musical numbers and a desire to satirize every social convention that Americans hold sacred.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2024

And there is always the non-productive brotherhood of critics to disparage and to satirize, to view with horror and contempt.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

He stepped out of a convertible alongside Julie and performed "Richer than Elon" -- a song that satirizes the SpaceX executive, who is the wealthiest man in the world.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

HBO’s “I Love LA” satirizes the Los Angeles entertainment industry, with influencers, nepo-babies and the rich and famous.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

Eminem’s latest satirizes the culture wars tying the nation up in knots — as well as his participation in them.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2024

Would you say this movie not only satirizes white Americans, but also Black Americans?

From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2024

Seneca severely satirizes the ceremony, and the popular belief which upheld it, in an elaborate lampoon called Apocolocyntosis, or the reception of Claudius among the pumpkins.

From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by William Rounseville Alger

But in the process, Marin became a kind of parody of itself, satirized by the writer Cyra McFadden in her 1977 novel, “The Serial.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

Our critic said that in it influencer culture “is satirized with savage wit.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026

Before starting Lucy, Coogan co-founded Soylent, the liquid meal replacement of choice for techies a decade ago that was widely satirized in pop culture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 31, 2025

“Critterz” is based on the 2023 AI-animated short of the same name that satirized nature documentaries.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2025

Dave Barry’s “Ask Mr. Language Person” satirized their typical advisory: writing tip for professionals: To make your writing more appealing to the reader, avoid “writing negatively.”

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

I didn’t want to live in a world of satirizing this guy forever.

From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2026

David Lindsay-Abaire’s “The Balusters” is a piquant comedy satirizing the hollowness and hypocrisy of well-to-do do-gooders on a neighborhood homeowners association board.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

Jared Keeso stars in this “Letterkenny” spinoff satirizing performative masculinity among a small-town Canadian hockey team.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 27, 2026

Blichfeldt films all this with an unblinking eye, satirizing the lengths women go to in order to reach the standards of beauty they feel they must achieve.

From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2025

Eventually Threpe was called up onto the stage where he sang a scathing little ditty of his own design, satirizing one of Tarbean’s councilmen.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss