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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

But in her novel, rather than satirize or steamroll, Shriver takes her open-armed and open-borders characters as seriously and empathetically as her anti-immigration ones.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 31, 2026

The shorts often satirize Christmas traditions such as gift-giving and pageants.

From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2025

Wood, 45, will host the quiz show-style format as a forum for comics, pundits and media personalities to satirize the issues of the day.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 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

As an art-house film that satirizes American culture through the lens of a non-American like Inarritu, "Digger" was perhaps destined to be a heavy lift.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 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

The eight-episode series was created and written by Craig Rosenberg, one of the masterminds behind Prime Video’s fantastically warped comedy “The Boys,” a series that satirizes the superhero craze.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2023

The American etholog never satirizes democracy, or the politician, or the newspaper.

From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by William Graham Sumner

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026

After comedian Michelle Wolf satirized the president, Sanders’ demeanor changed.

From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2026

Scott Adams, the ‘Dilbert’ cartoonist who satirized a certain kind of workplace culture for more than 30 years before comments on race led to publishers cutting ties with him, has died at 68.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 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

Swift had written this squib by 1697, and by the time it appeared the conflict it satirized appeared to be over.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

“There’s such a mix of genres on this list, and that mirrors how his films work — the love of cinema history and the lovingly satirizing ways of dealing with genre.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

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

From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2026

This time, we’re seeing the actor’s answer to “The Studio,” only instead of satirizing the industry’s artistically cheapening franchise obsession, it warns of the full extinction of originality by way of ChatGPT.

From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2026

A year after he lampooned a judge in a mocking poem, he had the misfortune of standing before him charged with seditious libel for a pamphlet satirizing the Church.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026

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