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What 18th-century satire famously targeted the inhumane treatment of Ireland's impoverished people?

satire

[sat-ahyuhr] / ˈsæt aɪər /


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Like them, you want the satire to make you feel smart, to make you feel like you’re one of the good guys?

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

The film is a satire about an impending climate change apocalypse that’s triggered by the drilling operations of oil tycoon Digger Rockwell, played by Cruise, who looks nearly unrecognizable clad in prosthetics and greying hair.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

"Erdogan should be open to the art of satire," he said, denying the charges against him and saying none of Turkey's most famous comedians or political satirists had been prosecuted in the past.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

The contrast of town and country gave Guy de Maupassant targets for satire.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

In 1704 Jonathan Swift, later the author of Gulliver’s Travels, published a little satire entitled The Battle of the Books.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

The latter film is one of Keaton’s lesser-known but still brilliantly limned stone-faced satires, in this case involving cowpokes and its star’s tender feelings for a milk cow.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025

But Iannucci turned his attentions to political satires like The Thick of It, while Baynham was "poached by Sacha Baron Cohen" for Borat, Coogan recalls.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2025

Unlike most post-“Parasite” satires, “Common Side Effects” encourages its viewers to think about its themes in new and mystifying ways.

From Salon ● Apr. 4, 2025

Frank Rich, known for his work as an executive producer on the Emmy-winning TV satires “Veep” and “Succession,” is executive producing the film adaptation, but in a non-writing capacity, according to the company.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2023

But it is remarkable that this extensive body of verse, if a few political satires be excepted, has but one constant theme—the exaltation of love.

From Legends & Romances of Spain by Lewis Spence


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