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satire

[sat-ahyuhr] / ˈsæt aɪər /


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“The Drama” contemplates thorny matters, but it’s not satire.

From Salon • Apr. 9, 2026

He points to Ari Aster’s small-town social satire “Eddington” as a film that is reflective of its moment without being didactic.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

“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

Mr. Sokolov and co-writer Alex Litvak barely bother with scratching out the crudest imaginable dialogue, which is unfortunate because they fancy themselves the creators of a sociopolitical satire along the lines of “Get Out.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 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




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