satire
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Which brings us back to satire falling victim to the world it is skewering.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
“The Drama” contemplates thorny matters, but it’s not satire.
From Salon • Apr. 9, 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
The complaint also argues that Jonasi presented his translation “as authoritative fact, not comedy,” so it shouldn’t get the 1st Amendment protections afforded to parody and satire.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026
The chat rooms made her blog feel inconsequential, a comedy of manners, a mild satire about a world that was anything but mild.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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