Word: satiristic
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...kind of curmudgeonly uncle, with small-bore observational humor and an aphoristic style. In the '90s he tacked back to harder-edged political material, complaining about everything from the environmental movement to the middle-class obsession with golf. Even in his late 60s, Carlin was as sharp a satirist of language as ever: "I've been uplinked and downloaded. I've been inputted and outsourced. I know the upside of downsizing; I know the downside of upgrading. I'm a high-tech lowlife. A cutting-edge, state-of-the-art, bicoastal multitasker, and I can give you a gigabyte...
Comedy is no laughing matter in Burma. Just ask Maung Thura, the country's most famous satirist, who performs under the stage name Zarganar, or "tweezers." On the night of June 4, the 47-year-old Burmese was arrested at his Rangoon home, shortly after he led a group of volunteers on an aid-delivery mission to the Irrawaddy Delta, which was devastated last month by a cyclone that left 134,000 people dead or missing. Before the police took him away, Maung Thura told foreign media outlets that many of the places he visited in the delta...
William A. Strauss ’69, a satirist whose penchant for parody left no political scandal without a song routine, died Dec. 18 at his home in McLean...
...avoid groups of shouting supporters? Bothered by candidates knocking on your door in the midst of midterm studying? If you need a break from the UC elections, check out “Man of the Year,” a dark comedy that explores what happens when a political satirist runs for the presidency as a joke—and wins. Starring Robin Williams, the film features notable actors, including Christopher Walken, who plays Williams’s campaign manager, and Laura Linney, who works for a corrupt electronic voting machine company. The movie shows how innovative dark horse candidates...
...political sentiment in the country—probably not many of Colbert’s 1.4 million Facebook backers intend to cast a vote for Steven come primary day. But the unprecedented level of support for him speaks volumes about the popular perception of presidential politics. Colbert is a satirist who mocks the system—his entire character is a self-parodying illusion. The fact that a “fake” candidacy can generate so much more enthusiasm than any of the various “real” candidacies out there reveals the extent...