In our digital times as we are inundated with YouTube videos, memes and social media, satire is everywhere, but it can be more damaging to people's reputations than direct criticism, according to new ...
Satire—the coupling of criticism and humor—has been a popular means to add a seemingly lighthearted touch to somewhat sensitive topics. For example, Saturday Night Live parodied quarterback Tom Brady ...
In our digital times, as we are inundated with YouTube videos, memes and social media, satire is everywhere, but it can be ...
A reader responds to Renée Loth’s column about banned books, lamenting that she had to explicitly state it was satire.
(Bloomberg) -- Madison, Wisconsin, was already a thriving media center in 1988 — it boasted two daily newspapers, two University of Wisconsin dailies, and a raft of alternative weeklies — when a pair ...
Comedy in video games has always had to strike a careful balance. Humor is so subjective that it can often come across as grating, overly sarcastic, or at worst, alienating. While some video games ...
Helldivers 2, a hit video game from Arrowhead Game Studios, challenges players to work together as an elite team of soldiers to save Earth by pushing back invading hordes of space bugs, cyborgs and ...
Alec Baldwin as Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump and Kate McKinnon as Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton during the "Debate Cold Open" sketch on October 1, 2016. U.S.
"Support democracy and have a good laugh," summed up director and executive producer Stephen Frears when he, Winslet, Martha Plimpton, Andrea Riseborough and more of the cast and crew celebrated the ...
How do you make an idea ripped from the headlines subversive? You hand it to “The Boys” producing team and their songwriter, Christopher Lennertz. Showrunner Eric Kripke was inspired by Fox News ...
The series' fourth episode of its current season premiered Sept. 3, continuing a storyline linking Trump to Satan. Experts said political speech has the highest First Amendment protection and that ...