as in satire
a creative work that uses sharp humor to point up the foolishness of a person, institution, or human nature in general
a pasquinade of Washington society that features thinly disguised portraits of several political power brokers
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Star-Telegram: Talking about that tone of satire, Patrick Bateman in this movie, almost similar to a character like Tyler Durden in ‘Fight Club,’ has become a character that seems to attract a lot of fans who maybe don’t understand that satire.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
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In Mike White’s hands, The White Lotus remains a beautifully insightful satire with lots to say about money, power and true happiness.—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
13 Feb. 2025
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The images were widely parodied, but Leo stood her ground.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
8 Feb. 2025
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The scene and the song were later parodied in a 2007 Saturday Night Live digital short by the Lonely Island, helping broaden its reach and turning the song into a meme.—
Xander Zellner,
Billboard,
21 Jan. 2025
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Political sensitivities come into play with a largely liberal cast that is expected to satirize both sides of the aisle.—
Maureen Dowd,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2025
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Drawn with a spidery expressionistic line and featuring a cast of characters including the neurotic Bernard, brutish Huey and the graceful Dancer, the strip satirized social and political issues and gave voice to liberal humanist views during the culturally conservative 1950s.—
Rob Salkowitz,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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The connection between Nafisi and Bahri is presented with complexity and without sentimentality, neither papering over political differences nor caricaturing Bahri as a generic revolutionary.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
26 Jan. 2025
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The first season wasn’t exactly kind and gentle, but there was a baroque, caricatured nature to the games that often made their excesses palatable.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
26 Dec. 2024
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On a later episode of SNL, Madonna mocked O’Connor by ripping up a photo of then-tabloid fixture Joey Buttafuoco.—
Shannon Carlin,
TIME,
15 Feb. 2025
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Most of your editorials, John Brummett, Rex Nelson, and John Deering, are blatant Trump haters, and their smug, condescending echo-chamber mindsets are constantly denigrating, mocking, and disrespecting at least 64 percent of your potential readers.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
15 Feb. 2025
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Victor, who uses they/she pronouns, found success in the late 2010s via viral videos on Twitter, often lampooning trending news stories like the creation of a Straight Pride parade in Boston.—
Mia Galuppo,
The Hollywood Reporter,
24 Jan. 2025
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America First Legal, which touts itself as a counter to the American Civil Liberties Union, recently issued letters to police leaders in Los Angeles and San Diego lampooning their reluctance to aid immigration agents.—
Rick Hurd,
The Mercury News,
20 Jan. 2025
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While the former third baseman has strong support in his clubhouse, he’s been ridiculed by fans throughout his time with the Bombers despite taking the team to the playoffs in all but one season, 2023.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
14 Feb. 2025
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As a 15-year-old when the murders happened, she was ridiculed and bullied by her classmates at Charlotte High.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr.,
USA TODAY,
12 Feb. 2025
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That song doesn’t belong in a film that promotes the era’s social fragmentation and repeats fatuous antagonisms — burlesqued by Melissa McCarthy playing the sea world’s villainous white-witch octopus Ursula.—
Armond White,
National Review,
26 May 2023
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The seeming callousness with which the dancers burlesque a fourteen-year-old’s death—the breezy way that the dance turns a killing into a sight gag—induces a shiver.—
Jody Rosen,
The New Yorker,
7 Dec. 2022
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“Pasquinade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pasquinade. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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