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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Not brilliant or ambitious in its satire, but solid.—
Andy Hoglund,
EW.com,
19 Jan. 2025 -
In between his many obligations, Wood Jr. caught up with TIME to discuss his time in the food service industry, the impact of President Trump’s victory on satire, and whether the White House Correspondents’ Dinner was a tougher room than the Apollo Theater.—
Andrew R. Chow,
TIME,
16 Jan. 2025
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While tongue in cheek, the skit actually parodied the current move of corporate America toward accepting, if not embracing, the return of Donald J. Trump as president.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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The actor was in the studio to chat about his Broadway production All In: Comedy About Love when he was treated to an unexpected '90s throwback clip of him and Amy Adams in a TV commercial parodying the hit musical Grease.—
Jessica Wang,
EW.com,
16 Jan. 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 first season focused on the era of The Music Man, Carousel, and Brigadoon, but the second has shifted to the ’70s and ’80s to satirize Chicago, Cabaret, Hair, and Sweeney Todd.—
Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
6 Jan. 2025
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But glossed over amid all the tributes is the burdensome legacy that Mr. Carter left for his Democratic Party: a presidency long caricatured as a symbol of ineffectiveness and weakness.—
Adam Nagourney,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2025
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Critics have caricatured the Adams plan as a giveaway to developers that will let light and sky-stealing high-rises lord over lower-density housing, rendering neighborhoods unrecognizable.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
5 Dec. 2024
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Shelton specifically referenced the incident where Tony Jones of Channel 9 mocked Novak Djokovic and his fans on air, causing Djokovic to skip a post-match interview with Jim Courier.—
Adam Zagoria,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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They were also nominated for worst screen combo, another blow for the movie that Golden Globes host Nikki Glaser ruthlessly mocked in her monologue earlier this month.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA TODAY,
22 Jan. 2025
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Dhillon, who attended a Trump fundraiser held by Sacks over the summer, has criticized Ivy League universities for failing to protect Jewish students, lampooned mask mandates, and filed lawsuits over stay-at-home orders during the coronavirus pandemic.—
Bloomberg,
The Mercury News,
23 Dec. 2024
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Meanwhile, a new sitcom, English Teacher, gently lampoons the sometimes intimidating rules of correctness without offending anyone.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
10 Dec. 2024
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And if the Jaguars do not pull themselves out of the AFC South abyss, owner Shad Khan will be ridiculed for letting a guy with a skimpy resume have a huge say in picking the team’s next general manager.—
John Romano,
Orlando Sentinel,
25 Jan. 2025
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Through cute memes and witty jokes, both groups ridiculed the TikTok ban.—
Jianqing Chen,
The Conversation,
19 Jan. 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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