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as in parodist
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as in essayist
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Recent Examples of satirist
In his second theatrical film, multi-hyphenate Mehran Modiri, one of Iran’s most beloved TV satirists, turns his hand to the thriller genre with mixed results.
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Alissa Simon, Variety, 14 Dec. 2024
The banana is part of a piece of artwork called Comedian, created by the Italian artist and satirist Maurizio Cattelan.
—Gabriella Rudy, NBC News, 21 Nov. 2024
Ingenious, by Richard Munson Benjamin Franklin isn’t simply a skilled political thinker, diplomat, and satirist in Richard Munson’s biography.
—Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Nov. 2024
Since his feature debut Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy hit theaters in 2004, McKay has emerged as one of Hollywood's foremost cinematic satirists.
—EW.com, 6 Nov. 2024
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Alissa Simon, Variety, 14 Dec. 2024
The banana is part of a piece of artwork called Comedian, created by the Italian artist and satirist Maurizio Cattelan.
—Gabriella Rudy, NBC News, 21 Nov. 2024
Ingenious, by Richard Munson Benjamin Franklin isn’t simply a skilled political thinker, diplomat, and satirist in Richard Munson’s biography.
—Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Nov. 2024
Since his feature debut Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy hit theaters in 2004, McKay has emerged as one of Hollywood's foremost cinematic satirists.
—EW.com, 6 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for satirist
Noun
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Amid Red Rocks Amphitheatre’s flurry of EDM and heritage-rock shows is this master musical parodist’s.—
John Wenzel,
The Denver Post,
16 Jan. 2025
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Tickets for the pop parodist are priced from $159 to $39 and go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday through Ticketmaster. Yankovic, 64, began playing the accordion at the age of seven and grew up listening to Elton John, Spike Jones, Allan Sherman, Stan Freberg and Frank Zappa.—
Ross Raihala,
Twin Cities,
23 Sep. 2024
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The courtly Time-magazine essayist who described the American Century with wit, outrage, and wry wisdom By Roger Rosenblatt Read On The Seasoned Traveler Enrique Olvera The Mexican chef behind Cosme and Pujol reveals his travel routine Read On Going Anywhere Soon?—
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7 Dec. 2024
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Mann was aiming at his brother Heinrich, a novelist and an essayist of nearly equal renown, whose liberal politics led him to support Germany’s enemies, France and Britain.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
5 Nov. 2024
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The novelist was catapulted to worldwide fame when her spicy fantasy novel Fourth Wing — the first of five in her Empyrean series — became a bestselling sensation and one of the hottest reads of 2023.—
Maggie Fremont,
EW.com,
18 Jan. 2025
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Each year, Austenites flock to locations all across southwest England, where the novelist spent most of her life.—
Cat Sposato,
AFAR Media,
17 Jan. 2025
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That looks set to continue with a new play from the veteran dramatist Howard Brenton set in 1942 and telling of a clandestine meeting at the Kremlin between Churchill and Stalin.—
Matt Wolf,
New York Times,
3 Jan. 2025
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As a dramatist, Baker has long excelled at conveying complex emotion with something as simple as a pause, and the silences of Janet Planet are just as powerful on the big screen.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
9 Dec. 2024
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So, like four Rashomons, if Rashomon had an impressionist doing their best Ed Sullivan at one point in each segment.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
11 Dec. 2024
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Harris made her appearance during the cold open alongside her impressionist, comedian Maya Rudolph, who was dressed in an identical outfit.—
Filip Timotija,
The Hill,
3 Nov. 2024
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The story gained massive popularity following a stop-motion animation film by Henry Selick, and was later adapted as a musical by the playwright Zinnie Harris and the composer Louis Barabbas, and was set to be helmed by Leeds Playhouse’s Artistic Director James Brining.—
Charisma Madarang,
Rolling Stone,
29 Jan. 2025
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Each actress is given a singular story by the playwright, a tall order to pull off in the midst of the central focus – a man entirely devoted to life as a dog.—
Michelle F. Solomon and,
Miami Herald,
28 Jan. 2025
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The filmmaker, who has amassed an impressively diverse resume that spans genres, budgets and blockbusters, made the most of his time in the spotlight by retracing his festival roots and delivering a call to action to all of the storytellers in the room.—
Chris Gardner,
The Hollywood Reporter,
25 Jan. 2025
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Correspondent Lee Cowan talked with actor Robert Redford, founder of the non-profit Sundance Institute, about the history of the festival, and of the filmmakers' labs that help up-and-coming cinematic storytellers hone their craft.—
David Morgan,
CBS News,
24 Jan. 2025
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By Timothy O'Grady July 8, 2024 Belfast: city of riveters, inventors, linen mill girls, boxers, pamphleteers, revolutionaries, Lambeg drummers, Irish bagpipers, mission hall preachers, and mustachioed burghers with pocket watches.—
Timothy O'Grady,
Condé Nast Traveler,
8 July 2024
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However Elena’s modelling career takes off, while Eddie spends his days wandering the streets of New York getting into fights with pamphleteers.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
19 May 2024
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