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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Lonely Planet’s depiction of elite authors could count as scathing satire if the film had a sharper knack for detail, or any sense of humor.Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Oct. 2024
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Iconoclast is producing the satire with Robert Walak, Jacob Perlin and Romain Gavras, alongside Gregory Jankilevitsch and Klaudia Smieja-Rostworowska of Mid March Media, and Giorgios Karnavas of Heretic.Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024
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One, which was later parodied in a famous Chappelle’s Show skit, required the artists to walk more than five miles to fetch him cheesecake from a Brooklyn restaurant.Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 15 Oct. 2024
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The sketch then shifted to the faux-emotional, parodying the candidates’ inclination to agree with each other during the debate.Michaela Zee, Variety, 6 Oct. 2024
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Wow Platinum, a ruthless reporter meant to satirize the most unhinged Fox News personalities, and Jon Voight is surprisingly compelling as the business titan Hamilton Crassus III, despite the character’s lack of depth.Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
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The show also loves to satirize show business and multiple episodes are set in Hollywood.Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep. 2024
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As is human nature, the two sides caricature each other and try to demonize each other.Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2024
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The videos can showcase her humanity, expertise, worldviews, and blunt Republican efforts to caricature her.Allison Lange / Made by History, TIME, 6 Aug. 2024
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Her research entailed working with rhinos that had been sedated and fitted with radio collars, a process so stressful that some females slowed their reproduction or miscarried; meanwhile, local trackers mocked her fancy receivers.Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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After that, there was an uptick in videos posted on Telegram that appeared to show Ukrainian civilians being attacked or running from drones, with Russian commentators mocking them.Lauren Kent, CNN, 22 Oct. 2024
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One of its first big accessory hits, in 2019, was the Le Chiquito mini bag—a purse scarcely the size of a wallet that was both admired and lampooned.Nathan Heller, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2024
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Two paintings, for example, lampoon the rabbinic authorities who enforce religious law.Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2024
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The former president has repeatedly ridiculed the conservative cable news giant in the weeks leading up to Election Day.Dominick Mastrangelo, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
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Young voters in both camps have seized on certain messages to ridicule or to emphasize certain values which have ranged from Tik Tock, Instagram reels of dance videos about eating cats and dogs to Trump depicted as the Messiah.Earl Carr, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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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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