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  2. List of satirical news websites - Wikipedia

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    [2] [3] News satire is a type of parody presented in a format typical of mainstream journalism, and called a satire because of its content. News satire is not to be confused with fake news that has the intent to mislead.

  3. Poe's law - Wikipedia

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    The article gave examples of cases such as 4chan with the usage of the OK gesture as a white power symbol and the Trump administration where there were deliberate ambiguities over whether something was serious or intended as a parody, where people were using Poe's law as "a refuge" to camouflage beliefs that would otherwise be considered ...

  4. Urdu Ki Aakhri Kitab - Wikipedia

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    Urdu Ki Aakhri Kitab (Urdu: اردو کی آخری کتاب) is a 1971 Urdu comic and satirical book by Ibn-e-Insha. It is a parody of Muhammad Hussain Azad 's textbook " Urdu Ki Pehli Kitab ". The Dawn newspaper included Urdu Ki Aakhri Kitab in its list of the best 100 Urdu books of all times.

  5. Parody - Wikipedia

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    A parody is a creative work designed to imitate, comment on, and/or mock its subject by means of satirical or ironic imitation.Often its subject is an original work or some aspect of it (theme/content, author, style, etc), but a parody can also be about a real-life person (e.g. a politician), event, or movement (e.g. the French Revolution or 1960s counterculture).

  6. Comedic device - Wikipedia

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    The mistaken identity (often of one twin for another) is a centuries-old comedic device used by Shakespeare in several of his works. The mistake can be either an intended act of deception or an accident. Modern examples include The Parent Trap; The Truth About Cats and Dogs; Sister, Sister; and the films of Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen.

  7. Comedic genres - Wikipedia

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    Comedic genres. Comedy can be divided into multiple genres based on the source of humor, the method of delivery, and the context in which it is delivered. These classifications overlap, and most comedians can fit into multiple genres. For example, deadpan comics often fall into observational comedy, or into black comedy or blue comedy to ...

  8. Satire - Wikipedia

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    The word satire comes from the Latin word satur and the subsequent phrase lanx satura. Satur meant "full", but the juxtaposition with lanx shifted the meaning to "miscellany or medley": the expression lanx satura literally means "a full dish of various kinds of fruits". [4] The use of the word lanx in this phrase, however, is disputed by B.L ...

  9. Political satire - Wikipedia

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    Political satire is a type of satire that specializes in gaining entertainment from politics. Political satire can also act as a tool for advancing political arguments in conditions where political speech and dissent are banned. Example of contemporary Australian political satire presented as a parody advertisement.