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In part, Poe was simply reiterating common advice about the need to clearly mark online sarcasm or parody, otherwise it would be interpreted as the real thing [5] or used by online trolls, [6] extremists, and fundamentalists as sincere expressions of their authors, particularly if they match their own views. [7]
A lack of understanding of literary techniques typically used for satire, such as sarcasm, irony and exaggeration Satirical content being shown out of context in e-mails, memes and social media posts Satirical content not being seen in full
Land of the Dead, a satire of post-9/11 America state and of the Bush administration; The Wicker Man, a satire on cults and religion; The Great Dictator, a satire on Adolf Hitler; Monty Python's Life of Brian, a satire on miscommunication, religion and Christianity; The Player, a satire of Hollywood, directed by Robert Altman
"Sarcasm does not necessarily involve irony and irony has often no touch of sarcasm". [85] Irony: "A figure of speech in which the intended meaning is the opposite of that expressed by the words used; usually taking the form of sarcasm or ridicule in which laudatory expressions are used to imply condemnation or contempt". [86]
Film or television satire may be of the political, religious, or social variety.Works using satire are often seen as controversial or taboo in nature, with topics such as race, class, system, violence, sex, war, and politics, criticizing or commenting on them, typically under the disguise of other genres including, but not limited to, comedies, dramas, parodies, fantasies and/or science fiction.
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Satire is a genre of the visual, literary, and performing arts, usually in the form of fiction and less frequently non-fiction, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, often with the intent of exposing or shaming the perceived flaws of individuals, corporations, government, or society itself into improvement. [1]
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).