Or are we telling the truth? And by now, how would we know?” Before he felt called to satire, young Jules devoured the Depression-era newspaper comics and dreamed of drawing adventure strips ...

The entire inauguration extravaganza — from Melania Trump’s hat to Elon Musk’s straight-arm salute — could be viewed as a grand political satire if it did not portend such tragic consequences.

Later comic strips such as Garry Trudeau’s “Doonesbury” are indebted to Mr. Feiffer’s brand of acerbic wit and literate satire. “No other cartoon in strip format was dealing on a regular ...

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In effect, then, we might argue that the reason Trump satire falls flat is because it’s not “punching up”. But while this asymmetry of voice and credibility is ­arguably true of Left and ...

Amy Jephta stakes a strong claim to being one of South Africa’s leading contemporary playwrights South African playwright Amy Jephta’s latest is a trenchant racial and social satire about ...

The purpose of satire, it has been said, is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. It should puncture the pomposity of the powerful. That means punching up — not punching down at France ...

Social media users are sharing quotes, opens new tab attributed to ... Affairs nor Borowitz responded to a request for comment. Satire. The Danish government did not offer to buy the United ...