Great post, thank you for this! I’m not sure political satire can even exist (much less be effectively comical) in this age when exaggeration, excessiveness, and extremism of absolutely everything is normalized. It just feels like exhausting the already exhausted.
Great post, thank you for this! I’m not sure political satire can even exist (much less be effectively comical) in this age when exaggeration, excessiveness, and extremism of absolutely everything is normalized. It just feels like exhausting the already exhausted.
Thank you for reading. The opening sketch on SNL is a great example of this. It’s just reciting what happened during the week. There’s no escalation point for them to take.
Great post, thank you for this! I’m not sure political satire can even exist (much less be effectively comical) in this age when exaggeration, excessiveness, and extremism of absolutely everything is normalized. It just feels like exhausting the already exhausted.
Thank you for reading. The opening sketch on SNL is a great example of this. It’s just reciting what happened during the week. There’s no escalation point for them to take.
SNL came to my mind as well!