Friday, December 20, 2019

Satire Note 3

Definitions of satire typically have two components. Firstly, it is a genre in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule. Secondly, definitions of satire usually note that it has the intent of shaming individuals, corporations, government, or society itself into improvement. These are both inadequate to contemporary satire.
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