News satire

1. Gonchar, Michael. “The Learning Network-The Learning Network Blog-The New York Times. Web.03 Jan. 2013. The author presents us with the view of the controversy surrounding “Buckwild. Buckwild is a reality television series set in Appalachia. The young people prone to fighting, swearing, and wallowing in the mud. This show was a replacement for Jersey Shore. The author take a look at how the characters are portrayed. The argument an argument. Senator Joe Manchin 111, Democrat of West Virginia…

Did you know that mockumentaries ultimately exist to parody serious subject matters addressed everyday? Directors of mockumentaries use many techniques in order to do this. In particular, the mockumentaries 'Babakiueria' (1986) directed by Don Featherstone and 'The Majestic Plastic Bag' (2010) directed by Jeremy Konner both attempt to mock prominent issues that exist in society. Despite the different purposes of both mockumentaries, many similarities also exist. They are both able to highlight…

Satire refers to the use of irony, or sarcasm, in verse or prose, to poke fun at or ridicule human folly and vices. Some literature is explicitly satirical, while others could be either serious, or satirical. Many reader’s of William Shakespeare’s As you like it believe it is a serious celebration of love. While, others believe As you like it is intended to be a satirical analysis of love. While both points have valid reasoning, I believe Shakespeare’s As you like it should be read as a satire…

Lucassen focuses on the role of independent religious, economic, and political differences, as prime movers in both the development and dissipation of xenophobic beliefs that swept France and England in the late 19th and early 20th century. Although Lucassen presents a strong historical recollection of social relations that led to widespread nativism, he oversimplifies the root causes of xenophobic sentiment, focusing too intently on singular elements instead of the additive nature of the…

the country, He relates this to the federal government hiring Pare Lorentz to make the documentaries The Plow That Broke The Plains and The River about the Dust Bowl and the Mississippi River flooding. It talks about the support of the FSA and other New Deal agencies. He says photographers portray people as blameless, while Lorentz refused to see them as natural disasters and based his conclusion off of the science of climax community. It then talks about him using wide angle lenses to portray…

The stance that Alain de Botton took in his 2004 book, Stress Anxiety correctly addressed the goal of humorists and their effect on society. He states that humor is used, “ to convey with impunity messages that might be dangerous or impossible to state directly.” In other words, humor used as a means to address the elephant in the room without fear of repercussion. Effective humorists have the ability to prompt or sway a person’s opinion in a way that a politician's speech simply can not. If a…

Different cultural and social backgrounds affect how people perceive the world. In the case of pranks, one person may respond with laughter and another may respond with anger. Pranks are typically viewed as forms of mediocre entertainment, but they offer insight into mediated culture and its societal implications. Hobbs’ and Grafe’s Youtube Pranking Across Cultures, examines cultural differences in online prank videos; they establish that pranks are a dark form of cyberculture, and I strive to…

In today’s society we are introduced to many problems that are always put to the side and is never taken care of because people are so in denial and don’t want to face the truth. In the simpsons intro the writer uses satire( the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues) to explore the flaws of society through his made up fictional characters. Some issues that I…

In the movie Monty Python The Quest For The Holy Grail there are many examples of mocking medieval literature. The movie satirized characteristics of medieval literature by retelling a classic tale as a parody. The film mocks everything from chivalry and the knights code of honor to the role of religion in medieval times. The film starts with king Arthur pretending to ride on horseback while his squire clangs two coconuts together to simulate the sound of horse hooves. Their are plenty of…

The role of humorists has expanded over the years, it has become an important way to communicate with the audience with one's ideas/mindset but it seems society does not fear to directly state their minds. Stating that, de Botton’s view of the role humorists, does not imply to our society, it is the truth. Our society is becoming a society with no filter, we speak our minds more louder and we take action more effectively. De Botton stated “... to convey with impunity messages that might be…