Satire
Satire and Parody: Two Different Targets
Satire and parody use different comic targets: learn how to spot critique, imitation and their overlap, then choose…
sections
Satire
How comedy uses wit, exaggeration and irony to examine ideas.
Our point of view
Comedy rewards a second look
A joke can entertain and make us notice something at the same time. We explore how comic choices work without insisting that laughter has only one explanation.