Is Satire Superior to Straight News?
Keli Dailey explores the power of satire
"...that straight news doesn't sink in as well as satire. And there's the rub: If journalism's aim is to..."
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March 11, 2016 Screens Feature by Katie Matlack
SXSW Panel Recap: Does Satire Still Matter? Eh, Sure
The Onion writers question what's left to mock
"...“Okay, so satire is fucked,” declared Matt Powers, editor in chief of..."
March 19, 2018 Screens Post by Mary Tuma
Was That Letter Satire?
"...like that. Of course, the letter could have been satire. At least, I hope it was satire – if..."
Dec. 4, 2006 Postmarks
More Satire, Please
"...Dear Editor, Re: “Page Two” from Dec. 23: Satire often makes its points with much more strength than..."
Jan. 3, 2006 Postmarks
Lights, Camera, Stupidity in Austin-Made Satire
Bryan Connolly's Make Popular Movies spoofs how films are (and aren't) made
"...that first feature made: Make Popular Movies, a vicious satire drawing on every lesson he's learned about the film..."
March 31, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker
The Satire's Still Timely in Gilbert & Sullivan Austin's Iolanthe
And the topsy-turvy team's show delivers a fanciful fairy tale, to boot
"...What will audiences in Austin today think of their satire? Eternal optimist MacPhail Jr. says, "I think they will..."
June 21, 2019 Arts Feature by M. Brianna Stallings
Star Wars Satire ¡Estar Guars! Gets Laughs and Gets Political
Latino Comedy Project takes on planetary issues
"...is back with its latest show, a Star Wars satire appropriately enough called ¡Estar Guars!. It imagines an alternative..."
May 1, 2019 Arts Post by Savannah J Salazar
Lame Attempt at Satire
"...the writer gets lost in a lame attempt at satire and sarcasm. Quite apart from the city of Austin,..."
March 12, 2012 Postmarks
Adding to Completely Partisan Satire
"...Dear Editor, Re: “Completely Partisan Satire” [“Postmarks,” Oct. 12]: I compliment Perry Logan for his..."
Oct. 15, 2007 Postmarks
Satire Wasn't Very Effective
"...darky" to satirize Biden's comment, I don't think the satire was very effective because it did not make Biden..."
March 26, 2007 Postmarks
UT's Student Government Winners Mix Substance With Satire
UT elects satirical candidates for student government
March 27, 2015 News Feature by Mac McCann
Completely Partisan Satire
Oct. 4, 2007 Postmarks
Liked the Hysterically Funny Satire
June 18, 2007 Postmarks
Satire or 'A Tiny Masterpiece of Coercive Ideology?'
Feb. 27, 2006 Postmarks
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High art is both lampooned and championed in this knowing satire that stars the ever-eccentric Adam Goldberg.
"...art is both lampooned and championed in Parker’s knowing satire. Goldberg is well-cast as the movie’s brooding musician Adrian,..."
Nov. 6, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
War, Inc.
John Cusack's War, Inc. rails against the military-industrial complex in a barely disguised contemporary story about covert operations.
"...by the military-industrial complex. War, Inc. is a black-ops satire crossbred from the cine-genes of Dr. Strangelove on holiday..."
June 13, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Vampires Suck
From the filmmaking team that gave us Disaster Movie and Meet the Spartans comes this inevitable spoof of teen vampire movies.
"...three-year-old, and very little headway is made on the satire vs. parody front. The best thing about Vampires Suck,..."
Aug. 27, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Guantanamera
"...Brando. This surprisingly graceful blend of romance, cynical political satire, magical realism, and Forties road-pic shenanigans is the last..."
Oct. 10, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith
The Great White Hype
"...the end result is an uneven, though frequently inspired, satire. At the center of The Great White Hype is..."
May 10, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
High Risk
"...disappointing movie -- a sorry mishmash of show business satire, body-slamming action, and insufferable slapstick that goes nowhere fast...."
Nov. 3, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan
A Good Man in Africa
"...first was Mister Johnson) and comes back with a satire about Brits abroad that's about as clumsy as the..."
Sept. 16, 1994 Movie Review by Robert Faires
CB4
"...fail to add any bite to this amazingly weak satire. Rock, who says in the current issue of Entertainment..."
March 19, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Triangle of Sadness
Ruben Östlund's newest Cannes' award-winning social satire falls flat
"...deep waters in Swedish director Ruben Östlund’s latest social satire. This year’s winner of the Palme d’Or, Cannes’ top..."
Oct. 14, 2022 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
The Hunt
Scathing action-satire is more than Elites versus Deplorables
"...missing all the context that makes this big, nasty satire the political throat punch/rallying cry we all need...."
March 13, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
Greed
Winterbottom and Coogan reunite to lampoon billionaires but the one-percenters won't flinch
"...protagonist named Rich “Greedy” McCreadie, the film is a satire devoid of subtlety. A comic figure, whose fake enhancements..."
March 6, 2020 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
The Valet
This flat French farce has a couple of likable characters, one or two decent jokes, and a lot of missed opportunities.
"...cheap knockoff. The structure is there, but the daring satire is not. With a thin and ridiculous plot, The..."
May 18, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton
For Your Consideration
Although it attempts to skewer Hollywood, this new comedy from Christopher Guest, and his loyal troupe of improv actors doesn’t have even a drop of affection for its characters.
"...For Your Consideration begins its descent into broad, mean-spirited satire. Unlike the best movies of this loose-knit group of..."
Nov. 24, 2006 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt
Pumpkin
"...afterschool special, but the film, which begins as a satire of Waspy sorority mores (as well as poking plenty..."
July 12, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Bridget Jones's Diary
romantic fantasy as it is social satire.
"...is as much romantic fantasy as it is social satire, but more to the point -- it is gloriously..."
April 13, 2001 Movie Review by Sarah Hepola
To Die For
"...us, it is to die for. The movie's acerbic satire is directed toward our romance with fame and celebrity..."
