Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I only aim at the powerful. When satire is aimed at the powerless, it is not only cruel - it's vulgar.
Satire is a weapon, and it can be quite cruel.
It is hard for power to enjoy or incorporate humour and satire in its system of control.
When satire is aimed at the powerless, it is not only cruel - it's vulgar.
Satire is fascinating stuff. It's deadly serious, and when politics begin to break down, there is a drift towards satire, because it's the only thing that makes any sense.
By the very nature of satire or parody, you have to love and respect your target and respect it enough to understand every aspect of it, so you can more effectively make fun of it.
Satire is focused bitterness.
Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own.
Good satire comes from anger. It comes from a sense of injustice, that there are wrongs in the world that need to be fixed. And what better place to get that well of venom and outrage boiling than a newsroom, because you're on the front lines.
Satire of satire tends to be self-canceling, and deliberate shock tactics soon lose their ability to shock, especially when they're too deliberate.