There is no place for a person like me in a world that only takes itself seriously. Satire is so necessary but fairly ineffective.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
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 is tragedy plus time. You give it enough time, the public, the reviewers will allow you to satirize it. Which is rather ridiculous, when you think about it.
Satire is a weapon, and it can be quite cruel.
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 people as they are; romanticism, people as they would like to be; realism, people as they seem with their insides left out.
Satire can always be found everywhere. A people without love for satire is a dead people.
There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry towards religious beliefs of others begins.
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.
Satire of satire tends to be self-canceling, and deliberate shock tactics soon lose their ability to shock, especially when they're too deliberate.
I never see myself as writing satire. I think I write about people as they really are, without making them better or worse.