Uh… ya Wass. Does “sorry” help? *Satire Blog 1*
I challenge you to a game of Sorry. The deal is: if I win, I get full credit on this assignment; however, if you win I don’t get credit for it.
Satire is so popular, because people need to be able to laugh at the hard times and at the sad things (sad as in The Daily Show’s presidential speeches.) Satire allows people to enjoy these times, things, events, and stupid people. It is like laughing off your anger. Making fun of the people who make you look like a fool (Bush) is an important part of a balanced diet. It helps keep your cool. I must add that if satires hadn’t been making fun of this country all the time, this country would be a little more stressed and angry. So I could say that this country’s balance is made possible by The Colbert Report and The Daily Show.
Scary Movie is not satirical. It makes fun of other movies, unlike The Daily Show which makes fun of social problems. The making fun of social problems is missing from Scary Movie, and that alone is the reason why it is not in the category of satire.
I enjoy satire, myself. My favorite examples of satire are The Onion and The Daily Show. When I read The Onion I cannot help but laugh out loud sometimes.
December 12th, 2006 at 6:37 pm
I agree with you that satire can be funny and good entertainment. But I disagree with you when you say, “It helps keep your cool. I must add that if satires hadn’t been making fun of this country all the time, this country would be a little more stressed and angry.” Satire making fun of the country is an example of how satire brings up common issues and debates in society, and for the targetted groups and ideas it can cause a lot of discomfort. Borat is an example of what happens when someone publicized something in a way that makes people look bad. It doesn’t calm the nation down in a lot of cases.