Conversation on Satire

In contemporary culture satire and comedy more broadly have become more popular because they are a coping mechanism. In today’s political society things that we never believed would or could happen are happening and satire and comedy have become a way to poke fun at things that are hard to talk about so one can laugh and forget for a moment. The role of satire should be to shed light on the things that cause us pain by way of comedic tactics to give a moment of relief. Satirists in the U.S can respond to a political reality that is in many ways out satirizing satire by using irony to point out the ridiculousness of our current political climate.

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