In our digital times as we are inundated with YouTube videos, memes and social media, satire is everywhere, but it can be more damaging to people's reputations than direct criticism, according to new ...

Merriam-Webster defines the state of being au courant as that in which one is “keenly aware of and responsive to the latest ...

Satire—the coupling of criticism and humor—has been a popular means to add a seemingly lighthearted touch to somewhat sensitive topics. For example, Saturday Night Live parodied quarterback Tom Brady ...

It’s important to consider how political satire helps defend democracy in ways that go beyond speaking truth to power.

Political satire has been a longstanding theme in media. Recently, I read an LA Times article quoting a statement about political satire and free speech made in 2020 by Brendan Carr, the current ...

Satire, George S. Kaufman famously said, is what closes on Saturday night. Meaning, of course, that it has a limited run because of its intrinsically circumscribed interest. To this, one might add a ...

How do you make an idea ripped from the headlines subversive? You hand it to “The Boys” producing team and their songwriter, Christopher Lennertz. Showrunner Eric Kripke was inspired by Fox News ...

The series' fourth episode of its current season premiered Sept. 3, continuing a storyline linking Trump to Satan. Experts said political speech has the highest First Amendment protection and that ...

A new musical is selling out shows — and generating fierce backlash — by reimagining the Holocaust diarist as a pansexual ...

Initially, Sacrifice, from Athena director Romain Gavras, reads exactly like a Ruben Östlund satire; Chris Evans, an aging movie star who has recently had a crash out at a red carpet premiere for ...