Quotes about satire
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We got turned down by a couple of other high schools who didn't necessarily want us to film a movie that had anything to do with drugs there. We tried to explain it was a satire that was anti-drug, but it was no good.
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Satire is, by definition, offensive. It is meant to make us feel uncomfortable. It is meant to make us scratch our heads, think, do a double-take, and then think again. Maajid Nawaz
writing satire difficult
It is difficult not to write satire. Juvenal
writing world satire
In the present state of the world it is difficult not to write lampoons.
night saturday-night satire
Satire is what closes Saturday night.
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On the other side of that coin, and far outweighing it, is the fact that I've been able to use genre of Fantasy/Horror and express my opinion, talk a little about society, do a little bit of satire and that's been great, man. A lot of people don't have that platform. George A. Romero
writing people satire
Satire is people as they are; romanticism, people as they would like to be; realism, people as they seem with their insides left out. Dawn Powell
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Social satire has been around since people have been around. David Walliams
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I think comedy and satire are a very important part of democracy, and it's important we are able to laugh at the idiosyncrasies or the follies or vanities of people in power. Rory Bremner
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For me, my party views don't advance my narrative. Until I can find a way to write political satire like my idols Christopher Buckley or P.J. O'Rourke, I'll simply say what team I play for and leave it at that. Jen Lancaster
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People love burlesque today because it incorporates all the old-school glamour, satire and highlights the female form -- it's something that many women can actually see themselves doing.
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I think satire is a beautiful art and I'm still working at it. To me, it's more valid than straight news reporting.
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It is a satire of the first family, so I certainly studied her. Marcia Harden
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I wrote an ITV drama in the 1960s, a satire on management theory that starred Leonard Rossiter. I'm also a poet and have had work in the 'Spectator.'
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If you have to explain satire to someone, you might as well give up. Barry Humphries
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Satire recoils whenever charged too high; round your own fame the fatal splinters fly. Edward Young
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What is a miracle?--'Tis a reproach, 'Tis an implicit satire on mankind; And while it satisfies, it censures too.
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The Irish and British, they love satire, its a large part of the culture. Ben Nicholson
satire hated shows
Conventional show-biz savvy held that Americans hated to be the objects of satire. Carroll O'Connor
writing satire
I like to write a lot of satire. Earl King
may pay satire
Lampoons, like squibs, may make a present blaze; but time and thunder pay respect to bays. Edmund Waller
flattery praise satire
Praise to the undeserving is severe satire. Benjamin Franklin
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satire is a wrapping of exaggeration around a core of reality. Barbara Tuchman
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I wrote my first play as extra credit for my fourth grade English class. 'Can Helen Stop Smoking' was a satire on the ill effects of cigarette smoking. My friend Vicki Haugabrook played as Helen and I directed the show. At the time, my brother Vince was leading the campaign to get our grandmother to quit. T'Keyah Crystal Keymah
butterfly wheels satire
Satire or sense, alas! Can Sporus feel? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel? Alexander Pope
literature praise satire
Praise undeserved, is satire in disguise.
intentions satire
I try and write satire that's well-intentioned. But those intentions have to be hidden. It can't be completely clear, and that's what makes it comedy. Bo Burnham
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What's great about 'The Daily Show' is I can use satire and push the envelope. I couldn't do that anywhere else. Even if I was a journalist. Aasif Mandvi
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There is a satire that exists in 'My Arm,' but there is also an honoring of some of the stronger ideas that I've raided from visual art. Tim Crouch
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Wyndham Lewis is basically a pessimist, thinking of human beings as doomed animals or determinist machines. His theory of satire is based on this view, and he finds plenty of evidence to support it in contemporary practice. Louis MacNeice
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Satire is traditionally a tough sell and the cynicism in it is one of the reasons for that. There are certain times of the year studios will release movies that they aren't confident about ... and the potential for business this time of year is huge.
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Satire is particularly valuable in a country like ours. Dan Rather
news satire
Satire and believability are irresistible to the news media. Joey Skaggs