GORE VIDAL’S VISIT TO A SMALL PLANET PART 1
“THE PURPOSE OF SATIRE, it has been rightly said,” humorist Michael Flanders observed, “is to strip away the veneer of comfortable illusion and cozy half-truth. And our job, as I … Continue reading
July 26, 2022 · 2 Comments
ON SATIRE, SELF-INFLICTED AND OTHERWISE
SATIRE STRETCHES from Aristophanes’ The Wasps to Frank Baum’s The Wizard of Oz to Vaughn Meader’s parodies of JFK to today’s Saturday Night Live and recent goings-on with the U.S. … Continue reading
January 12, 2017 · 2 Comments
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