Following weeks of complaints from students and faculty intervention, the Gorilla Gazette — Mather House’s satire newspaper — has promised to scale back lewd and personal jokes, according to the ...
With its release earlier this year, The Naked Gun proved there is still room for parody and satire comedies. Fackham Hall, ...
NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Christine Wenc, author of the new book Funny Because It's True: How the Onion Created Modern News Satire. Here's some headlines for you. "Kitten Thinks Of Nothing But ...
Cover of The Man in the Van by Jeff Novotny. This darkly satirical book explores societal norms with sharp wit, absurdity, and a unique critique of modern social conventions. Jeff Novotny’s The Man in ...
Mark Zuckerberg revealed that officials from the Biden administration pressured Facebook to censor some COVID-19 communication, including humor and satire. CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images It’s ...
With the power of his razor-sharp humor, pioneering political satirist Bassem Youssef left audiences reeling with the effect ...
The Statesman is a very funny satire, but "funny peculiar" rather than "funny ha ha". A deliberately anachronistic production, that looks at the impact of controlled speech, and the inevitable ...
This post is written by Apoorva Thakur, junior research assistant at the Department of Psychology, Monk Prayogshala, Mumbai, India. Humor, specifically political humor, serves a purpose. It can be a ...