Joanna Scott

Reviewers try to square the antics of a writer's life with the antics in the fiction. Even satirical verbal play is too often read and admired as autobiographical expression. And thanks to the democratic exposures of the web, it's easier than ever to document private experiences and divulge the most intimate secrets.

American Author

Sanjeev Bhaskar

I was greatly influenced by 'The Goons' and 'Monty Python' reconstituting what comedy was - it could come from a funny word, not just a set up and a pay-off. I liked the zaniness; they were satirical, slightly saucy and very literary in their references.

British Comedian

Tom Rachman

Journalists who are devoted to strictly factual reporting take particular pleasure from satirical news outlets that have the liberty to laugh and even mock the hypocrisy that reporters and editors must simply observe without comment.

English Novelist

Bassem Youssef

The importance of satire is bringing more people to the table. There are a lot of average citizens who aren't interested in politics and would be more interested if it's brought to them in a comedic, funny, satirical way.

Egyptian Entertainer

Curtis Sittenfeld

Well, I think that if you sincerely try to imagine what life is like for another person - not in a mocking way, not in a satirical way, but in a sincere, compassionate way - I don't think that's exploitive.

American Writer

Shoojit Sircar

My films, sometimes, have my own reflections of life. They have life lessons I've had that I put across in a humorous or satirical way.

Indian Director

Terence Lewis

I want to be part of movies that have important and interesting subjects but are not depressing and are rather satirical and funny.

Indian Dancer

Joey Skaggs

Most important to any fake story is a plausible, realistic edge with a satirical twist that is topical.

American Celebrity

Al Franken

I'm crushed by the responsibility of writing a satirical book.

American Politician

Josh Widdicombe

It's rare in satirical comedy not just to be cynical.

English Comedian

Satirical content isn't always meant to be laugh-out-loud funny; it often points out serious issues humorously.

Not Always Funny

Knowing the context is essential to appreciate satirical nuances, as it often refers to specific events or trends.

Understanding Required

Satirical works can be culture-specific, so what is humorous in one culture may not be in another.

Cultural Sensitive

 that crosses the border between art and architecture, and it demonstrated to me that architecture could communicate ideas that are much more politically and culturally complex, that architecture could be satirical and serious at the same time and it could speak to the disparities between wealth and poverty and what's local and what's foreign.

Ronald Rael: An...

 don't see anything she's definitely watching something that is fairly close by so what it is I'm not sure maybe there's a little satirical darker that's hidden in the grass and from our angle we can't see it remember she is higher than what I am and so she could maybe spot something that I can't see but definitely intent on something

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 Not a zombie among them. Orwell's satirical translation, on the other hand, is teeming with nominalizations and other vague abstractions. The zombies have taken over, and the humans have fled the village. Zombie nouns do their worst damage when they gather in jargon-generating packs

Beware of nominalizations...

 with creatives, techies, app developers, artists, comedians, and we can create really specified content and actually, online, disseminate it to very strategic audiences. So one example would be creating a satirical video which makes fun of Islamophobia,

How young people join...

 The easier it is to recall something from memory, the more probable we judge it to be. The other part of the answer comes from the nature of journalism, captured in this satirical headline from "The Onion," "CNN Holds Morning Meeting to Decide

Is the world getting...

 Some of this may sound satirical or even far fetched. And some of it is. I mean, I can't actually see into the future. I don't actually know if we're going to be drilling hundreds or thousands of microscopic holes in our heads in 30 years.

What we'll learn about...

 in local places but nationwide, a concerted effort to revive a face-to-face set of ways to engage and outdoor shows in which candidates and their causes are mocked and praised in broad satirical style; soapbox speeches by citizens;

There's no such thing as...

 that had been virtually eradicated in the United States, with some infections proving fatal. In a slightly less dire example, satirical articles that are formatted to resemble real ones

How false news can...

 murder. Remember how it felt. Whatever one thought of that satirical magazine, however one felt about those particular cartoons,

A free world needs...

 watch our vultures pick away as some unfortunate wildebeest and on a slightly more serious unless a satirical b-grade note