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Title: Satire


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Satire
  • Noun. A literary manner which blends humor with
    criticism for the purpose of instruction or the
    improvement of humanity

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The necessary ingredients
  • Humor
  • Criticism, either general criticism of humanity
    or human nature or specific criticism of an
    individual or group.
  • Some kind of moral voice simply mocking or
    criticism is not satire.

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Parody a work of literature that mimics
another work of literature, usually as a way of
criticizing it.
  • Monty Python and the Holy Grail
  • Austin Powers
  • Scary Movie/Epic Movie
  • Gullivers Travels
  • Don Quixote
  • Wicked
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