‘Pause the Pineapples!’ Employees are inventing nonsensical rivals to work phrases like ‘circle back’ and ‘blue-sky thinking.

Satire—the coupling of criticism and humor—has been a popular means to add a seemingly lighthearted touch to somewhat sensitive topics. For example, Saturday Night Live parodied quarterback Tom Brady ...

Black American novelists, filmmakers and other writers are using comedy to reveal — and combat — our era’s disturbing political realities. By Adam Bradley LAST SPRING, DURING the Broadway revival of ...

Alec Baldwin as Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump and Kate McKinnon as Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton during the "Debate Cold Open" sketch on October 1, 2016. U.S.

Based in Los Angeles, Devon is a screenwriter and producer in the independent film industry, bringing a cinephiles persepective. He works in creative development, writing script coverages and pitch ...

Diego Pineda has been a devout storyteller his whole life. He has self-published a fantasy novel and a book of short stories, and is actively working on publishing his second novel. A lifelong fan of ...

In November, when the “Succession” creator Jesse Armstrong got the idea for his caustic new movie, “Mountainhead,” he knew he wanted to do it fast. He wrote the script, about grandiose, nihilistic ...

On July 11, Katy Perry released “Woman’s World,” her first single off the forthcoming 143, her first album in four years. Along with the song was the release of a music video, which is broken into two ...

Satire, George S. Kaufman famously said, is what closes on Saturday night. Meaning, of course, that it has a limited run because of its intrinsically circumscribed interest. To this, one might add a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. The line between news and satire has blurred so much that the ...

The rich, they are not like you and I — they see the world through the jaundiced lens of extreme privilege, they view everything from retail luxury items to relationships as disposable (and easily ...