The best satire has always been self-searching as well as critical. It teases and ridicules power, but the real target is us ...
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 ...
In our digital times as we are inundated with YouTube videos, memes and social media, satire is everywhere, but it can be more damaging to people's reputations than direct criticism, according to new ...
Daniel Hoesl and Julia Niemann wanted to make a black comedy film about the super-rich, guided by Ayn Rand's quote "The point is, who will stop me?" that turned out to feel "very much en vogue." By ...
Sundance: A director hires a lookalike to continue his career while he focuses on the birth of his child in Pasqual Gutierrez and Ben Mullinkosson’s playful docu-fiction hybrid. Directing music videos ...
Directing music videos is easy. All you have to do is sit there, act confident, and never let on that you have no idea what you’re doing. The client is most likely an idiot; tell them the end result ...
Katy Perry appeared to respond to criticism about the video for her new song “Woman’s World” in a post uploaded Saturday on social media. Perhaps anticipating a backlash even while filming the video, ...
Time can change everything, even satire! Join us as we revisit South Park episodes that hit differently today than when they ...
A falsehood spreading online that basketball star Michael Jordan proposed a ban on Pride flag in sports and U.S. schools stems from a website describing the claim as satire. One wrote, opens new tab: ...