The First Amendment Guarantees Our Right to Satire

The First Amendment Guarantees Our Right to Satire SATIRE

Satire is a literary or artistic work that ridicules its subject through the use of techniques such as exaggeration, reversal, incongruity, and/or parody in order to make a comment or criticism.

Characteristics of Satire • Criticism! It must contain either general criticism of humanity / human nature or specific criticism of an individual or group. Satire is concerned with ethical reform. • It works to make vice laughable and/or reprehensible and thus bring social pressure on those who still engage in wrongdoing. • It seeks a reform in public behavior, a shoring up of its audience's standards, or at the very least a wake -up call in an otherwise corrupt culture. • Satire is often implicit and assumes readers can pick up on its moral clues.

Characteristics of Satire usually attacks types or stereotypes -the fool, the boor, the adulterer, the proud - rather than specific persons. • If it does attack some by name, rather than hoping to reform these persons, it seeks to warn the public against approving of them. • Satire uses humor. It is witty, ironic, and often exaggerated. • Some kind of moral voice: simply mocking or criticizing is not “satire. ” • Teenage Affluenza • http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=KFZz 6 ICzpj. I

Techniques of Satire – Exaggeration to enlarge, increase, or represent something beyond normal bounds so that it becomes ridiculous, and its faults can be seen. • the portrayal of something trivial or unimportant as very important, usually to emphasize its triviality •

Techniques of Satire Incongruity to present things that are out of place or are absurd in relation to its surroundings • can also relate to humor that sets up a person to expect one type of outcome, and is surprised by a completely different outcome • Cartoons without captions often rely on incongruity (visual puns) to be humorous. •

Techniques of Satire Reversal to present the opposite of the normal order (the order of events, hierarchical order, gender roles) • or to present the opposite of what the author actually wants to happen in order to make a point •

Techniques of Satire - Parody • To imitate the techniques and/or style of some person, place, or thing. • Not Another Teen Movie • Austin Powers • Monty Python • Scary Movie

What is the Difference between Parody and Satire? • Parody is a literary or artistic work that imitates the characteristic style of another work itself, the subject of the work, or the author of the work in order to ridicule, ironically comment on, or poke some affectionate fun at. • It is a type of satire. • Satire is a literary or artistic work in which human vice or folly is attacked through irony, derision, or wit.

Satire in the Movies…Shrek Find an example of: Exaggeration Incongruity Reversal Parody

Parody in Television & Music Television Saturday Night Live Mad. TV Music “Beautiful” by James Blunt) (“My Cubicle” by Jym Britton) “You’re Pitiful” by Weird Al Yankovich)

Satire in Music “Don’t Download This Song” "Weird Al" Yankovic http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=qscads. Ldv. V 0&feature=related

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Satire in Literature “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut • Read the short story • Answer the questions completely • Write the essay o. Give examples from the story

Satire in Literature – “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut “Harrison Bergeron” is a political and social criticism of America. The political system depicted in Vonnegut’s story is distinctly American and founded on the principles of egalitarianism, which holds that people should be equal in every way. Equality is a beloved principle enshrined in America’s constitution in the phrase “All men are created equal, ” but Vonnegut suggests that the ideals of egalitarianism can be dangerous if they are interpreted too literally. If the goal of equality is taken to its logical conclusion, we may decide that people must be forced to be equal to one another in their appearance, behavior, and achievements. http: //www. amazon. com/2081 -based-Vonneguts-22 Harrison-Bergeron-22/dp/B 002 Y 2 BDEE

Parody in Advertising Dove: Campaign for Real Beauty Dove Ad (http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=i. Yh. Cn 0 jf 46 U) …and the parody… Slob Evolution (http: //www. youtube. com/watch? NR=1&v=7 -k. SZsv. BY-A&feature=endscreen)

Satire in Cartoons First, look at the satirical details. Characters: clothing, race, features, sex Setting: time of day, location, season, signs/posters Dialogue: what is being said versus what is being implied/tone of voice Second, try to determine the social comment the artist is trying to make.

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