Satire in an age of absurdity with Armando Iannucci, Jess Phillips and Jan Ravens
Intelligence Squared
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Challenges of Satire in TV Broadcasting
This chapter discusses the difficulties television companies encounter in producing satire, particularly in the UK, where fear of offending audiences and advertisers constrains creativity. It contrasts the UK and US approaches to satire, highlighting the influence of public service broadcasting and the pursuit of impartiality that can lead to false equivalencies in viewpoint presentation.
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