A Wonderful Country Is More Political Than TV Satire

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A wonderful country goes further than the kind of t v satire that we have in the us. Maybe because the stakes are so much higher in israel. The boundaries that satire needs to push up against are more real. Can you imagine saturday night life doing a sketch during ter rock war? Of course not. I think we've forgotten what real satire is in the west. That's real sat it uses a comic pretence to land a massive blow. Here is our tiny, little israel in the Middle East,. And the rest of the world knows what we call the U.S., Israel and Palestine. It's hard to explain if i say the kindergarten bit is hilarious when i

In the political turmoil of mid-1990s Britain, a brilliant young comic named Harry Enfield set out to satirize the ideology and politics of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. His parodies became famous. He wrote and performed a vicious sendup of the typical Thatcherite nouveau riche buffoon. People loved it. And what happened? Exactly the opposite of what Enfield hoped would happen. In an age dominated by political comedy, “The Satire Paradox” asks whether laughter and social protest are friends or foes.

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