Enfield's Politics, Why?

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Enfield and his paul whitehouse dreamt up a character to embody thatcher's england. He was a construction worker catapulted to sudden delirious wealth by the eightes. All you need to know about politics es a missus. Thatcher done a lot good for the country, but you wouldn't want to shag it. Piles faan. Enfield hated thatcher. Hated what she represented. But the power i took was the power to reduce the power of government. And it should have just became thiso thing, really. Well, we just go, loads of money about everything. You know, ll that's loads of money. Loas of

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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