Thatcher's 'Loss of Money'

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The son looked on lord th money quite affectionately. It was a sign of thatcher's briton, that all working class people were getting richer. And it got o taken on by the sun, which was a very right wing paper,. Everyone decided it was theirs, you know, they made him their property. Finally, enfield just kind of gives up. Tell me how you killed him off.

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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