During the election, when the conservative party changed its name for a day to fact check uc. Wright: What was really funny was instantly, people like charlie brooker and various others, include myself, we changed our names to fact chec u k. That's where it's in these unexpected, you know, i if if good satire is to be destructive, then it will come from these unexpected, much more spontaneous, instant responses,. but creative responses.
Though no laughing matter, the extremes of the Donald Trump presidency made comedians' jobs a little trickier: was the reality more absurd than satire created around it? In 2020 we invited celebrated comedy writer and producer Armando Iannucci, Labour MP Jess Phillips, and satirist and impressionist Jan Ravens, to discuss the issue. The event was chaired by journalist Samira Ahmed.
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