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Malcolm gludwell: We live in the golden age of satire. Satire allows you to say almost anything, he says. When you sugar coat a bitter truth with humor, it makes the medicine go down. Comedians hav become our truth tellers,. that's what loads of money was trying to doenfield wanted to tell the truth about england after margaret thatcher came to power in 19 79.

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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