Sentence examples for acute satire from inspiring English sources

La Belle Hélène (1864; Fair Helen), in which a frivolous pastiche of Classical legend is spiced by an acute satire on the manners, morals, and values of the court of Napoleon III, was the nearest thing to political satire that the French stage could boast for 20 years.

Many creative explanations for its decline have been put forward, including simple fashion, multiculturalism and audience fragmentation eroding consensus about what is funny, and (in Britain) the alarmingly high bar set by "The Office", an acute satire about white-collar work that first aired in 2001.ABC's new crop of comedies are what Variety, a trade magazine, calls "laffers".

"Part savagely acute political satire, part living newspaper and all broad, tuneful and timely musical comedy, 'Making a Killing' is the Mime Troupe's most direct grapple yet with the war in Iraq.

IfNf's products are similarly acute pieces of satire.

Almost two decades later, Mr. Lumet's moral sense remained acute when he ventured into satire with "Network" (1976), perhaps his most acclaimed film.

Jarr Carr of The Boston Globe thought that Lee "nail[ed] Austen's acute social observation and tangy satire," and viewed Thompson and Winslet's age discrepancy as a positive element that helped feed the dichotomy of sense and sensibility.

From scene to scene, "Please Give," a radiant comedy of middle-class mores, depends on observations so acute that the movie, even as it borders on satire, is intensely sympathetic.

Half satire?

An acute critic, Régnier castigated François de Malherbe in an attack on the theory that poetry must conform to precise classical and intellectual standards (Satire IX, À Monsieur Rapin).

Satire on celebrity?

It's perfect satire.