Sentence examples for focus of satire from inspiring English sources
It's a reasonable enough premise, and that mathematicians are prone to pomposity as they seek to explain the world anyway is an apt focus of satire.
Davis pointed out a judgment for Beck would have enabled additional WIPO cases from individuals who were the focus of satire on the web, as a way for those people to avoid judgment in U.S. courts which adhere to First Amendment case law.
We're hosting a special 50th anniversary screening of Dr Strangelove at this year's LOCO London Comedy Film Festival, as part of a focus on satire.
Mr. Mubarak's absence became a focus of political satire, often with a mocking tone, like the "Mubarak Is Dead" song that circulated on the Internet.
As the objecting PEN writers note, one can regard the murders of the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists as repugnant, vile, and dangerous (as any decent person does) while simultaneously scorning the Muslim-bashing focus of their "satire".
Even those cartoonists who don't set out to deliberately focus on satire frequently rely on it as a form of humor.
In response to the focus on elements of satire in South Park, Parker has said that the main goal of the show is to portray Cartman and his friends as "kids just being kids" as a means of accurately showcasing "what it's like to be in [elementary school] in America".
As might be expected, Jon Stewart has made the shutdown the focus of his political satire on "The Daily Show" with two nights of special themes.
This is certainly a position worthy of satire - and if Palahniuk had focused on a character like Chong, and really plumbed the depths of her contradictions and complicity, he might have produced a biting parody of our oxymoronic sexual politics.
The paradox of satire is that, by distorting, it brings into focus; by flattening out, it heightens.
He adds: "My dream is a publication that is really created collectively, that is younger, with a more modern type of satire, just as political as ever but with more focus on culture.
