It's been brewing for a while: a Trump presidency was a punchline on The Simpsons; it was prefigured in 1989's Back to the Future Part II; it was always a warning, a piece of unsubtle and un-nuanced satire.
If that is the case, then it is truly one of the most nuanced pieces of satire I've ever seen.
For a counter example, to set against the less than nuanced yet highly sharable satire-as-hyperbole on show in that video, is the Society of Authors — which has written a 12-point breakdown defending the actual substance of the reform (at least as it sees it).
Never forcing the issue, he invites the viewers into the complex layering of his highly nuanced character, and then with a remarkable combination of satire and dramatic irony, he shatters any preconceived notions of the heavyset athlete doing clerical work in an office.
Ibrahim Ahmed gives a fine performance as a martyred herdsman, while Sissako rustles up a rich and nuanced overview of a nation in crisis, swinging gracefully from gentle satire to righteous rage.
Mr. Shelton, as the conflicted dealer who works as a Big Brother, perhaps to assuage his guilt, delivers the only nuanced performance in this staging by Sofia Alvarez, whose style hits notes of satire, but very rarely.
The truth is, the most nuanced perspective on reality may be found not in the shows themselves but in parodies of them, like the champagne-bubbly satire "The Hotwives of Orlando," on Hulu, and the smart, dark, meditative behind-the-scenes drama "UnREAL," on Lifetime, which returns for its second season in June.
But the most nuanced criticism of what you might describe as "PC culture" has come from a show that has never been particularly subtle with this kind of satire: South Park.
