Because, while so much of the media, in ways subtle and broad, attempts to normalize the Trump ascendancy, while we are told that patriotism demands that we accept Trump and "give him a chance," the President-elect acts in ways that leave even dystopian satire behind.
The film will tell the story behind the 1970 cult satire "Behind the Valley of the Dolls," which was co-written by Ebert and directed by Russ Meyer.
The funniest, most frighteningly real satire of behind-the-scenes election-campaign manipulation was Game Change, which was a true story (about the selection of Sarah Palin to be a vice-presidential candidate in 2008) that was wilder and more jaw-dropping and mind-boggling than anything Guttentag has imagined in Knife Fight.
A huge hit in france, this desultory romantic comedy teeters between melodrama and satire, leaving behind a sour, frustrated taste.
The scathingly funny "In the Loop" stars a clutch of familiar and somewhat familiar actors, including a very good James Gandolfini and a barely recognizable Steve Coogan, in a political satire about the behind-the-scene power plays in Washington and in London that preceded the Iraq war.
"There's clearly a social satire and commentary behind it".
Behind satire, deep anxiety always lies; the reader is as interested in that as in an explanation of the universe inflating itself from Dave Rudman's head.
In the opening credit sequence — a miniature satire on life behind the scenes on a movie set — Guitry introduces the cast and crew, tipping his hand regarding the tricks of the trade exactly as he later does in the title role, performing card tricks before a mirror, donning his makeup and costumes on camera, and winking directly at the implicit audience.
We operated behind satire's mask, and we could shout the truth about pretty much everything".
While you're wrapping your mind around this big, questionable idea, you can find diversion in an improbable blend of behind-the-scenes satire and art-house fright-fest, anchored by Willem Dafoe's creepy, comical and oddly moving performance as the blood-sucking Schreck.
Thanks partly to behind-the-scenes satire UnREAL, we've come to understand television's most guiltily enjoyed genre as manipulative and humiliating often for the audience as much as the contestants.
