Satire

A satire is a device used to highlight, expose and criticise people's behaviour. To achieve this, it employs strong irony or sarcasm and some humor.[1] Childish name-calling never forms a part of satire. Parody is a popular sub-form of satire.

## Contents

* 1 Popular Satires
* 1.1 Television
* 1.2 Movies
* 1.3 Literature
* 1.4 Musical Theatre
* 2 See also
* 3 References

## Popular Satires[edit]

### Television[edit]

* That Was The Week That Was (TW3)
* Family Guy
* The Simpsons
* South Park
* The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
* The Colbert Report
* Saturday Night Live
* MADtv
* The Chaser's War on Everything (ABC Australia)
* Monty Python's Flying Circus

### Movies[edit]

* Team America: World Police
* The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
* Monty Python and the Holy Grail
* Monty Python's Life of Brian

### Literature[edit]

* Gulliver's Travels, by Jonathan Swift
* A Modest Proposal, by Jonathan Swift
* The Rape of the Lock, by Alexander Pope
* Candide, by Voltaire
* Bleak House, by Charles Dickens

### Musical Theatre[edit]

* Spamalot
* Avenue Q
* Bye, Bye, Birdie

## See also[edit]

* Leftism and humor
* Comedy and satires concerning atheism and evolution

## References[edit]

1. ↑ http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/satire