Satirical Satire Satirical Writing

Jamie and Mark Roberts of Forteau posted a picture of themselves paddling around in a puddle in the main road of their town using an inflatable dinghy. This is to show the terrible conditions of their road.

In the mock press release from The Onion, the author satirically mocks how products are marketed to consumers. Playing on the stereotype of gullible consumers ready to believe anything they hear about a product is true, the author creates a parody of typical medical commercials. The author combines many satirical strategies and adds in humorous moments in order to critique ad campaigns that use false claims and the ignorant customers that buy from them. In the article, the writer lays on a false sense of ethos.

“The Office” is a critically acclaimed comedy television series spanning nine seasons. The show is a “mockumentary” a style of satirical comedy that is crass in nature. But uses its platform to shed light on the hazards of societal norms that reinforce stigmatic ideals. This particular show follows salesmen’s lives around the workplace in a dying work field of a small town.

This article by “The Onion” shows many satirical strategies, mostly hyperbole to satirize how products, in this case Magna Soles, are marketed to consumers. This article is filled with hyperbole and a lot of big words that I have never heard before, like “kilofrankels” and “comfortrons.” This makes me laugh because I don’t think most of the words I’ve never heard before in hear are real, and how much they are exaggerated in sentences to try and show the consumers that these are the best shoes in the world. The hyperbole being shown here is just like the exaggeration of McDonalds or Burger King commercials, with the giant burgers all shiny and juicy filled with colorful lettuce, tomato and cheese, just how it is portraying the Magna Soles.

Medieval literature is involved in the school classroom for a very long time. Medieval literature is very important and even though it's old it offers many interesting stories and life lessons. There are many medieval literature works- Beowulf, the author tales, and more. The film of Monty Python and the holy grail combines all the medieval literature and satirises them all. The Monty Python film mocks and satirizes a lot of the important themes in the medieval literature. Among the many themes it satirizes, the theme of Chivalric Code and Knightly Behavior is the most prevalent. Many themes are repeated over and over again and it is easy to draw conclusions from what we read in class to the movie. Through this essay I will show these examples.

Have you ever witnessed something that was so absurd yet convincingly real? If you have, the Onion, a satirical news organization, may help recreate that feeling with some of their videos and articles. Published in 2011 on the Onion’s website and on YouTube, the video “College Basketball Star Heroically Overcomes Tragic Rape He Committed” satirizes how lightly people who commit rape are punished, and their crime even forgotten about. The video, employs the use of clever satire to convince the audience unfamiliar with the Onion that the report is real, while having implicit meanings and messages about rape culture in the United States. While the video still speaks

Clearly John Oliver pulls in a large audience for his HBO satire/talk show. However, this gives him an edge when talking about somewhat dry topics like politics. No matter what your opinion’s are of Oliver, he has conducted a great deal of research for this sketch. He uses past clips of Trump and his family speaking, twitter post and legal disputes (like how Trump was suing over a biography undervaluing his wealth). He used what appeared to be qualitative research to dispel fact from fiction by showing viewers the “uncensored” side of Donald Trump. Most critics of Trump focus on traits of his personality and past decisions based on it. To be persuasive to people who do not share your viewpoint, you also need to introduce facts in a debate.

In the film, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, a confabulation took place between a nonsensical King Arthur and a soldier with a keen interest in birds. In Monty Python and the Holy Grail we see everyday acts of chivalry, being hilariously mocked. “What, ridden on a horse?”

In the article from The Onion, the author uses humor and satire to mock how marketers describe their products so that consumers will buy their item or product. The products are said to be good for you so that people will get them. Throughout the article, the author’s strong and descriptive use of diction satirizes the way consumers are gullible and will purchase anything just by the way they are shown or described.

Ever since 1997, South Park has revolutionized the cable TV scene as a profane and obscene program that isn’t afraid to mock religious, political, and cultural topics and not get away with at least offending somebody. Throughout its twelve seasons, some of the most prominent events in pop culture have suffered the wrath of ridicule from the show’s creators, Matt Stone and Trey Parker, and succeeded in making millions of Americans laugh until they cry. The creative genius behind these cultural and controversial statements has exalted the series to iconic status in our entertainment industry for its satirical voice in each episode. Throughout its ten years on air, South Park has broken multiple political,

It took no time for the director of the pageant, Gladys Leeman, to pick the theme of the competition: "Proud to be an American." Also, it took no time for the everyone else to agree to it, even though previous pageants had very similar themes. This showed that the characters are passionate about America and want to express this passion as much as they can. Unfortunately, their view on the country causes them to be ignorant of the problems in their town. Also, it causes them not recognized the effects these unsavory situations causes to society.

For my satire project, I chose the topic of the struggle of customer service and how it can influence you psychologically. The reason I chose this topic was because I am in fact a part time worker at a fairly busy ice cream/ fine chocolate shop in which our primary goal is to keep the customer happy and satisfied. But sometimes, the process of doing that can be challenging and draining for the employee, such as myself. Therefore I chose a topic that I felt passionate about and that I could physically relate to, which helps to make my writing more effective.

My Opinion in on how we can end modern day is to fight to end it by making a statement and not just by yourself but by having a voice that can be heard in your community but also around the country as modern day slavery should stop no matter what type of circumstances that we may be going through as many of today's america problems involve race,sex trafficking,sexuality as many of america's circumstances exists around police brutality against blacks are the more talk about in america today but when so much police brutality going on not only are we killing ourselves but we are killing our society and how next generation will be formed,we are killing our next generation over sexually,race and how we dress and present ourselves in society in my opinion it needs to come to a stop and our voice should be heard not only when a situation happens but making a statement everyday not only just for a week and stop talking about the issue that is present at hand but many ways to bring a stop to the racism and judgment based on race is to make sure your voice get heard by making a statement by joining a local social justice group. One of the many social groups in charlotte that exists are the southern coalition for social justice,freedom

Today in the workplace we see people that don’t always hold up their end of their job. There are people that tend to have to pick up the end of other people's job and I can tell you right now how much they love to do this. It’s not very common to find a good worker these days because the parenting has changed to please the others around you rather than to help teach the child disciplined.

Let’s say you went to your local bank to despot some checks and out of the corner of your eye you notice a group of men storm into the bank like a bat out of hell, armed with assault rifles and wearing ski masks. With a rifle muzzle shoved in your face you are at the mercy of their every command. Would the first thought that crosses your mind be, “This is the coolest thing ever!” or would you be scared shitless? My assumption would be the second one. With that being said, why is our society so attracted to these aspects of crime portrayed in entertainment but we would do everything to avoid it all cost in real life? Does America’s love for crime, whether on the television or in the movies, secretly revel our own desires to live the dangerous and exciting lives of the criminals, police officers, and FBI agents we marvel at every night? As humans we aren’t all sociopaths but watching other people rolling the dice with their lives is fascinating, and somewhat rewarding.