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A satire is an artistic work used to criticize human error and vices by using humor and sarcasm. Parody is a popular sub-form of satire.
Popular Satires
Television
- 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
- Team America: World Police
- The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail
- Monty Python's Life of Brian
Literature
- 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
- Spamalot
- Avenue Q
- Bye, Bye, Birdie