PROBING QUESTION: HOW OLD IS POLITICAL SATIRE?

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 15, 2008 ;     700+ words ......politicians. JibJab, quite simply, is political satire for the wired 21st century. Political satire has been around as long as politics...weapon of wit, said Robert Speel. "Political satire is using sarcasm and/or humor to point...

Political satire always upsets someone

Dayton Daily News;  February 16, 2005 ;     68 words ......disrespectful," Feb. 1: Well, it seems Mike Peters upset someone again. Isn't that the very history of political satire? Political satire has been around as long as politics, and for good reason. The whole point is to raise a few eyebrows...

Commentary and Comedy Rule in Chicago 'Day of Political Satire'; Newberry...

U.S. Newswire;  October 19, 2004 ;     352 words ......Planet will join forces for "A Day of Political Satire." With a countdown to the most hotly...events that discuss and epitomize political satire. At 10 a.m., the Newberry Library...examines the American tradition of political satire and its current uses in portraying...

Monster of Monsters and the emergence of political satire in New England

Historical Journal of Massachusetts;  January 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...In 1754, an anonymous political satire called Monster of Monsters...literary history. Heretofore political satire had attracted relatively little...golden age for the English political satire that Massachusetts writers...

Anubhav Sinha teams up with Shabana for political satire

The Hindustan Times;  March 12, 2008 ;     172 words ......she has said yes to Anubhav Sinha's political satire "Zindabad". The film to be directed...movie. Says the director: "It's a political satire formatted as a farce. The script was...film before. It's a fabulously funny political satire about the world around us. It will...

Japanese TV airs political satire Barbs, though common off the air, cross...

International Herald Tribune;  August 14, 2006 ;     700+ words ......famous comic duo, has brought political satire to Japanese television for...Junichiro Kida, an expert on political satire and the director of the Kanagawa...of Modern Literature, said political satire flourished before Japan opened...

Stage flight Political satire seems to be everywhere but the theater

The Boston Globe;  August 25, 1996 ;     700+ words ......but all of it is instantaneous. In the Information Age, political satire is popping up everywhere: It's on television, talk radio...onslaught of up-to-the-minute commentary, there is one place political satire seems to be lacking -- on the stages of our traditional...

Performance artist to use puppets in political satire

Portland Press Herald (Maine);  September 21, 2005 ;     142 words ......Maine) 09-21-2005 Performance artist to use puppets in political satire Edition: Coast Section: Local & State Column: Highlights...artist and lampoonist Paul Zaloom will perform the adult, political satire puppet show, "The Mother of All Enemies," at 7 p.m. Thursday...

Book reviews: Townsend turns her hand to political satire; Number Ten by...

The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland);  December 28, 2002 ;     183 words ......starring the hapless Adrian Mole, has turned her hand to political satire to provide both an amusing and accessible political commentary...Adrian Mole author Sue Townsend tries her talent at political satire and pulls it off masterfully

Lame-duck 'West Wing' just limping along.(Suburban Living)

Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  May 18, 2004 ;     700+ words ......go. President Bartlet of The West Wing, that is. Why, who'd you think I meant? The West Wing completes its fifth season at...inevitable demise. So call The West Wing a lame duck and leave it at that...the show's verisimilitude and political savvy, but he had badly ...

I'll make political satire before 'Chamki': Shyam Benegal

The Hindustan Times;  September 26, 2008 ;     700+ words ......Shyam Benegal says he plans to make a political satire before reviving his long pending project...this winter. So I'll make a little political satire again with Reliance before 'Chamki...he refused to reveal more on the political satire saying: "I won't tell you the subject...

FILM REVIEW: 'Dreamz' is political satire for dummies

University Wire;  April 21, 2006 ;     547 words ......but biting observational humor this is not. "Dreamz" is political satire for dummies. Hugh Grant plays Martin Tweed, the host of...then a simple caricature. There is a real need for smart political satire in today's world. Jon Stewart and "The Onion" consistently...

U of O to Host Political Satire Performance

Targeted News Service;  October 7, 2008 ;     264 words ......The comedy revue Chicago City Limits will present its political satire show One State, Two State, Red State, Blue State at 7 p...blue, Chicago City Limits has the cure with its hilarious political satire comedy show. This special production, new for this fall...

Political satire to headline YLC gala evening

Jewish Exponent;  February 11, 1994 ;     655 words ...Elyse Sternberg Jewish Exponent 02-11-1994 Political satire to headline YLC gala evening. Working on Capitol...current and former congressional staffers who set political satire to music. In fact, she says, the only complaints...

Analysis: Political satire

NPR Weekend Edition - Sunday;  October 10, 2004 ;     700+ words ......NPR) 10-10-2004 Analysis: Political satire Host: LIANE HANSEN Time: 12...on-1:00 PM LIANE HANSEN, host: Political satire seems to be playing a starring...good times. HANSEN: You know, political satire has been around for a long...