What is Satire?
{{no sources|date=February 2016}} [[Image:Punch.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''1867 edition of the satirical magazine [[Punch (magazine)|Punch]]]] '''Satire''' is a form in [[art]] or [[writing]] which ridicules either a person, [[government]], or an institution, often through the use of [[humour]]. Satire can either be in [[painting]]s, [[play (theatre)|play]]s, [[book]]s, [[song]]s, [[TV]] or [[movie]]s. It also is used to [[stereotype]] people. Satire was used long ago. It is a [[Latin]] word, though the plays of [[Aristophanes]] are often called satirical. Satire was widely known in [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabethan]] times. [[Jonathan Swift|Swift]] used it in his book ''[[Gulliver's Travels]]'' to make fun of people’s stupidity. Works like ''The Beggar’s Opera'' (1728) used satire to show how silly the [[politician|politicians]] of the time were. The [[Germany|German]] [[playwright]] [[Bertolt Brecht]] used a lot of satire, as did [[Peter Cook]]. [[Jon Stewart]] and other [[comedian]]s use it frequently. A modern example of satire is the American cartoon ''[[South Park]]''. Satire often points out ironic or bad things that powerful people are doing. Its adjective is '''satirical'''. ==Related pages== *[[Black comedy]] *[[Caricature]] *[[Cartoon]] *[[Humour]] *[[Irony]] *[[Parody]] ==Other websites== *[http://www.madmagazine.com/ MAD Magazine] *[http://theonion.com/ The Onion] {{Conformity}} [[Category:Non-fiction literature]] [[Category:Satire| ]]