• wizzwizz4@fosstodon.org
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    1 year ago

    If you have to go out of your way to find (or invent) a joke, you haven’t found the right angle on it. Satire is qualitatively different to bullying.

    Shows like South Park are at their most funny when the contrivances are kept to a minimum, or are so absurd that they’re obviously farcical. The best satire is when they’re teasing their target *and* their target’s detractors at the same time.

    There are so many other takes they could have made. (I’d give examples, but I’m too prudish to say 'em.)