satire 1
I think that satire is sometimes a good way to entertain people with humor as well as to make them aware of the many social problems that we have had recently. For example, in class we talked about shows like the Daily Show or the Simpsons. They all are shows that entertain the audience with humor and makes them aware of what some problems of the American society are. I think that the reason they do this is because by using humor to indicate the problems with the world, they attract more audience. Most of the people love the satires because they now what the cretor of them wants to tell them and they understand the jokes. However, for the person who doesn’t agree with the satires that are created, the satires aren’t funny at all. In fact, they are offensive. In Borat, for example, i know many people loved it because they understood the jokes and thought that they were hillarious. On the other hand, I heard there wereplentiful people that hated Borat or even wnated him to go to court because they thought his movie was very offensive. Depending on the different kinds of views satires make people react in different ways. Personally, I usally like all those shows that are satires like the Daily Show or the Simpsons. I don’t find anything offensive about them. But I’ve known people that hated those kind of shows. Therefore, I feel that satires in some cases are useful to show people how bad the things are working in society, but they can also be bad in that people might be offended by them. Then the whole purpose of the satire has been defeated.
December 7th, 2006 at 8:41 pm
I definitely agree with your interpretation of satire. I don’t personally see any harm in it because in many ways it uncovers a lot of social issues in society that would otherwise be ignored. I can understand how certain people would be offended by it depending on their cultural background but technically satire is just another freedom of speech.