Political satire has been a longstanding theme in media. Recently, I read an LA Times article quoting a statement about ...

This AI-generated illustration, created with the prompt “Generate an image reflecting political satire in US politics today,” ...

Spinal Tap is back. But 41 years on, the original is still one of the sharpest and most influential comedies ever made.

Black American novelists, filmmakers and other writers are using comedy to reveal — and combat — our era’s disturbing political realities. By Adam Bradley LAST SPRING, DURING the Broadway revival of ...

In two recent posts, I touched on both nonverbal and verbal types of formal humor. In this one, I continue our review of the latter category by discussing two styles of humor seen quite regularly in ...

The Simpsons has repeatedly intertwined satire and social commentary within its episodes. Two notable examples feature the ...