• Bonus Sample #302 Satire requires a clarity of purpose and target lest it be mistaken for and contribute to that which it intends to criticize.

  • May 5 2024
  • Length: 18 mins
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Bonus Sample #302 Satire requires a clarity of purpose and target lest it be mistaken for and contribute to that which it intends to criticize.

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  • Air Date: 5-5-24
    Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and Erin discuss:
    - Jerry Seinfeld blaming the "extreme left" and "PC culture" for the death of sitcoms
    - how Poe's Law (and the Amanda Principle) makes creating and identifying satire difficult
    - how TV shows trying to satirize the left for the left struggle to land the jokes

    REFERENCES:
    Jerry Seinfeld Says TV Comedy Is Being Killed By the ‘Extreme Left and P.C. Crap and People Worrying So Much About Offending Other People’

    Jerry Seinfeld Is a Lazy Hack Out of Touch with the Real World—And Who Can Blame Him?

    Poe’s Law and Internet Satire

    In the Know (Peacock)

    ‘In the Know’ Showrunners Unpack Its Loving Evisceration of Public Radio, Progressive Politics

    Zach Woods, NPR Fan, Reads NPR Fans for Filth

    Exclusive: In the Know's Zach Woods and Brandon Gardner on Satirizing Liberals with Mike Judge

    The Cleaner - S2 E5 The Statue (Acorn)

    Malthusian Conception


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