Traditional Elements
Sly and the Family Stone's "Everyday People" and Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A." are both examples of this type of attacking since they target the general American population.
What is punching sideways?
“Sometimes I meet people and feel bad for their dog” = this type of verbal irony
What is sarcasm?
SNL skit featuring Matt Foley using living in a “van down by the river” as his main point of inspiration.
What is "Motivational Speaker"?
Monty Python skit targeting the overhyped reporting of Britain’s dubious choices for leaders.
What is "Election Night"?
The Monkees - "The I saw her face; now I'm gonna leave her."
What is "Now I'm a believer"?
Lysistrata is an example since it "hides" an egalitarian goal in an anti-war critique.
What is a host satire?
Juvenal targets this in Satire 3 by depicting Umbricius as racist against Greeks.
What is xenophobia?
SNL skit which targeted a popular movie and gullible people.
What is "Landshark"?
Monty Python skit which targets government inefficiency and wasteful spending.
What is the "Ministry of Silly Walks"?
Jimi Hendrix - "Excuse me while I kiss this guy."
What is "Excuse me while I kiss the sky"?
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is an example of this form of satire since it targets politics, science, the human superiority-complex, and philosophy.
What is Menippean?
Roman holiday which gave slaves the opportunity to be citizens for a week; Horace uses it as a basis for Satire 2.7.
What is the Saturnalia?
SNL commercial parody targeting regret for participating in a late 90s fad.
What is "Tattoo Remover"?
Monty Python skit which targets the lengths the military will go in order to win.
What is the "Deadliest Joke"?
Madonna - "Like a virgin touched for the thirty-first time."
What is "...touched for the very first time"?
Monty Python and the Holy Grail lampoons this code by having the knights searching for a shrubbery or fighting a ferocious rabbit.
What is chivalry?
Horace states in 1.4 that his satires are a form of this since they are less political and vulgar.
What is New Comedy?
SNL commercial parody which pokes fun at Peyton Manning’s good-guy image.
What is "United Way"?
Monty Python skit which targets cultural expectations of masculinity.
What is the "Lumberjack Song"?
Toto - "I guess it rains down in Africa."
What is "I bless the rains..."?
"to turn under;" Aristophanes using the expectations of drama festivals or Horace using the traditions of the Saturnalia to get their messages across.
What is subversion?
Although a freedman, Horace achieved this social rank which allowed him wealth and status to write satire.
What is equites?
SNL skit which uses a top-ten list of "babes" to target slacker culture and local cable-access channels.
What is "Wayne's World"?
Monty Python skit which diminishes the fear of institutionalized Medieval torture by turning it into comedic surprise.
What is the "Spanish Inquisition"?
R.E.M. = "Let's pee in the corner; Let's pee in the spotlight."
What is "That's me in the corner; that's me in the spotlight"?