Friday, February 5, 2010

Satire Assignment

Find an example of satire. Post the link and a genius statement. 5 points.

23 comments:

Anonymous said...

Asel Kul.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rw2nkoGLhrE

As well as creating a parody of the many apple products, Mad tv creates an indirect, horatian satire which mocks Bush's approach towards Iraq/Iran through pastiche, low burlesque, and dramatic irony by asking Americans and Bush if the right actions were taken in dealing with the Iraq situation.

Unknown said...

http://www.theonion.com/content/video/nfl_players_mentor_troubled
target: Detroit Lions
type: horatian
approach: direct
techniques: irony, high burlesque, hyperbole, caricature
aim: to make fun of the Lions for not having their greatest season

Jeanne said...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9qYF9DZPdw

target: musicians
type: horation
approach: indirect
techniques: lyrics/music video, parody, hyperbole
aim: to make musical artists realize how lame their music is.

Anonymous said...

Megan Soland

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMsLg4jqlJw

The Onion makes an indirect, horation satire video that mocks the gymnast population, using high burlesque, irony, and caricture by comparing Shawn to a race horse, they show the world how ridicules it is to say that a career is ended because of an injury and that gymnasts are not like working animals.

Caitlyn said...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXVIwo5fLYs


target: Sarah Palin and Hilary Clinton
type: horatian
approach: indirect
techniques: parody, hyperbole, caricature
aim: to make fun of Sarah Palin for being dumb and Hilary Clinton because Palin was closer to the White House than her, this is done to change people's views of both of the politicians

nishant Nayar said...

http://www.theonion.com/content/from_print/people_probably_affiliated

The onion indirectly mocks the unpopularity of hockey, and the NHL. It uses horatian and invective satire. We know this because of the direct headline.

Unknown said...

http://www.theonion.com/content/radio_news/24_million_potential_brides

target: Parents who favor only male babies

type: Horatian

approach: indiret

techniques: low burlesque, hyperbole, caricature

aims: to show that China should not favor the males over the females or else they will face situation as they presently are.

Kristine Brown said...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgHe5ztKBk4

By using high brulesque and caricature, this horation satire indirectly attacks Paris Hilton to show people especially the court system that Paris Hilton is making excuses to escape prison.

Sam May said...

http://www.southparkstudios.com/episodes/251888
About 5:20-11:30 for best examples. Warning: Bad Language

Using Indirect, Juvenalian satire with parody, caricature, and hyperbole, South Park makes fun of self proclaimed activists who do nothing to show people that actions have a much greater effect than words.

erdecker said...

These are great! Keep up the good work and let me know how I can help you.

Unknown said...

This can be a satire. Why would I lie? The artist uses high burlesque and litote in a horation manner, indirectly targeting those who are rich and fashionable, trying to mock these people in order to show how useless it is to try to cover up their physical insecurities with an inexpensive item which is widely available (the item being the sunglasses), depicting a story with a man who is taken aback by a girl with such sunglasses. Performed by ZZ Top. Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9WTlP08LEg
and lyrics
http://www.davemcnally.com/lyrics/ZZTop/CheapSunglasses.asp

Anonymous said...

Taylor Thompson
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/massive_earthquake_reveals_entire

The Onion targets America and other developed nations through indirect,horation satire using low burlesque and caricature to show how clueless most nations are to the sufferings of impoverished countries.

Aymen Murdos said...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71kckb8hhOQ

This fake advertisement is a direct, horatian satire that mocks the use of coal as an all-around, exceptional source of energy in the United States by using litote, low burlesque, and parody, aiming to bring about change in what fuels our country.

Anonymous said...

Tania Galindo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFZz6ICzpjI

Target: stereotypical teenager
type: horatian
approach: direct
techniques: low burlesque, parody, and hyperbole
aim: to capture the attention of the demographic and show how materialistic we are being. It says to do something real. By ridiculing our everyday lives it sort of slaps us in the face and says to get real.

Michael Braun said...

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/thoughtful_nation_questioning
The Onion uses direct Horatian satire to mock overzealous football fans by utilizing high burlesque and a newspaper format to show how ridiculous it is to focus so much energy and attention on a mere sporting event.

Elizabeth P. said...

http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/clips/palin-hillary-open/656281/?__cid=thefilter


By using low burlesque, parody, hyperbole, lampoon, and caricature, SNL's horatian satire directly attacks Sarah Palin and Hilary Clinton in order to lessen their credibility and make the U.S. question the credibility of these women.

Drew Modjeski said...

http://www.southparkstudios.com/episodes/103797

this is Uses direct, horatian satire with a bit of parody, and high burlesque.to target people who "have no life" and play world of warcraft in order to attempt to show how much a wase of time world of warcraft is.

Sarah Stevens said...

http://www.theonion.com/content/video/should_animals_be_doing_more_for

Through horatian and indirect satire, the Onion uses low burlesque, a parody of a news report, and hyperbole to mock PETA (an animal rights group) for their failure in making changes by suggesting that animals should stand up for themselves to make PETA realize that they need to step up their efforts to get changes (otherwise animals could do it themselves - which we know they can't).

Matt P said...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xat1GVnl8-k

The Bad Touch by The Bloodhoudn Gang targets those that treat sexual behavior as some horrible, unnatural thing through an indrect Horatian approach. Through the use of song, irony, caricature, and hyperbole, The Bloodhound Gang aims to make people realize that such behaviors are natural; if other animals, in this case mammals, can do it and be shown on the Discovery Channel and be considered natural, then there isnothing wrong with our own version of "the act of mating".

Anonymous said...

Senia Lee
http://www.fakingnews.com/2010/02/google-buzz-wait-keeps-internet-savvy-guy-awake-all-night/

Through a horatian, in direct matter, this satire aims to show what Google and other e-mail systems are doing to people everyday and how it has effected life of the everyday people by using techniques such as irony, pastiche (the picture is edited), and caricature.

Senia

Anonymous said...

Brian Reuland:
http://sendables.jibjab.com/originals/this_land

Jib Jab.com uses indirect, horation satire to target attack ads in elections. They use diatribe, parody, and song to make the viewer realize how ridiculous some of the attack ads are in politcs and to not listen to them when they are heard.

Halle Owecke said...

http://www.theonion.com/content/video/as_obese_population_rises_more

target: the obese population and supporters of it

type: horatian

approach: indirect

techniques: irony, high burlesque, hyperbole

aim: to make people change their mind about obesity and wants America to change health habits

Anonymous said...

Anthony Schliesman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUxxI28zhNc

Through a low burlesque horation skit involving irony and parody, Saturday Night Live picks fun at both MacGyver's unrealistic situations and sponsors putting in blatant advertising, possibly to point out obvious problems of the two or just to make an audience laugh.