The Thing About Good Satire…

By Mitch Berg

…is that it has to be plausible enough that you think “Wait – is this true? It can’t be…” before the payoff.

Too implausible? Too obviously mugging at reality, rather than a clever send-up of news almost too absurd to be parody? It’s not really satire anymore.

One Response to “The Thing About Good Satire…”

  1. jdm Says:

    Meme-day! You’ll like this one.

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