Satire topic

Satire is often strictly defined as a literary genre or form; although, in practice, it is also found in the graphic and performing art. In satire, human or individual vices, follies, abuses, or shortcomings are held up to censure by means of ridicule, derision, burlesque, irony, or other methods, ideally with the intent to bring about improvement. Although satire is usually meant to be funny, the purpose of satire is not primarily humour in itself so much as an attack on something of which the... full article at wikipedia