Challenge: Spot the Satire
o-called transgenderism (including “trans-adjacent” things such as drag queens) has become so lunatic that the line between their “reality” and quality satire has vanished.
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Tag: Parody
Weird Al, the Legend, the Man
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, is a delightful parody of the life of Al Yankovic. I watched this movie last night. It is great humor done without a whiff of woke politics. Daniel Radcliffe shines as Weird Al, as does Evan Rachel Wood as Madonna. Weird Al has been delighting
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‘Twas the Night Before 2020 Christmas — a poem by Liberato
A friend — Liberato — sent me this poem and said it was okay if I shared it with you ‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the land, not a creature was stirring, for all things were banned. Opponents were hung on the wide web with care, in
Continue readingWhen parody sounds real — Tom Elia’s “When Lobsters Take Flight”
I mentioned yesterday that we live in such strange times that it’s often difficult to distinguish fake news from real. It occurred to me that, by making this statement, I missed the opportunity to alert you to a book full of fake news — very funny, sometimes prescient fake news.
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