Satire is and has always been a difficult media genre to write. If a film or TV show goes too subtle in its approach, it’s often criticized as toothless or not savage enough. But go too big and there ...

It’s no secret that America is more divided than ever. While peaceful Thanksgiving dinners were the first to fall, satire is the latest victim of polarization. On the other hand, there has never been ...

Tirades in capitalization, AI meme wars, self-proclamations of greatness, name-calling, deepfakes and slews of hyperbole — parody is cavorting around the Governor Newsom Press Office account on X. And ...

Political satire has been a longstanding theme in media. Recently, I read an LA Times article quoting a statement about political satire and free speech made in 2020 by Brendan Carr, the current ...

What happens when authoritarian dystopia meets summer camp sing-alongs? Your Camp, Mein Kamp: The Musical Political Satire is set to shake up audiences at the Orlando International Fringe Theatre ...

Iranian filmmaker Ali Asgari has long explored the quiet tensions and bureaucratic pressures of everyday life in Iran, from his acclaimed shorts to festival recognized features like “Disappearance,” ...

Starring director Bahman Ark as Bahram, the story centers on a mid-career filmmaker whose entire body of Turkish-Azeri-language work has never been screened in Iran. When his newest film is once again ...