American satire
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+ | ''[[Marriage]]'' : (n.) A household consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two. --''[[The Devil's Dictionary]]'' | ||
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+ | [[Image:Pyramid of Capitalist System.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Pyramid of Capitalist System]]'', anonymous American cartoon (1911)]] | ||
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- | '''American satire''' is satire from the [[U. S. ]] | + | '''American satire''' is satire from the [[United States]]. |
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- | == ''Mr. Freedom'' (1970) - William Klein == | + | *''[[Mr. Freedom]]'' (1970), anti-American satire, [[William Klein]] |
- | ''Mr. Freedom'' is a 1970 film by [[William Klein]]. [[Amos Vogel]] says: | + | *''[[The Devil's Dictionary]]'' |
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- | :This anti-American satire recounts the spectacularly unheroic exploits of "Mr. Freedom", personification of the American Superman sent into the world to liberate it from Communism. The combination of sex and politics seems irresistable to modern left-wing sophisticates. --Amos Vogel | + | |
== American satirists == | == American satirists == | ||
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*[["Weird Al" Yankovic]] | *[["Weird Al" Yankovic]] | ||
*[[Frank Zappa]] | *[[Frank Zappa]] | ||
+ | ==See also== | ||
+ | :''[[Anglo-American satire]]'' | ||
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American satire is satire from the United States.
Titles
- Mr. Freedom (1970), anti-American satire, William Klein
- The Devil's Dictionary
American satirists
- Jello Biafra
- Ambrose Bierce
- Lenny Bruce
- Don DeLillo
- Kinky Friedman
- Matt Groening
- Joseph Heller
- Paul Krassner
- H. L. Mencken
- Thomas Nast
- Randy Newman
- Flannery O'Connor
- Chuck Palahniuk
- Tom Robbins
- Mark Twain
- Kurt Vonnegut
- "Weird Al" Yankovic
- Frank Zappa
See also
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