Some comedy movies are solely interested in making audiences laugh. There's not some higher goal other than to put a smile on your face, and that's perfectly okay. But some movies want to move beyond ...

In two recent posts, I touched on both nonverbal and verbal types of formal humor. In this one, I continue our review of the latter category by discussing two styles of humor seen quite regularly in ...

Jessica is a young writer from Brisbane, Australia. An avid consumer and lover of all things Film and TV, you will never tear her away from a screen. A tendency rooted from childhood, she once had ...

Black American novelists, filmmakers and other writers are using comedy to reveal — and combat — our era’s disturbing political realities. By Adam Bradley LAST SPRING, DURING the Broadway revival of ...

TikTok doesn't know what "satire" means, but the hashtag will lead you to a few funny videos . While satire usually refers to a comedic form of social commentary, on TikTok, it's more like a video ...

Sometimes satire is no joke: Students will learn what satire is and how to recognize satirical news posts online before resharing them as misinformation. This lesson focuses on a post from a satirical ...