satirist

Allen may have surprised listeners who know the director as a master satirist of the flawed personality, but Maher was right on brand.

Gutfeld is often referred to as a right-wing satirist — despite the fact that his comedy rarely meets the standards of actual satire, which depends on a creative use of irony.

And their authors knew what satirists from Charlie Chaplin to Stephen Colbert knew: When life throws tyranny at you, you have to scoff and push back.

American musician and satirist Tom Lehrer has died at the age of 97, according to US media reports.

Such regimes rely on a compliant media propaganda machine, requiring satirists to be among the first to go along with journalists, academics and any other critics with irritating addictions to fact, law and reason.