satiric

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She is joined, yet again, by Courteney Cox’s intrusive newscaster, Gale Weathers, who is in all seven films and is meant to serve as a satiric commentary on journalism’s obsession with blood and gore.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

A captivating storyteller, Edelman sets the stage for his off-kilter tale with the perfect balance of satiric commentary and zingy punchlines.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2023

The wide, bright, satiric world of “Bottoms,” director and co-writer Emma Seligman’s second feature, expands and contracts as needed.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 30, 2023

Vincent Canby, writing in The Times, called it “a satiric expression of the American Dream in the closing years of the 20th century.”

From New York Times • Jul. 26, 2023

He said he was mostly interested in the satiric rather than the arty side of painting.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger