satirical

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With almost 160,000 followers on Instagram, he posts satirical videos about Cuba's blackouts and other hardships.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

The BBC contacted the satirical page Angola 24 Horas but did not receive a response.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

Stanley Kubrick’s 1964 satirical masterpiece “Dr. Strangelove” brilliantly parodied the lunacy of the nuclear threat during the Cold War.

From Salon • Mar. 10, 2026

Anderson went viral again for his “Gay Science” series, which took a satirical and graph-heavy approach to queer stereotypes and behavior.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

Hence the 2004 headline in the satirical newspaper The Onion on the passing of postmodernism’s leading light: Jacques Derrida “Dies.”

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker