satirize
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Mr. Hanif’s problem may be that his country gives him too much to satirize.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
It was an anxiety-induced dream that first inspired Gutiérrez to write “Serious People” to satirize the entertainment industry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2025
Just two years after “Cruise” debuted, duo Maddie & Tae had heard enough about arm candy and daisy dukes to satirize the subgenre’s views on women with 2015’s “Girl in a Country Song.”
From Salon ● May 16, 2025
The fourth deals with a witch, giving them a chance to satirize conspiracy theorists.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 28, 2024
And there is always the non-productive brotherhood of critics to disparage and to satirize, to view with horror and contempt.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
HBO’s “I Love LA” satirizes the Los Angeles entertainment industry, with influencers, nepo-babies and the rich and famous.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
A recent show most analogous to “Expats” is “The White Lotus,” Mike White’s HBO dramedy which satirizes the lives of privileged white tourists.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2024
In the spirit of "The Boys," "Gen V" satirizes our willingness to amenability to be commodified in service of fame and validation.
From Salon ● Sep. 29, 2023
Its titular star, who plays a version of himself and satirizes talk shows by putting unsuspecting celebrity guests through hellish interviews, has become considerably more famous since the series first aired over a decade ago.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2023
Shakespeare often satirizes the ignorant use of learned terms at his time.
From Shakespeare's Family by C. C. (Charlotte Carmichael) Stopes
The policing techniques satirized in the film may be futuristic, but its structure is fusty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026
Before starting Lucy, Coogan co-founded Soylent, the liquid meal replacement of choice for techies a decade ago that was widely satirized in pop culture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 31, 2025
“Critterz” is based on the 2023 AI-animated short of the same name that satirized nature documentaries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2025
The story originally satirized materialistic baby boomers stymied by shifting gender roles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2025
Dave Barry’s “Ask Mr. Language Person” satirized their typical advisory: writing tip for professionals: To make your writing more appealing to the reader, avoid “writing negatively.”
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
I didn’t want to live in a world of satirizing this guy forever.
From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2026
David Lindsay-Abaire’s “The Balusters” is a piquant comedy satirizing the hollowness and hypocrisy of well-to-do do-gooders on a neighborhood homeowners association board.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
Jared Keeso stars in this “Letterkenny” spinoff satirizing performative masculinity among a small-town Canadian hockey team.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 27, 2026
Nine years ago, the documentarian John Wilson came to Sundance to shoot a six-minute short called “Escape From Park City,” satirizing a film festival he didn’t think would ever let him in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2026
Eventually Threpe was called up onto the stage where he sang a scathing little ditty of his own design, satirizing one of Tarbean’s councilmen.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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