Tag: satire
Ghoulishness, depravity and stupidity: welcome to the world of Ottessa Moshfegh’s Lapvona
Image: The Triumph of Death - Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c.1592). Public domain
Whether taken as a good or bad quality, Ottessa Moshfegh’s Lapvona is a confounding novel....
Exhibition: Above the Canopy celebrates the Australian environment- Now open at Town Hall Gallery
OPEN NOW
Saturday 9 July - Saturday 24 September 2022
Town Hall Gallery presents the new exhibition Above the Canopy, celebrating the rich and diverse beauty of the Australian...
Borat’s wet firecracker of an October surprise won’t hurt Trump but succeeds as feminist satire
Amazon Studios, Four by Two Films
It’s January 20th, 2021. Inauguration day. A triumphant Joe Biden salutes the National Mall crowd (way bigger than...
Sunday essay: has Donald Trump broken satire?
For a long time, the answer has been yes.
When Saturday Night Live, John Oliver and the satirical establishment railed at him, the president’s supporters were...
Sunday essay: Barry Humphries’ humour is now history – that’s the fate of topical, satirical comedy
Dame Edna Everage at Melbourne Town Hall in 2006 after being
presented with the Key to the City. Simon Mossman/AAP
Let’s face it, Thursday...
Sunday essay: why is Australian satire so rarely risky?
Charlie Pickering may be a witty and intelligent young
man, but he’s too reassuring a presence compared to surveyors of the
edge of...