How satire is changing thanks to the internet, capitalism and the post-truth era
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- 22 Mar 2023
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In January, the satirical anthology series White Lotus won two Golden Globes, adding to the five Emmys it picked up in September.
In 2022, the film Triangle of Sadness – which also satirised capitalism – nabbed the Palme d'Or at that year's Cannes Film Festival. And Korean film Parasite became the first non-English language film to be named Best Picture at the 92nd Academy Awards in 2020.
The art of satire is alive and well. Since its origins in ancient Rome, it has continued to find audiences for millennia.
For many, satire is therapeutic, funny and a great way to hold the powerful to account.
"I think one of the most common justifications from satirists is that they are trying to do an intervention in society," Dr Adam James Smith, the co-director of the York Research Unit for the Study of Satire, tells ABC RN's Future Tense.
"They're trying to change or stop something for the public good."
But thanks to the internet, satire as we know it is changing. And Dr Smith says this has both good and bad implications. Read More…
