The British Satirical Revolution
Contemporary Review › Band 285 Nr. 1664, September 2004
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Suter examines the historical development of political satire in Britain. Among other things, he says that after 1961, British politicians would be treated with far more skepticism and far less respect because of satires.
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The British Satirical Revolution
FORTY years ago the BBC stopped a very popular television programme because it was offending the British Government. That Was The Week That Was (TW3) was a revolutionary British comedy programme that triggered the television satire boom of the early 1960s. It was a 'live' biting, late-Saturday night programme, that broke new ground in television's relationship with politics, and it ridiculed aspects of British life that were previously too sacred to be attacked: politicians, religion and even royalty.
Satire is a form of comedy that ridicules its subject (individuals, organizations or countries) with a view to encouraging change. It seeks to laugh people out of their follies. It ridicules with caricature and exaggeration. Its popularity rises and falls according to the popular tastes of the day. Satire goes in waves. For example, in the 1820s the British cartoonist George Cruikshank was popular when lampooning the social...Siehe den Gesamtinhalt dieses Dokumentes
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