But the purported memo is not real. It’s a fabrication, according to the publisher of the satirical account that first shared it. Adam Iverson, who publishes the satirical account News That ...

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Before her death in September 2022, there used to be two failsafe approaches to writing biographies of Queen Elizabeth II. The first was straightforward fawning, in which the flattery was laid on ...

From cartoon baddies to Hollywood pin-ups, Bill Plympton’s animations embrace an eccentric collection of characters, all of them set in motion in his unique, shimmering style. As the animator ...

As Walsh sees it, the once-fertile genre of low-budget comedy is a wide-open lane. “The left was using satire to mock the views that they disagree with,” he says, noting Sacha Baron Cohen’s ...

With only minimal hesitation, Elisabeth signs up for the program and is given ... scene that makes “Carrie” seem understated. The satire becomes almost numbingly obvious over the far too ...

To the editor: As a devoted reader of The Times' letters page, I wish to nominate reader Andrea Ehrgott of Topanga to the L.A. Times Letter Writers Hall of Fame. If there currently is no such hall ...

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The eight-episode season shows signs of some shared DNA with these predecessors: Its characters, like the previous works’ petty political functionaries, are hapless cogs in a rudderless institution.

That is, until, I saw the trailer for "The Franchise," HBO's new satire from showrunner Jon Brown, Sam Mendes, and Armando Iannucci. Now, having streamed "The Thick of It" countless times ...

Ours is like, ‘Yeah, there are kind of idiots on both sides,’” Michael’s said of “SNL’s” approach to political satire. “It has to be comedy. We’re first and foremost a comedy ...

This also exempts parody, satire and news outlets that meet certain ... One bill Newsom did not yet decide on is SB 1047, an AI safety bill introduced by Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco ...