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Fight Club
Chuck Palahniuk - A novel that uses dark satire to critique consumerism and the state of masculinity in modern society.
South Park
Created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone - An animated series that uses provocative humor to explore various social and political issues.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain - Uses humor and irony to criticize the entrenched racism of the American South along the Mississippi River.
Animal Farm
George Orwell - An allegorical novella that satirizes Stalinism through the story of a farm animal rebellion.
Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut - Combines satirical and science fiction elements to critique war, specifically World War II and the bombing of Dresden.
Candide
Voltaire - Uses its naïve protagonist to satirize the optimistic philosophy of the day and criticize the society and the church.
A Modest Proposal
Jonathan Swift - A darkly satirical essay proposing the selling of children as food to solve poverty in Ireland.
The Daily Show
Created by Madeleine Smithberg, Lizz Winstead - A television program that uses news parody to examine and critique contemporary politics and the media.
A Confederacy of Dunces
John Kennedy Toole - A picaresque novel that satirizes various aspects of society in New Orleans through the comical misadventures of its slothful protagonist, Ignatius J. Reilly.
Gulliver's Travels
Jonathan Swift - A critique of human folly, with lands of peculiar societies exposing the nature of man.
Dr. Strangelove
Directed by Stanley Kubrick - A satirical film that critiques Cold War attitudes and the nuclear arms race between the Soviet Union and the United States.
The Onion
Digital media company and newspaper organization - Uses absurd and satirical articles to comment on current events and culture at large.
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley - A dystopian novel that satirizes the pursuit of happiness through technology and engineered social systems.
1984
George Orwell - Dystopian novel satirizing totalitarianism in a future society dominated by a tyrannical government called Big Brother.
The Simpsons
Created by Matt Groening - An animated sitcom that uses humor and parody to examine the traditional American family and societal norms.
The Importance of Being Earnest
Oscar Wilde - A comedic play that uses wit and irony to lampoon the social conventions and morality of Victorian society.
Catch-22
Joseph Heller - A satirical novel that explores the absurdities of war and military life during World War II.
The Great Dictator
Charlie Chaplin - A film that satirizes fascism and Adolf Hitler through a story of mistaken identity between a Jewish barber and a dictator.
Don Quixote
Miguel de Cervantes - Satirizes chivalric romances through the adventures of a nobleman who becomes a knight-errant.
The Colbert Report
Created by Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, Ben Karlin - A satirical news show that parodied personality-driven political pundit programs.
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