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In 2021, political cartoons when successful play a role in the political discourse of a society that provides for freedom of speech and for the press (Thomas Knieper 2007 SOURCE?). Key political cartoonists in the United Kingdom include people such as Peter Brookes who has been a political cartoonist for The Times since 1992 and Nicola Jennings ...
William Maher (/ m ɑːr /; born January 20, 1956) is an American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host. He is popularly known for the HBO political talk show Real Time with Bill Maher (2003–present) and the similar late-night show called Politically Incorrect (1993–2002), originally on Comedy Central and later on ABC.
The Thanksgiving Play is a one-act satirical comedy that revolves around four white individuals attempting to create a politically correct First Thanksgiving play for Native American Heritage Month in schools. In their endeavor, the director, Logan, hires a Native American actor to provide cultural guidance.
Politically Correct Bedtime Stories. Politically Correct Bedtime Stories: Modern Tales for Our Life and Times is a 1994 book written by American writer James Finn Garner, in which Garner satirizes the trend toward political correctness and censorship of children's literature, with an emphasis on humour and parody. [1]
Martin Sonneborn (born 1965, Germany) – political jokester and satirist; Jon Stewart (born 1962, US) – The Daily Show; Matt Stone (born 1971, US) – South Park, The Book of Mormon; Vermin Supreme (born 1961, US) – performance artist, comedian and political satirist; Greg Thomey (born 1961, Canada) – comedian and playwright
This is a list of frivolous political parties. Some more serious political parties, such as the Rent Is Too Damn High Party, may use the same tactics and humorous approaches to politics as their more frivolous counterparts but aim to address legitimate sociopolitical issues, something that some frivolous parties do not do.
Independence Party - The Two Georges by Harry Turtledove and Richard Dreyfuss. Jeffersonian Party - It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis and Warrior Class by Dale Brown. Libertarian Immortalist - Schrödinger's Cat trilogy. Liberty Party (a far more extreme version of the Republicans) - Coyote by Allen Steele.
A political cartoon commonly draws on two unrelated events and brings them together incongruously for humorous effect. The humour can reduce people's political anger and so serves a useful purpose. Such a cartoon also reflects real life and politics, where a deal is often done on unrelated proposals beyond public scrutiny. [citation needed]