as in parodies
a creative work that uses sharp humor to point up the foolishness of a person, institution, or human nature in general
a satire about the music industry in which a handsome but untalented youth is turned into a pop star
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Recent Examples of satires
His ten other, wildly disparate books include two satires of media and marketing and an elegiac zombie novel set in Manhattan.
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Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
Known for creating wicked political satires like Veep and The Thick of It, Iannucci is currently competing on Taskmaster.
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Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
26 May 2026
Filmmakers have used the Civil War as a setting for many decades now, inspiring stories of epic military battles, romantic melodramas, and even satires, from sweeping Best Picture winners like Gone With the Wind (1939) to revisionist Westerns like Django Unchained (2012).
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Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Apr. 2026
The role demands charisma, vocal chops, and sharp comedic timing, all deployed within one of the most cynical satires in the musical theater canon.
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Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
10 Mar. 2026
Christopher Guest really took up the mantle of putting real emotional elements in these satires — look at A Mighty Wind.
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Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
16 Dec. 2025
His 1984 metal band mockumentary This is Spinal Tap served as the blueprint for musical documentary satires, getting the sequel treatment earlier this year.
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Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
14 Dec. 2025
An entire section of the Mad exhibit is devoted to movie and television show satires, the majority with art by master caricaturist Mort Drucker.
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Jeff Suess,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
13 Nov. 2025
The name belonged to a London area with printing shops, booksellers and cheap lodgings where impoverished writers churned out pamphlets, satires, political tracts, sensational stories and hack journalism—whatever sold.
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Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
8 Nov. 2025
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
Known for creating wicked political satires like Veep and The Thick of It, Iannucci is currently competing on Taskmaster.
—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
26 May 2026
Filmmakers have used the Civil War as a setting for many decades now, inspiring stories of epic military battles, romantic melodramas, and even satires, from sweeping Best Picture winners like Gone With the Wind (1939) to revisionist Westerns like Django Unchained (2012).
—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Apr. 2026
The role demands charisma, vocal chops, and sharp comedic timing, all deployed within one of the most cynical satires in the musical theater canon.
—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
10 Mar. 2026
Christopher Guest really took up the mantle of putting real emotional elements in these satires — look at A Mighty Wind.
—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
16 Dec. 2025
His 1984 metal band mockumentary This is Spinal Tap served as the blueprint for musical documentary satires, getting the sequel treatment earlier this year.
—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
14 Dec. 2025
An entire section of the Mad exhibit is devoted to movie and television show satires, the majority with art by master caricaturist Mort Drucker.
—
Jeff Suess,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
13 Nov. 2025
The name belonged to a London area with printing shops, booksellers and cheap lodgings where impoverished writers churned out pamphlets, satires, political tracts, sensational stories and hack journalism—whatever sold.
—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
8 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for satires
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Tiddes gave props to Paramount’s marketing department, which created a string of memes and myriad parodies on social media to lead the masses to Scary Movie.
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Yankovic has recorded parodies of songs by Madonna, Michael Jackson, Nirvana, Queen, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Eminem and many others.
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But given the current box office sensations of Obsession and Backrooms, Tiddes certainly wishes the timing had allowed for spoofs of those horror movies.
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Based on the Apple TV series, the fizzy throwback spoofs Golden Age musicals, and follows an on-the-rocks couple who are trapped in a town where people sing and dance incessantly.
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Unlike her debut, Booksmart, there’s a real sense of formalism at work here, and this update on dark relationship comedies that leave the participants wounded and weary but wiser suggests at a big leap forward.
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The Invite has the elements of a lot of classic comedies, a genre that’s been in short supply theatrically.
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From Sinners to Scream to Smile and beyond, to uproarious lampoons of non-genre titles like Michael and Wicked, here are the victims of the latest Scary Movie.
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Written in 2019, the book also feels prescient about the fast fashion landscape that Riley’s film lampoons.
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“Satires.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/satires. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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