In our digital times, as we are inundated with YouTube videos, memes and social media, satire is everywhere, but it can be more damaging to people's reputations than direct criticism, according to ...

In two recent posts, I touched on both nonverbal and verbal types of formal humor. In this one, I continue our review of the latter category by discussing two styles of humor seen quite regularly in ...

In this fraught moment, the most absurd voices are the bravest, most honest and most important.

Satire and parody are an inseparable part of musical history, and musical comedy is bigger business than ever. The Australian legacy of taking the piss will always be with us, but the tone of satire ...

For over two decades programmes like The Daily Show, a political news satire production, have positioned themselves as the antidote to a cable news landscape favouring partisan theatrics and politics ...