Satire (genre)

For Roncalli's one-act play this year, director Steph Litzen wanted to challenge her students. So she chose “Tartuffe,” a satire written by 17th-century French playwright Moliere. The original “Tartuffe” runs five acts. The...

The Auburn football pay-for-play scandal may turn college football on its ear and lead to heavy NCAA punishment. But this latest Auburn football scandal will also provide plenty of fodder for satire and humor. Just ask Orlando Sentinel political...

Bill O’Reilly is not a stupid man, but he often plays one on TV. Last week O’Reilly, on his program on Faux News, dealt with the nonissue of the rapper Common doing a poetry reading at the White House. Following the designated GOP ceaseless...

Carl Hiaasen (pictured, center) signs books after speaking at Track 16 Gallery in Bergamot Station on Tuesday night, when he graciously answered my questions in front of a full room. It was part of the new Live Talks Los Angeles......

"Candide" -- failed book by Lillian Hellman, delicious lyrics by Richard Wilbur, inspired score by Leonard Bernstein -- opens on Dec. 1, 1956, in New York and closes two months later after 73 performances. Broadway applies the f-word. A flop?......

Fans of "South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone have a lot to look forward to in 2011. The 15th season of their hit Comedy Central series is scheduled to begin in the spring. And in a bit of......

THEATER REVIEW: "1985" ★½ Through Nov. 7 by Factory Theater at Storefront Theater, 66 E. Randolph St.; Running time: 1 hour, 25 minutes; Tickets: $25 at 312-742-8497 or www.dcatheater.org If you're headed to an original comedy show about the fans......

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c Daniel Okrent www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Rally to Restore Sanity This week, talk show host Jon Stewart and "The Daily Show" enter the nonfiction bestseller......

There’s a maxim in show business that dying is easy, comedy is hard. And in comedy, nothing is harder to gauge than where to draw the fuzzy line between what’s outrageously funny and what’s deeply offensive. The latest film to......

Videos of Madam Senator's initial comment and the Hollywood producer's satirical version....

A screenshot of the performance by the ficitional Steppenwolf on "The Good Wife." (Courtesy of CBS) Despite its Chicago setting, the CBS political drama "The Good Wife" films in New York. Just as well. After Tuesday night's snobby and dazzlingly......

Comedian Jon Stewart, left, welcomes comedian Stephen Colbert to the Rally To Restore Sanity And/Or Fear on Saturday afternoon on the National Mall. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) Musicians (backed by funk group the Roots) and celebrities mocked a...