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Satire

A collection of 5 posts
Galaxy Quest (1999)
Satire

Galaxy Quest (1999)

More than a quarter-century later, this Star Trek spoof remains a gold standard for sci-fi satire. With the announcement of a new Star Wars spoof, maybe it's time to remember what's possible
27 Jun 2025 5 min read
Adam McKay

Overstreet Archives: Anchorman (2004)

Digging back into the archives, we've discovered evidence that I reviewed Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy for Christianity Today on its opening weekend.
21 Oct 2019 9 min read
Film Review

Zoolander 2 (2016)

It's kind of amazing that so many talented imaginations could not come up with something more substantial than this in the 15 years since the original.
15 Feb 2016 7 min read
On Movies & Media

The Death of Satire

Novelist A.G. Harmon on satire: Have satirists all gone to film and TV? There are some candidates. The Office is a remarkable sketch of the work-a-day world, but there’s no real edge to it. However brilliant Jerry Seinfeld was, his show can’t qualify either. Nobody was made
04 Mar 2009 1 min read
On Movies & Media

David Horsey on satire

Source here. (via Andrew Sullivan)
15 Jul 2008
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