The Critic, an animated sitcom satire created by Al Jean and Mike Reiss, should be watched because the comedy is original, the plot is perfect, and the dialogue is stupendous. I watched one episode of this show and I greatly enjoyed it. The title of this episode is called “A Pig Boy and His Dog”. In this episode, Eleanor Sherman writes a children’s book after Jay Sherman gives her an idea after he finds out his mother has a lack of excitement in her life. A book character in Eleanor’s book ends up being a representation of Jay Sherman, which leads to Jay getting harassed and is called a pig most of the times. The comedy of this episode is enjoyable, original, and most of all, funny. For example, when Franklin Sherman was asking his “friend”
Mr. Wilson about some advice (who is actually a scarecrow with a frog or owl) about his wife’s problems, they give ridiculous advice such as “ribbit”, which leads to a rivet joke of Eleanor Sherman working as a riveter in a construction zone. Then, after Eleanor made a successful children's book, Franklin goes back and talks with Mr.Wilson about how his wife is better, but the owl keeps saying “who”, and Franklin keeps repeating “My wife, Ellen”, resulting in an endless loop because of the owl. I like this because of how wacky Franklin Sherman is. He has no logic when talking to his “friend”, and believes him so instantly without hesitation. And when the owl was present, he was talking with Mr. Wilson for hours, but it kept going back and forth. Another example is when Eleanor was explaining to her friends that she had a hot dream of Woody Harrelson, it showed that she ignored all of the obvious attempts of seduction, and instead thinks that he wants a tip. Then, she stuffs a cookie in his mouth and sends him out. This is also wacky and hilarious because she ignores all of the obvious attempts of seduction, she even ignored him ripping off his shirt and intentionally rubbing his body with cooking oil, and those were the most obvious hints of seduction. Another thing that makes this episode enjoyable is the plot of this story. The plot is very simple. First, Jay leaves a movie theater and finds a lost dog and adopts it. But meanwhile, his mother is unhappy about her life and says that it’s a waste. Then, Jay gives her an idea to write a book. Then, when Jay was being a pig near the refrigerator, Eleanor gets the idea to make a children’s book that gains acclaim. But, this leads to Jay being harassed and mocked in many ways. Sure the plot may be simple, but it’s nice to enjoy. Another thing about the plot is that it is original. It’s not about love or fighting, both of which are cliches. It’s about actions leading to consequences. The plot in fact is why I continue watching it because it was so simple, yet enjoyable. Because of how well this episode was, this is a show that everyone should watch because out of all of the things that could make this likeable, my favorites were the plot and comedy of this episode. The comedy is something everyone that watches it and the plot is very nice. This episode has some nice animation, great voice acting, and some nice cast workers that were behind this show, also! So, this episode was so great, I believe that the whole series will be lovely. Though the show is already cancelled, I wish they can revive the series
Reading through the very beginning of Susan Griffin’s “Our Secret” felt like reading Shakespeare for the first time as a sticky fingered, toothless, second grader. It just did not make sense...my mind couldn’t quite comprehend it yet. Nothing in the essay seemed to be going in any clear direction, and the different themes in each of the paragraphs did not make sense to me. There was no flow – as soon as you began to comprehend and get used to one subject, she would switch it up on you and start talking about something else that seemed unrelated. As I pushed forward, it seriously was beginning to feel like she was drawing topics out of a hat as she went. That was until I hit around halfway through the second page. This is where Griffin introduces her third paragraph about cell biology: “Through the pores of the nuclear membrane a steady stream of ribonucleic acid, RNA, the basic material from which the cell is made, flows out (234).” She was talking about the basic unit of
In Mark Twain’s novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the Grangerfords and Pap are two of the characters who are used by Twain to condemn civilized society. Twain employs satire to express his belief that “civilized” society is neither moral, ethical, nor civilized. Exaggeration, stereotyping, and irony are used throughout the story to satirize and to expose the Grangerfords as the typical southern aristocrats and pap as the typical drunken “white trash.”
If Youngs’s thesis was to illustrate how the sufferings and achievements of E. Roosevelt’s life was what made it possible for her to become the influential woman that she was, then Youngs did a great job by incorporating so much of E. Roosevelt’s early life into the biography. But if Youngs did not intend for that to be his thesis then this book was a confusing mess that left readers wondering why he put so much of E. Roosevelt’s early life in the book but a minimal amount of her life during her husband’s long presidential terms in office.
... would recommend it to others because it is a good lesson filled with a lot of comic relief.
In the poem "Minerva Jones" by Edgar Lee Masters, it describes a poetic woman who is from a small village. It highlights that some of the people in that small village made bad remarks about her person that brought her down. In verse number 2 it says,"Hooted at, jeered at by the Yahoos of the street For my heavy body, cock-eye, and rolling walk,". This indicates that her life in a small community was not at all great. This poem consists of other people who have some sort of relationship with Jones. For example, "Butch" Weldy, is the person who captures Jones and brutally hurts her. Another person who has a relationship with Jones is Doctor Meyers. This person is who she seeks after getting brutally attacked. Her life depended on this man's care but in the end, he cannot save her. The things this lets us know about the poet's view on small-town American culture and values is that there are things that are simply overlooked. People don't sit down and think how dangerous a small town can really be.
The artist I choose to do my research paper is Judy Chicago. Chicago was born on July 20, of 1939 in Chicago, Illinois. She is still alive to this day and is currently 77 years old. Although her birthname is Judith Cohen; she later changed her name to Judy Chicago. Judy is a contemporary artist who opened the boundaries for women during a time that was mostly held by tight norms and societies outlook on what was deemed normal and appropriate.
Throughout history and in current times, Benjamin Franklin has been greatly revered and admired by a large majority of American citizens. In the attempt to achieve prosperity, a multitude of people have strived to emulate Franklin’s lifestyle. Accordingly, this emulation was the source of Mark Twain’s disdain toward Benjamin Franklin, which Twain expresses in his satire, “The Late Benjamin Franklin.” Correspondingly, in “The Late Benjamin Franklin,” Mark Twain displays hostility toward Benjamin Franklin through the utilization of a derisive and mocking tone as well as the elements of satire. The ridicule and degradation of Franklin that is displayed in Twain’s satire highlights Twain’s belief that Franklin’s accomplishments are exaggerated upon, placing unrealistic expectations on all males, including Twain.
Being in love with someone brings not only happiness but also pain. That pain is waiting. This reality is made clear in Dorothy Parker’s short story A Telephone Call. In this story, a woman is waiting for the call from her lover. She waited nervously as she promised to be phoned at 5. This woman knows that the anxiety that she felt was not needed, but she couldn’t restless. Parker uses the literary tools of irony, repetition, flashbacks, hyperbole to portray this hurting, yet loving scene.
Satire is the art of ridiculing something that seems to be ridiculous or unacceptable. The satire attached is from cagelcartoons.com and deals with the various people or groups who claim to be doing, “God’s will”. The artist is most likely satirizing the fact that people use violence to fulfill, “God’s will”. For example, the pictures depicted are all seen doing either violent things or somewhat hateful things. The artist also seems to be satirizing the ambiguity of God’s identity and God’s will. For example, there are various religious affiliations depicted in the piece. The deviation about God’s will is also exemplified through the fact that God is supposed to be a loving God who does not encourage violence, yet they do violent things with the intention of pleasing God.
America today is full of contradicting and often harsh criticisms of society, groups of people, trends, the media, and more. But the most accessible form of criticism is satire, which takes the form of music, movies, and television shows to name a few. Satire is meant to be humorous, which is why it is most seen in entertainment. A classic example of satire is Jonathan Swift’s “A Modest Proposal” poem in which he satirizes people who have no empathy for the poor. In a similar fashion, popular television show It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia centers around and satirizes an ensemble of characters whose personalities reflect many stereotypical American people and the views that they hold.
Robin Hood: Men in Tights is a plethora of satire and parody from making fun of Kevin Costner's crappy Robin Hood portrayal to over the top tongue stretching as being a means of torture. This movie points out obvious and not so obvious things about the culture back then. Another big thing in this movie is the use of exaggeration for comedy. Also of course there is a whole lot of parodies in this movie as well. So, Men in tights largely parodies Prince of Thieves through exaggeration or even just flat out mocks that Robin Hood, also uses Marian as the obvious I need a man to come save me cliche also points out other tropes with women, and even making comments about culture in the 90’s.
Although there has been and still is a lot of controversy between whether or not Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a racist or anti-racist novel, it remains to be one of the classics in American literature to this day. Contrary to some beliefs, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is an anti-racist novel because of its use of realism to inform society of the conditions and treatment of slaves, Twain’s promotion of a healthy friendship between two races, and his use of satire to address the ironies of the two races during the late 1800’s.
paying his respects to Lady Russel and sat close to her for ten minutes, talking with a very raised voice, but, from the clamour of the children on his knees, … It was a fine family-piece.
Shakespeare often uses satire to showcase the flaws of human nature. In the play, The Taming of the Shrew, Shakespeare teaches us that people tend to put unrealistic standards on women. Women were treated very poorly at the time. The play is mainly about a man named Petruchio who agrees to marry Katherine for money. Throughout the play, Petruchio tames Katherine. He tries many different methods in attempt to tame her. He wants Katherine to be the ideal wife and behave the way he wants her to therefore he will have control over her. He starts off by almost dehumanizing her by starving her, depriving her of sleep, and forcing her to wear old rags. Petruchio tries to manipulate her in many other ways. He attempts to have Katherine agree with him
“All successful men have agreed in one thing,—they were causationists” (Emerson Power). This quote from Ralph Emerson 1860 proposal The Conduct of Life, submits that great men do not rely on good fortune, but forge personal triumph through attitude and action. Emerson openly uses this work to show support for trust of individual power and resources, free enterprise, and fellowship with liberal thinking, to name a few. A critic might suggest that this lecturer and philosopher’s writing reads more like a political platform for potential voters. Now, there is no fact to support this hunch, but it may be reasonable to think that Emerson was in-tune with the issues political candidates address in modern day elections.