“I do suppose what any political satire, what any political joke can count as a gaffe or a possible career-ending move. It changes what counts. I don’t know, I do feel like day to day even though Trump is so terrible and ridiculous, day to day we still laugh at Jason Chaffetz and we still laugh at Ted Cruz and we still laugh at those guys, at just how bad they are at their jobs.” MovingPoliticalGuyLaughingTerribleJokesRidiculousSatirePolitical Satire Author:Timothy Simons
“Political satire became obsolete when they awarded Henry Kissinger the Nobel Peace Prize.” PoliticalSatirePrizeNobelObsoleteNobel Peace PrizePolitical SatireKissingerHenry KissingerBecoming Obsolete Author:Tom Lehrer
“I never wanted to do political satire because it seems too surface to me.” SeemsWantedPoliticalSurfaceSatirePolitical Satire Author:Tracey Ullman
“It's a great time to be doing political satire when the world is on a knife edge.” WorldPoliticalEdgesSatireKnivesGreat TimesPolitical Satire Author:John Oliver
“The Saga of Dharmapuri is one of the great works of modern Indian literature. (...) Set against Vijayan's heroic and scatological Candide -- originally written in Malayalam and finely translated into English by the author -- the timidity of our own English talent for political satire is embarrassingly laid bare. For this is dangerous stuff, and cut close to the bone. (...) Fiercest of all is Vijayan's Voltairean recoil from Indian cringing to power.” PoliticalLiteratureStuffCuttingWrittenModernTalentDangerousBonesIndianSatireHeroicGreat WorkTimiditySagaRecoilPolitical SatireCandide Author:David Selbourne
“Political satire is a serious thing. In democratic newspapers throughout the world there are daily cartoons that often are not even funny, as is the case especially in many English-language newspapers. Instead, they contain a political message, and the artist takes full responsibility.” WorldPoliticalArtistLanguageResponsibilityCasesSeriousMessagesDemocraticNewspapersSatireCartoonEnglish LanguageSerious ThingsPolitical Satire Author:Umberto Eco