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Satirizing Society
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DO NOW:Write down on a sheet of paper at least one
movie or TV show that you would say does a good job at making fun of certain things in society. Make sure to provide a specific example:
Example: The Daily Show’s Indecision 2008 did a great job of making fun of the other news medias’ coverage of the election, as well as poking fun at the candidates.
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What is Satire?A work that ridicules its subject through the use of techniques such as exaggeration, reversal, incongruity, and/ or parody in order to make a comment or criticism about the subject
Exaggeration – to enlarge, increase, or represent something past normal bounds
Reversal – to present the opposite of the normal order
Incongruity – To present things that are out of place or are absurd in relation to the surroundings
Parody - to imitate the techniques and/ or style of some person, place, or thing in order to ridicule the original
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Exaggeration
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Reversal
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Incongruity
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Parody
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Episode: Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish
Summary:
Bart and Lisa catch a 3-eyed fish in a polluted stream near the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, bringing tons of negative publicity to Mr. Burns. In order to fight the bad press, Burns decides to run for Governor, enlisting a team of spin doctors. But all the spin doctors in the world can’t fix Mr. Burns’ major blunder when, on live TV, Marge serves him a 3-eyed fish for dinner and he finally coughs up his true feelings about pollution.
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Predict the themes that you think will be the subject of satire in the episode.
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To complete by end of class:On your graphic organizer for the episode:
Look for satirical techniques in the episode that relate to the themes you selected and take notes of it while watching
You should find at least 3 examples for each theme
After we finish watching, in small groups discuss your observations (5 minutes)
Come back for class discussion
Charts collected at the end of class