Talk:Satire

"Satire Boom"? Never heard this one before (Capitalized as if it's a proper noun). Did you just make this up?

The Satire Boom is a name given in Britain for a time (late fifties/early sixties) say from "Beyond the Fringe" to "That Was The Week That Was", when the weakening of UK class structure (Peter Cook could impersonate Harold Macmillan on TV, you could say ever-so-slightly impertinent things about the Royal family) made it look like satire was the new rock and roll. As it turned out, rock and roll was the new rock and roll. -- GWO

Righto  :-) Thanks

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Is satire really a genre? In the sense that rock-and-roll or science fiction is a genre: shared tropes, interactions with other satirical works more than with non-satirical works. Vicki Rosenzweig

It should be, as a separate form of (art?)

Moliere said in latin that Satire castigat ridendo mores. This is different from comic art, comedy or other brilliant performances, since it should always imply some political or social basic morality.

This latter aspect (morality), is perhaps the most distinctive in my culture (Italy), where satire is today a socially relevant phenomenon, but I'd like to read something about other cultures too before adding this to the article as a general characteristic. - Gianfranco