Satire Is Everywhere

          All the satirical video examples shown in class last week had a variety of uses of satire and humor. Besides a couple of videos that didn't show satire, everyone's videos were good examples of satire, whether it was mainly using mockery, wit, sarcasm, irony, etc. A lot of the examples were political skits, especially from The Daily Show, with Jon Stewart. With John Oliver as the interviewer, he goes on an Australian Gun Control Investigation. The literal point was Australia has had 0 massacres since 1996 when they started gun control, while America doesn't have gun control and still has massacres. John Oliver tries to figure out why gun control works so well for Australia by interviewing John Howard, the prime minister of Australia, and other American politicians to get the perspectives of both sides. The target was on the American government and our society, and how we want and have no gun control. Verbal irony and mockery are two big uses of satire in this video. The exposed 'ill' of society is American society having rights to firearms and no gun control. Family Guy examples were shown in class, and one was Undecided Voters. Lois is running for an election in Quahog, and she figures out from Brian that answering citizens' questions with short and simple answers is what gets the people to vote for you, even if it's irrelevant. The literal point is that many people decide who to vote for on political answers that are easy to understand. The target is on American voters in today's society and how many voters do this. Mockery is the big use of satire in this video, and insulting is always there, in this video and any other good satires, because at the end of the day, someone who watches a satirical video is insulted and offended in some way, harshly or not. The exposed 'ill' of society is again, the stereotypical American society and American voters within it.These two satirical videos are a couple of my favorites, as were a couple others that stood out to me, such as the STDS Hit Music video. Overall, all the videos presented in class that were satirical, were good examples, and showed me more on what satire is and how it's used.