History of Satire

	Revision 12 . . (edit) December 4, 2001 3:04 am by The Anome [term in bold]
	Revision 11 . . December 4, 2001 3:03 am by The Anome [Satire boom was a UK thing, mentioned Private Eye]
	Revision 10 . . (edit) October 15, 2001 9:38 pm by Koyaanis Qatsi

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Satire is a genre of writing which principally ridicules its subject (individuals, organisations, states) as an intended means of provoking change.

Satire is a genre of writing which principally ridicules its subject (individuals, organisations, states) as an intended means of provoking change.

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*[Private Eye]? magazine

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Satire enjoyed a renaissance in the early 1960s with the Satire Boom, led by such luminaries as Peter Cook, [Alan Bennett]?, [Jonathan Miller]?, [David Frost]?, [Eleanor Bron]? and [Dudley Moore]?.

Satire enjoyed a renaissance in the UK in the early 1960s with the Satire Boom, led by such luminaries as Peter Cook, [Alan Bennett]?, [Jonathan Miller]?, [David Frost]?, [Eleanor Bron]? and [Dudley Moore]?.