Too far gone for satire? (1 Viewer)

[Generator]

The linked transcript is kind of old (24 March 2005), but it's still worth discussing.

PM - Thursday, 24 March , 2005 18:46:12
Reporter: David Mark
MARK COLVIN: The great Tom Lehrer gave up writing and performing satire in the early 1970s, because, he said, satire became impossible when Henry Kissinger won the Nobel Peace Prize.

Is the reality of Australian political life now, similarly, too far gone for satire?

Once, TV and radio were crowded with satirists giving us their take on the day's political events, poking fun at our decision-makers and perhaps pointing out some uncomfortable truths.

Not any more.

David Mark asks what went wrong?

What do you all think?

 

[Korn]

The linked transcript is kind of old (24 March 2005), but it's still worth discussing.



What do you all think?

Hey what about the Chaser Gang and John Safran

 

[transcendent]

CRAIG REUCASSEL: When there are massive social issues like refugees it makes it a lot easier than where there are, perhaps, possible issues like interest rates, which are a bit harder to make amusing and get across on television.

And also somebody like John Howard makes it difficult, he's a very grey man who has a capacity to make things quite dull. You need characters, you need issues, you need issues that people are interested in that really have division in the community. You then need to come up with something funny and present it. You then possibly need to run into a politician. I mean, there are so many different factors that make it difficult to do.

CHRIS TAYLOR: The great conundrum, and the awful paradox, is that when times are bad, it's good for satire. So when there is a war on, it's good for our business but terrible for everyone else.

 

[Comrade nathan]

Satire Will Never Die

 

[Trippendicular]

But as the article kind of mentions, today anyone can be a political satirist because of people like Bush, every man and his dog has had a go at imitating the President, causing people to miss the message that is present in satire. People send up Bush for easy laughs but its made the public almost oblivious to why people are doing it

 

[MoonlightSonata]

There's still good old John Clarke and Brian Dawe every thursday

 

[spell check]

There's still good old John Clarke and Brian Dawe every thursday

yeah they are spot on