Tag: satire
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Review: The Bugle (Podcast)
TimesOnline With the Writers Guild of America still on strike, the absence of late-night commentary on politics has been missed. Though the quality of the commentary was rarely exceptionally high, late night comedians did provide a useful and informative diversion for those less tempted to read the papers (like myself, most of the times). So […]
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Review: Idiocracy
Released with almost no notice in late 2006, Mike Judge’s (director of Office Space, King of the Hill, Beavis and Butthead) Idiocracy is a lowbrow satire about one possible American future. Judge’s plot is a little rough, feeling like it was constructed with Duplos when Legos were truly needed. Nonetheless, the movie is a sometimes-fun […]
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Review: The 1/2 Hour News Hour
Fox New’s Half Hour News Hour is a half-hour “fake news” show. It’s been on for some times, but I had neglected to check it out. This past weekend I finally saw it, review follows. Though comparisons with Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show are easy, they aren’t really accurate. The Half Hour News Hour is […]