Bobby Henderson's e-mail to the Kansas School Board is not exactly a letter to the editor, but it served a similar purpose. It drew attention to the School Board's assault on evolution and helped generate widespread derision. The board members eventually were voted out of office.
A visit to his Web site is eye-opening. Four years after he wrote the e-mail, he still gets hate mail.
After reading "Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster" (Presence, pg. 348), tell us about a particularly effective bit of satire that you've read, heard, or seen (on television perhaps). What made it effective?
This response is due on Thursday, March 5.
One of the most effective satires I’ve seen in the last few months is the Sarah Palin piece on Saturday Night Live. Tina Feye portrayed Sarah Palin perfectly. As funny as it was, it made a huge amount of Americans see Sarah Palin as incapable to run the country if she was elected to be second in command as the Vice President of the United States.
ReplyDeleteWow, I actually was going to say the same thing as Elaine.
ReplyDeleteThis satire was one of the most world wide spread piece from Saturday Night Live that I feel everyone will remember. Again like Elaine said, that although it was funny it was actually potrayed as almost an insult to Sarah Palin and made the whole country realize that Sarah really wasn't ready to be the Vice President of the United States.
I would have to agree with the two comments above. The Saturday Night Live satire was funny but it did come out as a rude skit to Sarah Palin.
ReplyDeleteI also agree with all of these. It was funny but it gave the insight to the world of Sarah that not every would of saw if they have not been keeping up with the whole race.
ReplyDeleteFSM is a great piece of work and I know people who are pastafarian and believe in it. odd I know but it is funny.
I have to agree with Heather on this one.My husband and I are both fans of Saturday Night Live and did find it some what funny, but at the same time we found it to be a rude skit.
ReplyDeleteGreat I can make this sound like a broken record player. This reading was funny and strange at the same time. I agree with all above that SNL made it funny, but not at one moment in time did I thought it was bad.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the the Saturday Night Live one. It was basically insulting to Sarah Palin. I don't think she liked what she saw on Saturday Night Live.
ReplyDeleteI also agree with SNL. They bashed Sarah Palin. Many people think that they portray her exactly right. That they proved to Americans that she is incapable of being the person in second command to the President. We, as Americans needed to know both sides of the story.
ReplyDeleteI feel like another comment on the SNL piece would be very repetitive, but I agree completely. They made this joke at Sarah Palin's expense and a large percentage of the U.S. and I thought it was funny.
ReplyDeleteAre minds are becoming used to satirical material because that's what is provided to us on television. Family Guy, The Simpsons, SNL they all use current events in their comic arsenal.
I'm surprise nobody has mentioned the Daily Show. That show epitomzes the definition of satire night in and night out, constantly making jokes about serious topics to get the point across.
ReplyDeleteI think that it was somewhat hilarious and could definatley be something of comedy centrals creations but it did seem like it created some controversy of making fun of Palin. I completley agree with some of the comments above.
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