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Satire
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A work of art is called satire when it criticises people, institutions, or ideas by using humor to show their faults or shortcomings. This can be done by means such as ridicule, sarcasm, irony, parody, exaggeration, comparison or analogy, and is ideally done with an intent to bring about improvement.
Although satire is usually meant to be funny, the purpose of satire is not primarily humor in itself so much as an often quite angry attack on something the author strongly disapproves, using the weapon of wit. The work often professes to approve the very things the satirist actually wishes to attack. This is why satire is often misunderstood when it is not recognized as what it is.
Any form of art can be satirical, such as works of literature, visual art, performing art, sequential art, or film. Satire is particularly often found in caricatures and cartoons. However note that works of irony, parody or caricature are not necessarily satirical - they are only called satirical when they criticise shortcomings of the portrayed, which is not necessarily the case.
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