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What makes it satire is that it exaggerates the facts to shine a spotlight on their absurdity. The Tina Fey bit isn't literally true, but it does show the absur
by panarky 8y ago
What makes it satire is that it exaggerates the facts to shine a spotlight on their absurdity. The Tina Fey bit isn't literally true, but it does show the absurdity of Palin's statements pretty well.
- xtiansimon 8y agoAnd everytime Palin said something else absurd, Tina Fey's joke was the rim-shot. It stuck not because it was informative, but because the joke would _fit_ into the massive ironic _gap_ Palin's words made for anyone who wasn't her intended audience.