In this year's WSJ. Magazine Innovators Issue, the long-running late-night sketch comedy/music series was not only the comedy cover stars but also the focus of an in-depth behind-the-scenes look.

Thomas Butt is a senior writer. An avid film connoisseur, Thomas actively logs his film consumption on Letterboxd and vows to connect with many more cinephiles through the platform. He is immensely ...

Political satire and humour have emerged as influential forces in contemporary media communication, merging critique with entertainment to shape civic discourse. Across television, print, online ...

The regulation of AI use in Michigan and other states may not make a difference in what people see, raising questions over whether AI campaign parodies are political satire or something darker.

There is no piece of media that excels at political satire quite like “Veep.” It’s not just Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ six consecutive Emmys for her portrayal of Selina Meyer, Armando Iannucci’s genius and ...

There’s a unique pleasure in the political satire. Whether in film or on television, well-wrought satires ask the viewer to think critically about the nature of politics, how power works, and how ...

Joanna Orland is a pop culture journalist and award-winning sound designer for video games. Her career in the Games Industry began in 2005 at EA Criterion. She later worked in the Creative Services ...

In a particularly turbulent election year, the Boston Modern Orchestra Project and Odyssey Opera embraced extreme timeliness with a double bill of 1931’s “Of Thee I Sing” and its 1933 sequel “Let ’Em ...

This post is written by Apoorva Thakur, junior research assistant at the Department of Psychology, Monk Prayogshala, Mumbai, India. Humor, specifically political humor, serves a purpose. It can be a ...