3 Types of Satire Every Storyteller Should Know — Horatian vs. Juvenalian vs. Menippean Satire

[Music] today we're going to look at the history of satire what forms it can take i've been clintondorff oh hitler hi hello hi i'm hitler hi hitler hi liza hi hello hello hi hello hi hitler hi hello my fellow actors what the world needs is an international advisory committee who truly understands global politics namely us matt damon and how filmmakers have used it for decades all right let's get to it this is what is satire [Music] listen kazakhstan is number one exporter of potassium so what is satire and how does it work author philip roth gives us a concise definition satire is moral outrage transformed into comic art a work that mocks or ridicules a social institution according to wadi and propaganda hafaz aladine was born in 1973. [Music] he did not know his mother who died in childbirth cultural norm whenever you feel me that's because of gluten that's not true who told you not to eat gluten it's just true you don't even know what gluten is gluten is [Music] why black people people want to change some people want to be stronger faster cooler black is in fashion it can be funny we lost we [ __ ] super lost man tell them mccluskey tell them what time it is i believe you people do you mean you people what do you mean you people or it can be [Music] heartbreaking [Music] i've cried like that since titanic but there is one thing that is absolutely necessary in satire a target i'm so grony [Music] as long as they've been power structures there have been satirists critiquing them sitting on my rental phone now let's go back to where it all started ancient greece and rome most scholars point to a collection of plays written by greek playwright aristophanes as the earliest satire examples these narratives used real people and situations of the era as the subjects of light and playful [Music] mockery now that we understand the origins let's look at some modern examples using the three main types of satire aeration juvenalian and manipian probably the most recognizable is horation sata named after the writer horace who was famous for his humorous ribbing of roman society this type of satire is overtly comedic [Music] light in tone and milder in its critiques hello peter what's happening um i'm gonna need you to go ahead and come in tomorrow so if you could be here around nine that would be great okay whether it be about american imperialism we've been doing our best to keep the world safe gary but now somebody has supplied the terrorists with wmds and intelligence tells us they plan to use them isn't that right intelligence that is affirmative all right team that's it we've got a job to do let's go police the world the fashion industry denying jacob has been accused of exploiting cheap malaysian workers to make his and most of the garment industries at little clothes look how she's got an egg modern politics dwayne elizondo camacho five-time ultimate smackdown champion and president of the united states had called a special summit with the smartest man in the world so you smart huh you know no i thought your hair would be bigger they won't make you angry about a particular subject but after all the laughter they'll make you think let's get your sworn in dr strangelove was released in 1964 at the heart of the cold war and it's a great example of a satire tackling a dominant political issue of the era nuclear brinkmanship now then dimitri you know how we've always talked about the bomb the hydrogen bomb well boys i reckon this is it nuclear combat toe to toe with the rooskies [Music] irony is laced throughout the dialogue bring me some cigars please havana cigars and that will be all for you soon yes and i'll see it right away try one of these jamaican cigars ambassador they're pretty good thank you no i do not support the work of imperialist stooges oh only comedy stooges huh and highlights how oblivious these men are to the power they wield the whole point of the doomsday machine is lost if you keep it a secret why didn't you tell the world eh and the consequences of failure gentlemen you can't fight in here this is the war room no fighting in the war room that's rich and the war room itself is a great example of satirical exaggeration which is comically massive and extravagant clearly illustrating the military industrial complex bloat if the pilot's good see i mean i mean if he's really sharp he can barrel that baby you ought to see it sometimes it's upside down a big plane like a 52 room that's jet exhaust flying chickens in the barn all these techniques make dr strangelove a quintessential oration satire [Applause] a gut-busting comedy that lampoons the absurdity of nuclear war now what if instead of making the audience laugh we want to make them angry enter juvenalian satire horations darker and more cynical counterpart it's named after juvenile a writer known for his abrasive and vicious rhetorical attacks on roman elites and power structures it can still be funny but it is often more derisive and rooted in drama we don't go out anymore we sit in the house and slowly the world we're living in is getting smaller and all we say is please at least leave us alone in our living rooms let me have my toaster and my tv and my steel belted radials and i won't say anything just leave us alone well i'm not gonna leave you alone i want you to get mad then we'll figure out what to do about the depression and the inflation and the oil crisis but first get up out of your chairs open the window stick your head out and yell and say i miss mine as hell and i'm going to take this anymore welcome to fight club think of fight club the first rule of fight club is you do not talk about fight club a juvenile satire of consumer culture we are consumers we are byproducts of a lifestyle obsession or celebrity magazines television with 500 channels some guy's name on my underwear rogaine viagra i say never be complete i say stop being perfect and toxic masculinity i felt sorry for guys packed into gyms trying to look like how calvin klein or tommy hilfiger said they should we can also look at neil blum camps district 9 and elysium both of which tackle racial and economic inequality the creatures were extremely malnourished they were very unhealthy they seemed to be aimless there was a lot of international pressure on us at the time the entire world was looking at johannesburg so we had to do the right thing what was a temporary holding zone soon became fenced became militarized and before we knew it it was islam one of the most celebrated juvenalian satires in recent years is bong joon ho's parasite yeah foreign but the real satire of the film lies in its straight-faced depiction of the vast gulf between the haves and have-nots we can see irony in the noodle dish prepared by moon guang a dish using instant noodles topped with expensive beef a symbol for the collision between rich and poor which lays at the heart of parasite's message um [Music] at times it's heartbreaking and then it's disturbing [Music] and finally okay come here okay see that americans there just go give him a hug don't run let's go our final form of satire is manipian little is known about the greek writer menipus because all of his work has been lost to time manipian satire can vary in tone but its line of attack is a belief or moral attitude that attitude can be racism damn i can't see [ __ ] [ __ ] out of this thing anybody bring any extra bags greed was all this legal absolutely [ __ ] not but we were making more money than we knew what to do with sexism so what a means that this feminism it's the theory that women should be equal to men in matters anything the filmmaker deems to be morally repugnant jojo betzla 10 years old jojo rabbit is a manipian satire which has a pretty clear target fascism i swear to devote all my energies and my strength to the savior of our country adolf hitler writer director taika watiti adapted caging skies a novel with a darker and more serious tone and added his own comic sensibilities to create a satire that is both tragic and hilarious consider the presentation of hitler as jojo's imaginary friend in the script he's a charming buffoon who floats through life with carefree whimsical abandon by depicting a cartoonish exaggerated hitler you're going to be the best you can do it why titi heightens the absurdity of fatistic beliefs like this ludicrous biology lesson thanks thanks yeah seven times serpent's tongue skills yeah scales because once upon a time a jewish man mated with a fish the aryans are one thousand times more civilized and advanced than any other race irony is also on full display in jojo using a german cover of i wanna hold your hand during the opening credits the rather vibrant and unexpected color palette dancing for people who don't have a job dance things for people who are free it's an escape from all this and the absurd delusion of propaganda i call it you a real one oh a jew i saw some that they caught hiding in the forest last month personally i didn't see what all the festivals about they weren't at all scary and seemed kind of normal the tone of jojo rabbit is indicative of the wide range of tone a manipian satire can take it can be anything from slapstick don't do that to tragedy it's all manipian as long as its target is a belief or moral attitude you're gonna put this on okay you're gonna forget about that disgusting dewy cow up there and you're going to come back to me where you belong right you can probably tell at this point that satire takes many forms ufo [ __ ] man never go for [ __ ] but to write an effective satire of any type here are some steps that can be helpful step one identify a target what system or widely held belief do you think needs changing step 2 decide which type of satire would help achieve your goals [Applause] i know she's bad right now with all that starving bush and we running out of french fries and burrito coverings yeah but i got a solution that's what you said last time [Applause] that's what i thought step 3 decide how you'll use filmmaking techniques to bring satire into the project are there sets or costumes which can be exaggerated can you inject irony into the dialogue for the last time i'm pretty sure what's killing the crops is this brondo stuff the brondo's got what plants crave it's got electrolytes so wait a minute what you're saying is that you want us to put water on the crops yes water like out the toilet well i mean it doesn't have to be out of the toilet but but yeah that's the idea but brondo's got what plants crave it's got electrolytes would a particular character or symbol be a perfect analogy for a larger idea rondo the thirst mutilator had come to replace water virtually everywhere when the brondo corporation simply blocked the fda and the fcc enabling them to say do and sell anything they wanted if you go in with a clear target and strategy welcome to costco i love you your screenplay and final product will be all the better for it there was a time in this country when smart people did things people wrote books and movies movies that had stories so you cared whose ass it was and why it was farting and i believe that time can come again hit subscribe and ring the bell for [Applause] notifications

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Length: 18min 0sec (1080 seconds)

Published: Mon Jul 26 2021