You are right, that is a good idea. Satire requires a clarity of purpose and target shirt. I have a hypothesis that there really were two Serials — one before the pitch for donations, and one after. The one after did not deliver on the implied promise of the first. That’s kind of betrayal. That brings up some stuff for me. Yes, I accept your offer. Great post. Unfortunately, even though SK didn’t have a catchy phrase, she had hours to convince people there was doubt in this case. This was very frustrating for me in the early weeks of Serial.
What is Satire?I have to admit, I read your post just after I had a fantastic dinner date with an old friend whom I’ve not seen in years. I was feeling pretty high and I thought “how did I not think of this genius rhyme?!?!”. An hour later it occurred to me that your genius rhyme doesn’t actually rhyme. You still get credit for the huge smile you brought me. Can’t take that back. I never replied to this – you get major extra credit for how truly contorted the phrasing in a couple of these contributions is. Especially #2. There are many masters of rhetoric who have relied on virtual gibberish to obfuscate the truth. That is, people have such a strong aversion to coming out and saying “What the FUCK are you even trying to say?” or even harboring that thought internally, that they will often “agree” with the person making the incomprehensible statement just to feel relief from the mental gymnastics required to parse those statements.
Satire requires a clarity of purpose and target shirt, ladies, v-neck t-shirt, tank top, flowy tank.