But Gee uses this as an excuse to replay some tired stereotypes which undermine the genuine satirical quality of her writing. |
It's true that this movie is bitingly satirical, and that stands as one of its better qualities. |
Punch, the satirical magazine that lampooned the establishment for more than 150 years, has closed. |
Thespis, a satirical poem on the actors at Drury Lane, earned him the favour of David Garrick, whom he adulated. |
It was generally a parody or skit on more serious opera, a forerunner of the satirical revue. |
Surges of fashionable liberalism such as latitudinarian complacency in the early part of the century drew the fire of much satirical scepticism. |