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What was the beginning of satire?

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Satyr

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Define satire

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Art of mocking someone or something to look ridiculous and raise laughter by embarrassment, humble and discredit

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What does satire attack?

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Attacked vices and follies as well as human behaviour

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What does satire state or imply?

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Idea of what should be correct in behaviour or thoughts

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What is the goal of satire?

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Self examination and to change foolish ways

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Why can satire be uncomfortable and unsettling?

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It’s about challenging the audience is about their beliefs and views

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What makes satire more palatable?

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Humour, mockery or parody

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Why isn’t satire always clear?

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It is not only satire made in more direct or preachy form

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Why do satirist use humour?

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To inspire reform or change

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What is satire used form in terms of the community?

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Used to promote status quo and balance within the society

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What does it mean when the satirist does not have a reform or solution?

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They are holding an aspect of the world as ridiculous. Therefore, creating an irony or gallows humour

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Define gallows humour

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Humour from stressful situations. Eg. death at the gallows

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What is gallows humour also known as?

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Dark humour or nervous laughter

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What is the intention of gallows humour?

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Make a point

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Define catharsis

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Purging or release of emotional tension

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What kind is catharsis?

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Art or music that creates laughter or crying

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How does catharsis release emotion?

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Through process, ideas, feelings

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What is collective catharsis?

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Comedy and satire in theatre as it temporarily builds a community

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What is humorous commentary?

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Laugh at similar things which crosses divide within society

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Define naïve speaker

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Does not understand the implication of their narration. They are oblivious. Laugh at them

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Name the six satire techniques

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  1. Trivial concern or situation seriously
  2. Treat serious concern
  3. Praise but mean opposite
  4. Say one thing, but mean the opposite
  5. Rhetorical question
  6. Exaggerate
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Describe Treat serious concern

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Unimportant or trivial

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Describe Praise but mean opposite

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Criticise (irony)

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Describe Say one thing, but mean the opposite

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Sarcasm

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Describe rhetorical question
Suggest one answer. Reader is supposed to disagree
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Describe exaggerate
Blow issue out of proportion. People focus on it
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Define caricature
Distort one or two elements of appearance. It is a gentle form used for effect
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Define burlesque
Ridiculous exaggeration to do with language. Comic affect use in a situation that is so absurd to make funny
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Define irony
Incongruity Presents things out of place. Absurd in relation to its surroundings
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Define symbolism
Concrete symbols that represent abstract characteristics and conditions. Can be context specific
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Define diatribe
Direct, angry attack
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Define parody
Imitate style of particular work or writer. Crucial
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Define reversal
Presents opposite of normal order of events
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What are the speakers in satire?
1. Very angry voices 2. Evil men and women
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Describe very angry voices
Direct attacks
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Describe evil men and women
Confessing sins proudly, sometimes without intending to. Reveal own folly
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What ish oration satire?
Good-natured and lighthearted. Used to raise laughter and encourage moral improvement
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What is juvenalian satire?
Better and dark expressing anger and outrage. It is the state of the world
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What does satire depend on?
The audience
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How can satire be effective?
Must receive as satire
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What is the risk of satire?
Straight or superficially. Depends on who is receiving it
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What is South African notorious for?
Use of humour to shine lights on the issue
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What is used for social re-conciliation?
Satire and jokes
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What is the iconic 1981 SA satirical play?
Wowza Albert
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Who wrote Wowza Albert?
Percy Mtwa, Mbongeni Ngemi, Barney Simon
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Who was Wowza Albert portrayed by?
Portrayed by disenfranchised black people anticipating second coming of Jesus
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Who is Pieter-Dirk Uys?
Well done work. Also, put former, satires from the mid 1960s until today
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What did Pieter expose?
Apart Tate culture. Entertainment of democratic audiences worldwide
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What was the integral medium for indoctrination and pacification?
Comedy during Apartheid. It pacifying the crowd with stuff about the government to help people cope
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Why was comedy during apartheid a key instrument?
Apartheid regime was contested and leading up to democracy - promoting the nation-building and cultural reconciliation
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What happened was it was leading up to democracy?
Promoting the nation-building and cultural reconciliation
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Publications and Entertainment Act of 1963 until Publication Act of 1974 did what?
Censored and band of films, TV shows, please, records, books, live performances, artwork that was obscene, blasphemous, harmful to social relations, derogatory tp Afrikaner or state
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What was comedy served to do during apartheid?
Served to entertain. "To distract, to diverge from reality, to allow a temporary escape that slows down the raising of awareness
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What was stand up integrated into?
Theatrical plays, musicals, TV comedies, axe
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How was political comedy set still possible?
Mainly limited to theatre
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What was the theatre of resistance?
Linked to growing civil unrest
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What is human mode is based on?
Overachieving drives
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What are the three humour mode?
1. Instrument of social control 2. Social protest 3. Instrument of social and political transformation
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What was Uys political humour?
Indirect and playful (horation). Popular
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What did Uys ridicule with?
Amused and tolerant contempt
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Who was Tannie Evita Bezuidenhout?
Created female alter ego through drag
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What did Evita look like?
Big coiffed black wig with white highlights. Bright red lipstick Extravagant jewellery Garish outfit Typical Afrikaans lady
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What did Evita's hair symbolise?
The nation - race relations
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What was Evita representative of?
Representative of respected volksmoeder. Mother of Nation
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Who was Evita?
White Afrikaner in the middle class. Patrician and pious housewife. Religious
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What was Evita a member of? What does this mean?
National Party Member - patriotic, loveable, stern
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Why did Evita have an ironic mask?
Ignorantly idiotic, racist, crass. Privileged correctness and social backlash - allow to bypass censors
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What does Evita make the audience conscious of?
Sneaky and hypocritical values of apartheid.
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What did Evita allow him to do?
Bypass censors that were invulnerable to political correctness and social backlash
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What was Evita the face of?
White change and adaption
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What was Evita directed at?
White audience
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What did Evita help audience cope with?
Loss of privilege, confront fears of multi racial SA and inherent racism
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What does stand up comedy relate to?
everyday social relations and observations
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What will social relations and observations comedy enable?
Opportunities of catharsis through laughter and escapism
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Why is escapism valid?
Society has many stresses
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What type of satire is experienced the most often and directly?
Satire through political cartooning
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What is the difference between satire and bullying?
Publicly shaming or satirising someone who is vulnerable is bullying.
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Why do politicians deserve to be satirised?
It’s shielding, safeguarding and protesting of them general public, while deservedly bringing them down
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Who is Cocnute Kelz?
Lesedi Tlhabi creates short videos that wrap current events in much needed humour
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What does Coconut Kelz criticise?
criticise "racism and privilege, and point out to South Africa's very real social tensions and inequalities
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What are examples of Coconut Kelz videos?
#CoronavirusUpdate or her commentary on racism in high schools
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What does diatribe hope to eliminate?
hope of eliminating what satires regarded as undesirable conditions, attitudes and behaviour

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