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We're laughing in an echo chamber: it's time to rethink satire

  • Written by Katrina Spadaro, PhD candidate, University of Sydney
John Oliver presents Last Week Tonight. Is he merely preaching to converted?Screenshot from Youtube

In 2017 the BBC asked a timely question: are we living in a golden age of satire? The evidence suggests we might be. From the revitalisation of America’s late night comedy scene to Australian shows such as Shaun Micallef’s Mad as Hell and...

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