Spring Break Satire

Chris Lilley's Summer Heights High is a highly controversial mockumentary that showcases 3 different over exaggerated characters. One of them is Jonah Takalua, a stereotypical Tongan delinquent. Many have praised his work, saying that it is a clever use of satire to convey important criticisms of today's society. However after learning about satire myself throughout this unit I have determined that Summer Heights High is an unsuitable and highly ineffective show for teaching satire in secondary school due to the high levels of crude language and stereotypical humour shown in Jonah that conceals the satirical techniques used. Jonah has been represented extremely ineffectively through the poor use of the satirical techniques of exaggerated caricature and ridicule which certainly have the potential to influence students negatively. Lilley’s social criticism of the view that all Polynesian students are seen as trouble makers, is lost by his overemphasis on the very behaviours he is satirising.

By the end of the story all three teenagers are smacked in the face with reality and have come to the conclusion they are not these dangerous characters and that life is more than partying and acting like a fool. We can all recall that time in our lives when we finally noticed that we still need our parent’s guidance and that were not really adults in the mental capacity yet.

People often write off animated films as childish and lacking any depth. However, the movie, Wall-E, points a large microscope at our society and our potential future. In the movie Wall-E, it’s a robot name Wall-E and Ben Burtt’s play’ him. Also, there are other characters is Eve and Elissa Knight play’s her. There's a that they go on because the planet earth doesn’t have a living plant except one. They have to place the plant in the place that the plant will go so they can get to earth. The Captain is played by Jeff Garlin and, the Captain had a hard time to get the plant into the deposit that it’s supposed to go in. Satire is used for humor and poke fun at a thing that is happening like when the place is in the chair they are too lazy to get up and do their own things. Also, they have the robots bring them the food. It pokes fun at humans because humans are lazy and us humans what other people or robots to get are things cause the humans made robots so people wouldn’t have to get up. They also wanted to show what happens to the earth if we don’t take care of it and, it will turn all to trash and doesn’t look like a nice place to live. The director Andrew Stanton used the movie, Wall-E, and satire as a way to criticize and comment on technology and environment in our society.

The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is a popular American broadcast network. Founded in 1926 (Fletcher), NBC has grown to feature many segments, one of which is Saturday Night Live (SNL). The late-night comedy showcase aired a segment on November 19th, 2016 in which an actor portraying Donald Trump as he transitions to the White House is seen having brief conversations with various political characters such as Mitt Romney, Republican campaign manager Kellyanne Conway, and future vice-president Mike Pence. Through the use of satire within the segment NBC aims to emphasize a popular Democratic opinion that Trump is most definitely unprepared for presidency by portraying him and his supporters as being oblivious, superficial, and lethargic

In place of Evidence of satire within Summer Heights High, main protagonists such as Jonah, Ja’ime, and Mr. G are portrayed as the main uses of satire. They are all exaggerated to make fun of a variety of different audiences such as public school students, homosexuals, and foreign students. These characters are exaggerated to show comedic purpose and different views. Exaggeration can be used to draw attention from other people. In Summer heights High, in one scene, Jonah and his friends are using sunscreen to create inappropriate objects on their body, to create trouble at their local school’s swimming carnival.

Use the guided analysis exercises within the lesson as a model for this part of the assignment.

girl who has a report she has to write about her summer. Pearl Littlefield is a young girl who just entered the fifth grade and on the very first day she is having trouble with an assignment. Pearl flashes back to the end of fourth grade recalling how she would have a wonderful summer. Yet, Pearl’s summer is not all peachy as she thought. Pearl encounters a few difficulties to get through and realizes that whenever one door closes another door opens.

This genre is typically modern, perky and upbeat, but the common narrative in all of them is that it features a woman who is strong and she overcomes adversity to reach her goals. There is also a message of empowerment that also struggles with a romantic predicament and using comedy to poke fun at the male characters. Industries are still producing soppy romantic comedies for the female audience but the divide between the standard chick flick and romantic comedy is slowly disappearing. Similarly to the beginning of this essay it is evident that institutions are moving in the direction of women’s place in culture in relation to this film genre; women are usually shown as the super power since they are made to appeal to the female audience. However

The movie “Breaking Away” presents the story of a young man from working class origins who seeks to better himself by creating a persona through which he almost, but not quite, wins the girl. The rivalry between the townies and the college students sets the scene for the story of four friends who learn to accept themselves as they "break away" from childhood and from their underdog self-images.

to the period costumes and props, though I think the overall multi­level set design could have been

Satire, the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues. Rapper, actor, comedian Childish Gambino, formally known as Donald Glover, was granted the opportunity to write his own television show titled Atlanta. Atlanta is not a sitcom although, he uses satire to make issues seem humorous. In his episodes he has given examples of him growing up in Atlanta and makes jokes about topics that could be serious. The seventh episode of Atlanta called “B.A.N.,” or “Black American Network,” was strangely different from his other episodes. This episode involves the main character “Paper Boi,” who appears to be a guest on a television show called Montague because of his recent post on social media striked controversy. Throughout this episode Glover had uncovered recent events that has received a lot of controversy like people having issues with their racial identity, the loss of freedom of speech, police brutality and false advertisement. Through humor, he brings humor to very sensitive subjects allowing people to be aware of these topics.

What is a stereotype? The Free Dictionary defines a stereotype as “a simplified and standardized conception or image invested with special meaning and held in common by members of a group” (Stereotype). Although many people may not realize it, stereotypes influence how they interact with others each day. People judge others because of their race, ethnicity, religion, and heritage before they even know the person. These judgements come from stereotypes they encounter in their lives. There are plenty of news stories, movies, and television shows that portray these stereotypes. However, Seth McFarland’s television show “Family Guy” uses satire to highlight stereotypes in today’s society. The show’s use of ethnic humor includes a lot of

The Off Season is about how a junior in high school could have everything functioning great,but what she doesn’t know is that everything in her world is suddenly about to come

1. Locate an example of satire. Copy and paste it here, making sure to note the source where you found it in a proper citation.

In Slaughterhouse Five, Vonnegut uses satire in the topics of war, aliens, fate and the reasons for life itself. In Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut, the author uses many literary devices to bring across his point including black humor, irony, wit and sarcasm. He mainly uses satire throughout the book. Satire is a literary device found in works of literature that uses irony and humor to mock social convention, another work of art, or anything its author thinks ridiculous to make a point.