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Old 07-15-2008, 10:06 PM   #27
toksenveste

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“It’s a lot like the spirit of what Stephen Colbert does — by exaggerating and mocking something, he shows its absurdity, and that is what satire is all about,”

The only problem I see is when you exaggerate something, try to make it as outlandish as you can, and it still fails to get past the realm of possibility and actual accusations already posted.

That is why I see it as kind of sad. The fist bump alone was silly, and a bit of satire showing them both as terrorists doing a fist bump is one thing.

I think they just tried to heap too much on the pile and the message, although stronger, got strangely diluted and lost focus.

Other drawings, like being a Muslim hung on a cross would be another sarcastic bit of commentary, but I believe that they tried too hard on this and ended up not exaggerating how some people see him, but merely reflecting it.

Sometimes when sarcasm reflects reality too much, or, at least, others perceptions thereof, it becomes more sad than droll or humorous.
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