Satire Post: Generic Title Returns
Well, after reading quite a bit of Twains book, I am glad to say that the modern world is more accepting of satire in modern society. Back in Twains day, he had to quell his satirical wit, and make the connections so vague that it would be hidden long enough that lots people buy the book before they realize all the double meanings (much like the way the king and the duke swindle the town into telling other people about their terrible Shakespear show) Nowadays, things like the Colbert Report openly mock major organizations, and take very little heat about it. In fact, actors like Colbert are revered as sseeing the truth behind a countries ways. In Twains time, this would have been seen as wrong an immortal to place the blame on ones countrymen. Which is why I’m glad we progresses beyond that time, since most of my humor is satiriccal, and I would most likely be in jail.
