In the last lesson I made reference to CHRIS MORRIS and the series BRASS EYE. Below is a link to an episode from 2001 titled Paedogeddan. The Daily Mail asked the question 'IS THIS THE SICKEST TV SHOW EVER?' after this show was broadcast on Channel Four. The whole point of this episode was to satirically attack the media for their grotesque misrepresentation of the threat to children in the UK. Morris was angered by the MORAL PANIC being created by the British media. The Daily Mail failed to perceive the irony being used by Morris and the satirical nature of BRASS EYE.
The full episode is available below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcU7FaEEzNU
SATIRE is defined as the use of humour, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues. MORRIS follows the tradition of British satire that links to the work of Dickens.
HARD TIMES IS A WORK OF SATIRE.
Below is another episode from BRASS EYE. This episode was titled 'CRIME' :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi3SQq1KjN4
If you are feeling some Morris love...here is DRUGS..the first two minutes are unmissable:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIAJemmO-bg
LADIES and GENTLEMEN....the late..great BILL HICKS..if you are offended by taboo language..best not listen to Bill. COMEDY AS SOCIAL AND POLITICAL COMMENTARY..:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYWdzigyzNk
Here is Contemporary satirical poet Stewart Lee...UKIPS..:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKEsyIuTrO8
Links to the work of WILLIAM HOGARTH in the Eighteenth Century:
http://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/articles/grandfather-satire
http://www.artuner.com/insight/early-cartoons-the-art-of-satire/
https://www.artble.com/artists/william_hogarth
Todeay's session considered SATIRE and discussed Dickens representation of the TRADE UNIONS.
HOMEWORK: Read Men and Brothers and Men and Masters in the Second Book.
