Saturday, May 16, 2009

Organic Sarcasm

Sarcasm is an often misunderstood literary form. Generally speaking, the purpose of sarcasm is to direct ridicule at its subject. Most journalists I know tend not to employ it--giving grand exception to the folks at Comedy Central.

This clip from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart is a good case study for sarcasm. Well done, Samatha Bee.

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