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Satires Satirical Portraits The Life and Works of Imaginary Artists, such Sazonov, Russia's Greatest Poet. Political Satires. Junior Bushleague, Mall Prisons, and the News Imaginary Book Reviews. Thomas Pynchon's Dys and John Irving's The Third Leg. Psychology Satires. Take our online personality test. Read the Seven Habits of Highly Effective Cult Leaders Disney Satires. Disney's 1984 and Disney's Revelations. Movie Satires. Quentin Tarantino's Harder Satirical Portraits America's media-saturated popular culture sometimes neglects the contributions of serious artists and thinkers. Satirical Portraits is an attempt to redress this injustice by chronicling the life and works of some of the most important culture creators of our time. Apparent Idiot Considered Russia's Greatest Poet? traces the hapless life of Maxim Sazonov, a possibly major poet who remained undiscovered during his lifetime. Felix Spielenhammer (1897-1995): “The Heavy Mahler” mourns the death of the great musicologist and passable composer. The Great Director recounts the movies of the great film maker, Jake Steiger. Claude Roget: Philosopher Or Fraud? discusses the life and works of Roget, both a prolific philosopher and plagiarist. The Anti-Artist reviews a recent Washington, DC exhibition of the great artist, Karl Kinski. New Faulkner Novel Found welcomes the discovery of a lost William Faulkner manuscript, Sons of the South. In Memoriam: Dr. Claire Hoyt: "Shrink to the Stars" laments the loss of Dr. Hoyt, who treated famous Hollywood stars, but failed to keep their secrets. Alexandra: True Psychic tells the life story of an honest psychic. Political Satires Are You a Conspiracy Theorist? Take the Test. King Willie The Slick, Then Junior Bushleague. Once upon a time in the United States of Amnesia lived a king called King Willie The Slick. Now King Willie was a popular king, known throughout the land for his big smile and feathery head of hair. But one day King Willie the Slick was caught smoking a cigar that had been dipped in the sweet nectar of a harmonica flower. A Modest Proposal - To Convert Shopping Malls Into Prisons. America could make use of its aging shopping malls. Excerpts from The New Dictionary of American Cultural Literacy. Key American cultural terms such as SuperBowl and "Saturday Night of Justice" are defined for the culturally ignorant. The Satirist - August 2000 News. The Satirist - November 2000 News. Election Year 2000 coverage. The Satirist - April 2004 News Psychology Satires The Breyers-Devere Probe of Human Worth is the work of a great philosopher and a Madison Avenue genius. Test your human worth here. The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Cult Leaders gives helpful advice to those seeking to start their own lucrative religious cults. Sat-Critters: The Pathetic Lives of Satirists and Critics is a think-tank generated essay, urging satirists to give up their hopeless quest. Disney Satires Disney's "1984" reviews Disney's bizarre appropriation of an un-Disneyesque plot. Disney's "Animal Farm" reviews Disney's attempt at the Orwellian animal classic. Disney's "Genesis" describes Disney's venture into the Bible. The Noah's Ark scenes really do work. Disney's "Revelations" may have seemed like a good idea in a board room, but is short on execution. Movie Satires Quentin Tarantino's Harder repackages some of Tarantino's familiar cinematic tactics. See also The Great Director for the movies of Jake Steiger, who collaborated with Tarantino on his masterpiece, Scent of a Banknote. |
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