The Chasers Use Of Satire

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Satire has allowed composers to highlight and expose people’s inadequacies as well as explore how power can corrupt in the context of political issues. Composers are able to teach society about various issues through satirical techniques such as irony and ridicule. This is evidenced through George Orwell’s ‘Animal Farm’, The Chasers’ “Yes We Canberra!” and the political cartoons of Bill Leak. The three different mediums seek to educate us on the Russian revolution and Australian politics. All three composers have been able to teach us through the use of satire in their different text types.

Through the use of allegory in Orwell’s ‘Animal Farm’, he is able to effectively teach us that absolute power leads to absolute corruption. Orwell uses …show more content…

Squealer defends the actions of the pigs by saying “You do not imagine, I hope, that we pigs are doing this in a spirit of selfishness and privilege? … It is for your sake that we drink the milk and eat those apples”. A rhetorical question is used to belittle the other farm animals as the pigs have superior intelligence to the rest of the animals. He also justifies the actions of the pigs by saying that it is for the benefit of the others and that most of the pigs “…actually dislike milk and apples”. It is through these examples of satire in relation to greed and corruption, Orwell is able to teach us about how power can corrupt, while reflecting on a society built on a communist …show more content…

They use humor and irony to mock the various political figures such as Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott during the 2010 political election. The use of statistics, such as the preferred leader ‘worm’ is used to mock the leaders as one of the statistics shows that people prefer Adam from Masterchef over Julia Gillard for Prime Minister. Additionally, the Chaser team is able belittle the leadership qualities of Julia Gillard. The use of fake advertisements, such as the “Julia Gillard GPS”, are used to mock the political campaigns. The Julia Gillard GPS is used to highlight the fact that her political tagline of “Move forward” is ineffective. The ad is also used to mock her policies as the car is instructed to run over a group of immigrants and a gay couple, reinforcing the idea that her policies are outdated. Even though satire is used by the Chaser team is to give a humorous effect, it is still able to teach us about the inadequacies in modern day

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