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Just gurus enough to make us hate one another

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Writing elsewhere I wrote about Why Growth Matters for The Critic. Satire is moral criticism of content; parody is mockery of form or style. When parody becomes a homage we call it pastiche. Satire can never be done in homage. Satire is condemnation; parody is conversation. Satire might use parody as a technique, the way it uses irony or sarcasm but parody cannot use satire. Parody is a mode; satire an attitude. Parody entertains. Satire seeks to improve the world.

Writing elsewhere I wrote about Why Growth Matters for The Critic. Satire is moral criticism of content; parody is mockery of form or style. When parody becomes a homage we call it pastiche. Satire can never be done in homage. Satire is condemnation; parody is conversation. Satire might use parody as a technique, the way it uses irony or sarcasm but parody cannot use satire. Parody is a mode; satire an attitude. Parody entertains. Satire seeks to improve the world. I say all this partly because Rohit made me think about it, partly because I was ill for the twelve days of Christmas and…

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