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Why cartoons are so good for satire

Posted by / January 3, 2018

When you think of modern satire (heck, even historical satire, what with Puck magazine), you probably think of cartoons. Rick and Morty, The Simpsons, South Park, and Beavis and Butt-Head all satirize society in different ways. So why does animation lend itself to satire so well? This video suggests that satire requires exaggeration, irony, caricature, shock, and more. All of those things are easiest with animation because animations are not bound by the laws of physics.

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