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ryandrakeyesterday at 10:07 PM1 replyview on HN

> Sacha baron cohen, sining throw the jews down the well had a bunch of racists singing it with zero care what it's satiring. Dave chapelle did similar to black culture. South park gets pretty close to the same.

I worked with people who totally missed the sarcasm and satire in Parker & Stone's Team America World Police and legit thought it was just a cool action movie about America kicking the world's ass. I had to double check before it dawned on me that they were serious.


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muldercyesterday at 10:31 PM

Knew many conservatives that loved the Colbert report and clearly didn’t get the satire

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