Re: Satire
One thing to keep in mind about Dr. Strangelove is that we (the audience) had a proxy, in the form of Group Captain Mandrake.
It's hard to imagine that movie without him, if only because he was necessary for us to hear everything that Gen. Ripper had to say. But he was there expressing shock and disbelief in everything that was happening.
Unfortunately, I don't recall any of the other movies well enough to say if they also provided proxies.
I'm not saying a proxy is necessary. But if you worry about your reader misconstruing things, I think a proxy can help you keep things right.
And going in the opposite direction, with The Meaning of Life, you start with Monty Python, so there's no danger that anyone will think this is serious. IOW, try to give your reader something, a calibration point: Someone clearly sane and normal; or, someone or something clearly over-the-top.
Originally posted by polfilmblog
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Originally posted by DavidK
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It's hard to imagine that movie without him, if only because he was necessary for us to hear everything that Gen. Ripper had to say. But he was there expressing shock and disbelief in everything that was happening.
Unfortunately, I don't recall any of the other movies well enough to say if they also provided proxies.
I'm not saying a proxy is necessary. But if you worry about your reader misconstruing things, I think a proxy can help you keep things right.
And going in the opposite direction, with The Meaning of Life, you start with Monty Python, so there's no danger that anyone will think this is serious. IOW, try to give your reader something, a calibration point: Someone clearly sane and normal; or, someone or something clearly over-the-top.
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