Satire and Parody in Huck Finn

Satire and parody are two types of comedy that have been used all the way back to the era of Mark Twain. Satire resembles parody but it is critical and is used to educate or make a change. Parody is just poking fun at something with no purpose. The episode of the Simpson’s on the Odyssey was a perfect example of a parody. The clip of the “Do the Right Thing” is a good satire. It has a white man pronouncing how his favorite celebrities are all black but yet he still uses the word nigger. Afterwards, there is a total chaos of racial slurs and stereotypes released into the Brooklyn streets. This can show us what happens when your feelings are released and just how mean it can be. This satire was funny and effective.

In the Dave Chapelle skit we watched, there was white family whose last name was niggar. Throughout the skit they refer to themselves as niggars, and it sounds really funny and out of place. However if it were a black family it would have changed things around a bit. The reason it is funny is how it pokes fun at a very