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Sabrina Carpenter Album Controversy: Women’s Organization Slams ‘Regressive’ Cover As Fans Defend It As Satire (www.forbes.com)
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[–] MizuTama@hexbear.net 3 points 5 days ago

Oh, I fully believe the point of satire is catharsis. I was more playing with the idea presented here:

If you're too subtle, the satirical aspect is lost on the target audience that you're making fun of

If that is a requirement for good satire, you're likely not seeing it outside of clownish representations as just about anything short will likely have support from the group in question. i.e. Starship Troopers as you mentioned or the earlier seasons of The Boys.

I do think you can do a form of clownish representation that is compelling as well narratively, but you likely have to start from that point as well as have an extremely strong pen.