After we had the intro to satire today, I went on YouTube to look for examples of satire. I found a video about the iPhone 5 and it was hilarious. Watch the video and I think you'll know what I'm talking about.
iPhone 5 Parody video
This video is a perfect example of a parody. The creators of this video are poking fun at the fact that Apple is making a big deal of the changes between the previous iPhone and the iPhone 5. They use hyperbole and exaggeration to show how they made the new iPhone longer than the old one.
Satire is really an interesting concept. What interests me the most is this question: Why do we continue to laugh at things like this video if they are sometimes targeted at us? For example, people who absolutely love the iPhone 5 because of its changed length most likely won't be offended by this video. They will probably laugh along with the rest of us, even though the video is somewhat targeted at them. You'd think that we would be offended , but perhaps the funny component of satire overpowers that part.
Here is another parody about the Wii Fit. I didn't think it was as funny as the iPhone 5 video, but it's still pretty good: Wii Fit Parody video
This video is another example of satire because it points out that people are spending hundreds of dollar on a "white thing" that does all the same things people can do on their own: leaning, sticking their leg out, dodging soccer balls, looking at charts, etc. The main criticism in this video is that people use the Wii Fit as a means of exercise when they should actually exercise on their own, without a $300 white board.
iPhone 5 Parody video
This video is a perfect example of a parody. The creators of this video are poking fun at the fact that Apple is making a big deal of the changes between the previous iPhone and the iPhone 5. They use hyperbole and exaggeration to show how they made the new iPhone longer than the old one.
Satire is really an interesting concept. What interests me the most is this question: Why do we continue to laugh at things like this video if they are sometimes targeted at us? For example, people who absolutely love the iPhone 5 because of its changed length most likely won't be offended by this video. They will probably laugh along with the rest of us, even though the video is somewhat targeted at them. You'd think that we would be offended , but perhaps the funny component of satire overpowers that part.
Here is another parody about the Wii Fit. I didn't think it was as funny as the iPhone 5 video, but it's still pretty good: Wii Fit Parody video
This video is another example of satire because it points out that people are spending hundreds of dollar on a "white thing" that does all the same things people can do on their own: leaning, sticking their leg out, dodging soccer balls, looking at charts, etc. The main criticism in this video is that people use the Wii Fit as a means of exercise when they should actually exercise on their own, without a $300 white board.
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