Satire and Truman Show 2020

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Across
  1. 4. one of the 3 types of satirists; when one goes after politicians and politics
  2. 6. in order to understand the difference between parody for humor and satirical parody, one must look at the ______ behind it
  3. 8. a world where people are suffering or there is much injustice
  4. 9. one of the 2 types of satire that is usually gentle and comedic it tone
  5. 12. the character in The Truman Show who is out of place and tries to tell Truman the truth
  6. 13. one of the 2 types of satire that is usually mean and biting in tone
  7. 14. ironically, Truman always wanted to be an ________, but the seemingly perfect world he lived in never allowed it
  8. 17. the point of satire is to attempt to _______ a wrong in society or people
  9. 18. a world that means happiness, the first strand of The Truman Show is "ignorance is ________"
  10. 19. one of the 3 types of satirists; usually a comedian who attempts to point of the faults in society through comedy
  11. 20. the origin of the world satire was a Roman word that meant "to be ___________"
  12. 23. Truman's best friend and the person that is most important in keeping the illusion up
  13. 25. one of the 4 methods of satire; where things are overblown and expanded past the point of reality
  14. 26. Is this statement true or false: "Satire can be sarcastic, but sarcasm does not have to be satire"
  15. 27. the ironic name for the creator of the Truman show, a play on words being "creator of"
Down
  1. 1. one of the 4 methods of satire; where the natural order or hierarchy of things is switched
  2. 2. one of the 4 methods of satire; where something is out of place or absurd, could be ironic
  3. 3. a word that means "a perfect world"
  4. 5. one of the 3 types of satirists; someone who tries to get a rise out of people and evoke a powerful emotion that they react to
  5. 7. Is this statement true or false: "Irony is always satire"
  6. 10. The Truman Show is a satire that is also a parody and exaggeration of the type of TV program
  7. 11. the opening of The Truman Show, where the acting credits role BEFORE the ending, and we see actors talking about their roles in the show even before we know what it is about would be this method of satire (1 of the 4)
  8. 15. one of the 4 methods of satire; where the qualities something or someone is made fun of or mocked
  9. 16. the 3rd strand in the narrative of The Truman Show, when Truman hits the wall with his boat and sees the stairs
  10. 21. the dystopian city that Truman lives in
  11. 22. when Truman's wife starts doing product placement advertisements in the middle of their conversations and arguments, this would be what method of satire because it is out of place and absurd (1 of the 4)
  12. 24. the second strand in The Truman Show: "__________ for knowledge"