A Scottish women’s charity said Carpenter’s new album cover evokes “tired tropes” of women being “possessions,” while fans have defended her cover as satirical commentary on sexism.
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.
Oh, I fully believe the point of satire is catharsis. I was more playing with the idea presented here:
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.