{"id":308,"date":"2011-11-02T09:35:11","date_gmt":"2011-11-02T13:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/seriouslyfunny\/?p=308"},"modified":"2011-10-31T09:53:43","modified_gmt":"2011-10-31T13:53:43","slug":"750-invention-work-process-writing-for-satire-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/seriouslyfunny\/2011\/11\/02\/750-invention-work-process-writing-for-satire-videos\/","title":{"rendered":"750: Invention Work & Process-Writing for Satire Videos"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s the first video<\/a>. And here are the process-writing prompts for it:<\/p>\n

Is this satire? \u00a0If so, what makes it satire? \u00a0If not, why not?<\/p>\n

Who’s the target (or targets)?<\/p>\n

In the course description, I write that we’ll “explore the question of whether comedy is a valid way to create meaning, raise serious questions, and make social commentary.” Does this clip do any of those things? \u00a0How so? \u00a0Or, if you don’t think it does, tell how it fails to do so.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n\"YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n

Is this satire? \u00a0If so, what makes it satire? \u00a0If not, why not?<\/p>\n

Is this funny? Why or why not?<\/p>\n\"YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n

Is this satire? \u00a0If so, what makes it satire? \u00a0If not, why not?<\/p>\n

Does it make a difference that his “flaw” can’t be helped or changed? \u00a0Or is someone else the “object of change” here?<\/p>\n

: : :<\/p>\n

Invention work: Listing<\/p>\n

-Richard Nixon had an “enemies list.” On it were his top political enemies. Make your own enemies list of public figures.<\/p>\n

Pick your top 3-5. Expand the list by writing out their worst traits, their biggest flaws, what you really can’t stand about them.<\/p>\n

For each one of your top enemies, pick one action that embodies their biggest flaw. This action can be real or imaginary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s the first video. And here are the process-writing prompts for it: Is this satire? \u00a0If so, what makes it satire? \u00a0If not, why not? Who’s the target (or targets)? In the course description, I write that we’ll “explore the … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":281,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/seriouslyfunny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/seriouslyfunny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/seriouslyfunny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/seriouslyfunny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/281"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/seriouslyfunny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=308"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/seriouslyfunny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":311,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/seriouslyfunny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308\/revisions\/311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/seriouslyfunny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/seriouslyfunny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/seriouslyfunny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}