BU Satire and Shock Value Worksheet
Description
First question:
Watch this short video clip as an example of satire: https://youtu.be/V7T6CAKUVJ4. What is satirical about this clip? In other words, what is the point? Why was this made?
Second question has to do with the questions below with the following articles:
Shock Article 1
LSD and the Baptisms of Tahquitz Canyon by Lane Severson, The Curator
Satire Article 1
Area Man Passionate Defender of What He Imagines Constitution to Be by Anonymous,
The Onion
http://www.theonion.com/article/area-man-passionate-defender-of-what-he-imagines-c-2849
Satire Article 2
I Don’t Vaccinate My Child because it’s My Right to Decide What Eliminated Diseases Come Roaring Back by Andrea Martin, The Onion
http://www.theonion.com/blogpost/i-dont-vaccinate-my-child-because-its-my-right-to–37839
Follow-up Questions to the Selected Readings
(Quote by Kant)
(LSD and the Baptisms of Tahquitz Canyon)
(Area Man Passionate Defender of What He Imagines Constitution to Be)
(I Don’t Vaccinate My Child because it’s My Right to Decide What Eliminated Diseases Come Roaring Back)
11.Have you been exposed to these types of articles in the past?