ext_1921 ([identity profile] jonquil.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] james_davis_nicoll 2009-11-21 06:52 pm (UTC)

I'd argue that *on average* comedy tends to deal with topical themes that stop being funny once they are no longer alive in the society.

Great satire remains funny even after everybody's forgotten the source (see: COLD COMFORT FARM). Just good satire fades with the thing being satirized.
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