Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Posh people don't stand a chance


To build onto what I was saying earlier about satire being a weapon that can be used to fight someone with more power than yourself, I thought that it could be interesting (and fun) to show you this clip, which satirizes people of the upper class. Upper-class people are often satirized; they are a very grateful subject for ridicule. The Romans, who introduced the concept of satire (they called it satura, and even though all satura would not be classified as satire today, it is very similar to satire) were amongst the first to satirize the upper class. One of the earliest examples is Petronius' Dinner with Tramalchio, which contrasts the behavior of a group of wealthy freedmen to that of upper-class Roman citizens. It basically criticizes the greed and conceit of Rome's upper class.

Now, for more modern satire, I want to show you this clip called Posh People, which ridicules the life of the upper class in an extremely entertaining way.

 

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