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work_cem6bii4nff3tns3zxe5hz2wh4	Maria Brock	Political satire and its disruptive potential: irony and cynicism in Russia and the US	2018	19	.pdf	application/pdf	10314	672	51	Political satire and its disruptive potential: irony and cynicism in Russia and the US To cite this article: Maria Brock (2018) Political satire and its disruptive potential: irony Political satire and its disruptive potential: irony and cynicism Satire or political humour are here treated as one expression of an ironic or cynical The article analyses specific examples of satire, as well as the responses of cultural commentators and academics to these manifestations of political humour. States and beyond that utilitise political humour in their performances or public appearances, as well as critical responses to them. Russia is often portrayed as steeped in multiple layers of cynicism: post-transition, postmodern and late-Soviet, each of which has impacted majority political participation in For those treating the Russian public sphere as a world of masks and poses, a simulacrum with nothing at its core, there is little to no hope that this cynical relation to politics Available online at https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/this-is-the-political-satire-that-finallystops-trump (accessed 03 June 2018).	./cache/work_cem6bii4nff3tns3zxe5hz2wh4.pdf	./txt/work_cem6bii4nff3tns3zxe5hz2wh4.txt