Tom Lehrer Quotes About Satire

• La sátira política quedó obsoleta cuando concedieron a Henry Kissinger el Premio Nobel de la Paz.

  Tom Lehrer

  Política, Henry Kissinger, Sátira

  "Biografía/ Citas personales". www.imdb.com.

• The audiences like to think that satire is doing something. But, in fact, it is mostly to leave themselves satisfied. Satisfied rather than angry, which is what they should be.

  Tom Lehrer

  Thinking, Facts, Satire

  "Stop clapping, this is serious". Sydney Morning Herald interview, www.smh.com.au. March 1, 2003.

• The real issues I don't think most people touch. The Clinton jokes are all about Monica Lewinsky and all that stuff and not about the important things, like the fact that he wouldn't ban landmines...I'm not tempted to write a song about George W. Bush. I couldn't figure out what sort of song I would write. That's the problem: I don't want to satirize George Bush and his puppeteers, I want to vaporize them. And that's not funny....OK, well, if I say that, I might get a shock laugh, but it's not really satire.

  Tom Lehrer

  Canción, Real, Escritura

  Entrevista en el Sydney Morning Herald, www.smh.com.au. 1 de marzo de 2003.

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