Coming off the heels of one of our nation’s most trepidatious election cycles, many of my classes devoted time to acknowledge ...

Released in 1967 during the Golden Age of the French New Wave, Weekend, a class satire set against a collapsed society, shows how the end of the world can feel right around the corner. When Jean ...

Dharmesh Patel, at home with Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) productions across the UK, is taking on a new challenge as Lincoln – a character caught in a series of dilemmas in the timeless tale ...

'We are not asking for your resignation. We are asking you to assume your rightful place as an ethereal lodestar in the hopes and dreams of your people' You can save this article by registering ...

As the big Homecoming game approaches, we at Spectrum are beyond excited and pumped. We hear our Lions are on a winning streak and as complete non-experts, we thought we’d share our musings about ...

Up against the wall: Ward Sutton’s comic panels get the gallery treatment (“Civil Whites,” 2024, acrylic on canvas, 26x30”). Amid one of the most divisive and chaotic election years in ...

Adding to the noise is a string of fake celebrity endorsements, deceptively edited videos of campaign events and satire passed off as real news. Conspiracy theories about two assassination attempts ...

The line between news and satire has blurred so much that the latter has been shared on social media as fact, where it quickly spreads misinformation. This continues to get worse, especially when ...

and prior to walking into the Dr. Phillips Center on Tuesday night I was uncertain how the award-winning scatological satire from the creators of South Park (Trey Parker and Matt Stone ...

A headline reporting that Elon Musk pledged $5 billion to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, comes from a satirical article. Musk, CEO ...

One of the best jokes in new comedy show The Franchise surrounds a mystery character named 'Shane', who plays a key role in the superhero satire. With the series following a group of filmmakers as ...

“Gershwin Brothers’ Two Political Satire Musicals in Concert” ran at New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall on Oct. 12. —Staff writer Ria S. Cuéllar-Koh can be reached at ria ...