THERE are three types of satire: Juvenallian, Horatian and Menippean.
I’ll admit that’s not the zingiest opener to a piece about comedy you’ll ever read, but there you go.
Truth be told, I’d no idea what those terms meant until I started writing this piece, with Uncle Wikipedia coming into his own. At least I’m honest.
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