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If satire is to be effective, the audience must be aware of the thing satirized.

Gore Vidal
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Gore Vidal (1957). “Visit to a Small Planet: A Comedy Akin to a Vaudeville”, Boston ; Toronto : Little Brown
If satire is to be effective, the audience must be aware of the thing satirized.