Iowahawk's divine comedy
For yonks I've heard it said that satire is a leftist medium and that's partially true in my country of Oz. That's not because lefties are more talented in this regard; it's simply that by dominating the media as thoroughly and ruthlessly as they do they can exclude anyone who wishes to mock them. Right-wing (or even merely non-left) funny buggers realize that they face a wall of dogma and bloody-mindedness about the size and solidity of Wave Rock, and -- being the sensible souls they are -- they generally walk away to get real jobs.
But now, with the creative freedom afforded by the blogosphere, it's obvious who the funnier, wittier, bunch are. Lefties are no longer the jokers; they have become the joke itself.
Take the case of the Archbishop of Canterbury. While he is obviously not a comedian he is certainly a lefty; in many ways a "fellow traveller", however distant, to those who claim to campaign for justice with jokes. And this pompous, deluded fool is so politically correct that he shows obeisance to a religion that is in many ways the complete antithesis of the one that he himself leads.
The bloke makes satire redundant. Which is why Iowahawk's Canterbury Tales parody is so brilliant. It takes something that's already absurdly hilarious and makes it even funnier. And that's about as difficult as resurrecting the dead.
Bloke's a comedy god, I reckon.
