E45: Satire + The Tortured Poets Department

“She fell through the ice and came out alive.” Today’s Summer School episode has us revisiting Episode 19: Satire (Spotify | Apple). We explore how Taylor uses different types of Satire on the album as a way of adding exaggeration, emphasis, and impact to her storytelling. 

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Mentioned in this episode:

Episode 19: Satire

Oxford Dictionary definition of Satire

SNL

1984, by George Orwell

Animal Farm, by George Orwell

A Modest Proposal, by Jonathan Swift

Love Story, Taylor Swift

Gilmore Girls

Mastermind, Taylor Swift

Blank Space, Taylor Swift

Forrest Gump

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Episode Highlights: 

[01:11] Introducing Satire

[03:37] But Daddy I love him

[12:06] I Can Do It With a Broken Heart

[17:54] The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived

[24:31] imgonnagetyouback

[31:40] The Bolter

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