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Sir Terry Pratchett must be considered to be a superb satirist, a brilliant, imaginative writer.

Lyrically, too, “I Love L.A.” embodies Newman’s instincts as one of pop’s great cultural satirists.

One of the most widely read satirists in America, Feiffer died Friday of congestive heart failure, his wife, author JZ Holden, told the Washington Post and New York Times on Tuesday.

While remaining critical, Kenyan satirist and writer Patrick Gathara, who often mocks Western views of Africa, agrees things have shifted.

To my mind, the forehead-slapping awe at those undecided in this presidential election took its purest form in a commentary by comedian and satirist Lewis Black on a recent episode of The Daily Show: