gentle satire
Soft-edged social commentary
Gentle satire is mockery or criticism delivered with a light touch—more teasing than attacking.
Where harsh satire aims to wound or destroy, gentle satire pokes fun at human foibles with affection or bemusement: The film is a gentle satire of suburban life.
The tone suggests the satirist finds the target more amusing than contemptible.
- Jane AustenRegency-era English novelist
- polite societyRespectable social elite
- societal normsShared behavioral standards
- ironyMeaning opposite to words
- tongue in cheekHumorously insincere manner
drawing room comedy · playful · wry humor · affectionate · human folly · human nature · Mark Twain · subtle · raised eyebrow · understatement · Oscar Wilde · P.G. Wodehouse · comic novel · parody · everyday life · whimsical · clever · non-confrontational
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