John Cusack Quotes About Satire

Quotes about: Satire

• If you're going to get into social criticism with absurdity and satire, you can't be politically correct when you do that.

  John Cusack

  Criticism, Satire, Social

• I like the George Romero films, which were really great, social satire movies; really twisted.

  John Cusack

  Film, Twisted, Satire

  "John Cusack for “Identity”". Interview with Paul Fischer, www.darkhorizons.com. April 14, 2003.

• It's supposed to feel good to throw a brick at the right people. There is a long tradition of naming and ridiculing and shaming and calling the villains what they are. Usually it was the artistocracy of the day and satire was the only way to speak truth to power.

  John Cusack

  Long, People, Feel Good

  "Talking With John Cusack". Live chat, www.washingtonpost.com. June 20, 2008.

• When you see a culture where the intellectual architects of the invasion are not shamed for their behavior but rewarded within the mainstream media culture, black comedy, satire, absurdism is the only response.

  John Cusack

  Media, Black, Intellectual

  "Talking With John Cusack". The Washington Post Interview, www.washingtonpost.com. June 20, 2008.

• Satire is meant to have teeth; satire is meant to be dangerous. But it also happens to be fun because subversion and telling the right kind of people to go to hell is supposed to feel good.

  John Cusack

  Fun, People, Feel Good

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