Concept
satire
2 writings
- nostalgia is slapstick at the wrong tempo Comedy, nostalgia, satire, déjà vu, and the void share one structure — recognition of loss arriving after the loss — and differ only in tempo; slapstick runs fast enough for laughter, nostalgia runs the same arc too slowly to oscillate.
- satire digests the theorem Satire, theorem, composition, and dialogue form a metabolic cycle in which hardened intellectual conclusions are periodically reopened, stress-tested, and either tempered or broken to release material for new composition — making satire the composer's digestive system, not its adversary.