More than a hundred years before the French Revolution, his riotous, scathing satires dared to speak truth to some of the most absolute power in the world.
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Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
17 Dec. 2025
Christopher Guest really took up the mantle of putting real emotional elements in these satires — look at A Mighty Wind.
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