Just after the 2016 election, I thought I had a great idea for a novel. The new president, so impressed by an alt-right pundit who keeps popping up on conservative cable news, decides to hire him ...

“When satire is aimed at the powerless, it is not only cruel — it’s vulgar.” “Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful.

‘The American Society of Magical Negroes’ as well as satire and filmmaking lessons. Mark E. Potts is the senior editor for video at the Los Angeles Times. A native of Enid, Okla., Potts ...