The festival thus becomes a mediating valve through which the people can salve, ritualistically and seasonally, the trauma of colonialism by satirizing it.
In turn, the taxidermists themselves were satirized for their craft.
He is able to assume the manners and outlook of almost any group he is with before beginning to satirize and then reject them.
The word 'toenails' rather than 'fingernails' in the play's title poignantly satirizes the situation in this last scene.
The experimental life needed such defence precisely because of the ease with which its critics satirized its claims to authority.
Others satirized royal power and supported the theory of regicide.
More generally it evinces an awkward mixture of rhythms and poor continuity - perhaps satirizing the thinking by two-bar units of minuet style, and more broadly the 'modern manner' of composition.
Most importantly, we can trace the resilience and resourcefulness of the indigenous theatre as an art form through its ability to chronicle, contain, and satirize colonialism.