Reply #63: But that is my point..

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I understand the intent of the piece. But it did not seem absurdist or effective satire because because it started to a) seem to go at the people living in the car themselves when the point of the piece was to highlight the contradiction of the "journalist" reporting on it. (the part about the kid being abused) And b) Suddenly started to veer off into gruesomeness, which detracted from the tone that had been set. If the premise was something off the charts like eating babies from the get-go, then everyone would have been on the same page. But it didn't, I got the premise and feel it wandered off into something else.

Look, I am not attacking satire, I love satire. I just think this FAILED as satire. And sometimes failed satire winds up just being tasteless, because of it's extreme nature. But, hey, if you think it works, fine.