How to Humor: Finding the Funny in a Dry Satirical Form

Like cologne, a little goes a long way.

Heidi Lux
The Belladonna Comedy
4 min readMay 9, 2024

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Photo: Mikhail Nilov|Pexels

Using a form in satire can be a great way to unlock the humor of a piece. It serves as a container for the funny, keeping everything tight and fresh. It can also give a piece a natural structural, which takes a lot of the heavy lifting so you can focus on jokes, heightening, and making a point. For…

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The Belladonna managing editor. She has written for Nickelodeon and humor sites including Reductress, CollegeHumor, Cracked, Slackjaw, Bunny Ears & McSweeney’s