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lam·poon (verb) publicly criticize (someone or something) by using ridicule, irony, or sarcasm.
In writing, you have to be honest enough with readers to share the hard thoughts–those thoughts we don’t want to say because we’ll look like assholes; those moments we don’t want to relive because they were hard enough the first time; those conversations we’ve had where we’ve definitely said the wrong thing.
Pretty serious stuff, right?
Pretty boring, too, if that’s all you’ve got. (Also it’s just sad-making and shitty to harp like that.) Besides: Camus/Sartre, Neil Simon/Woody Allen and Shakespeare/Dylan already did most of that as well as it could be done. And if not them, then Updike.
And this is why I lampoon. It’s just a form of humor. Sometimes irreverent, sometimes inappropriate, sometimes “too soon”–and sometimes just the right amount of levity mixed with reality to make the medicine go down.
**Most everything I say here is opinion, so you’re free to disagree, even though there’s no place for you to comment. This is a bullshit blog where my only editor is my better (or worse) judgment, and I don’t need you hating on some silly opinion when there’s other things to do like house the homeless, adopt pets, or write your own stupid blog about how much you hate my stupid blog.**
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