What are is the purpose of satire theater in South Africa

Drama is an imitation of life and an act on the stage. Since it is an imitation of life, satiric drama therefore, is a drama that ridicules abuses for the sake of remedying them. Obidiya by Akoma is a typical example of Igbo satiric drama criticizing the covetous nature of some rich men in society. Satire is a technique employed by writers to expose and criticize foolishness and corruption of an individual or a society by using humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule. It intends to improve humanity by criticizing its follies and foibles.

photography had emerged as an elite art pursued by a few creative individuals for a few wealthy patrons. but now, said bauldelaire, it was succumbing to "the great industrial madness of our times." it was becoming a mass production industry that catered to middle-class tastes, including a taste for gadgetry. the stereoscope, the first 3d imaging system, had turned looking at photographs into parlor entertainment. a "thousand hungry eyes were bending over the peepholes of the stereoscope as though they were the attic-windows of the infinite.