The converse does not hold, though, that any satire must give you insight into the real world.
Just referencing a random piece of satire when discussing the real world gives absolutely no insight in and of itself.
Just referencing a random piece of satire when discussing the real world gives absolutely no insight in and of itself.
I also understand that it is fiction, and it is exaggerated, and it is highly silly.
It is not a prophecy, it not a guide to reality, it is a silly film by a guy from Monty Python who was annoyed at bureaucracy, a very simple and shared part of human experience.
No one is saying its a 1:1 guide to reality, but as a nightmare vision of a dystopia gripped by unnecessary administrative apparatus, silly or not, it is a work of fiction that takes its root from reality and then makes a farce of it.
There are reasons works like kafkaesque, orwellian, ballardian become part of the lexicon despite all dealing with fictional universes of their own making...
Have you seen the Jerk? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jerk
It's astonishing to me that you can't seem to grasp how effective fiction is at laying bare (albeit in an exaggerated fashion) the issues present in the real world.