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El Mundo Today keeps Spanish satire alive and kicking

October 22, 2010 by Guy Hedgecoe Leave a Comment

Who said Spanish satire was dead?  Well, I did, for one. Discouraged by the disappearance of TV latex puppets Los Guiñol and their real-life counterparts on Caiga quien caiga, and disheartened by the lack of laughs afforded by El Jueves magazine, it seemed to me the satirical landscape looked worryingly barren. But things suddenly looked a good deal rosier when I came across a string of news-related-but-not-quite-real headlines on website elmundotoday.com: “He shot at a wild boar, thinking it was his mother-in-law”, or “Argument over Dostoyevksy sparks Latin Kings gang fight”, or, more topically, “Congress approves law of the jungle”. El Mundo Today is run by Xavi Puig and Kike García, … [Read more...] about El Mundo Today keeps Spanish satire alive and kicking

Filed Under: Culture Tagged With: Chris Morris, El Mundo Today, elmundotoday.com, Kike García, The Onion, Xavi Puig

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