In its choice of satiric targets, The PTC was often ahead of its time.

Anything is possible, but the creators of "Funland" have tossed some trite satiric targets - organized crime, advertising, a psycho clown - into a grab bag, then lazily let them tumble out any old way.

The filmmakers have added a passel of new supporting characters, movie star voices and satiric targets.

WITH all the serious issues and satiric targets out there waiting to be explored or exploited, why do makers of musical theater persist in writing shows about show business?

In recent months Palm Beach has been a satiric target for some of the ordinances it has passed.

"A Mighty Wind" addresses a broader swath of American popular culture, making it more accessible, harder to escape and also vulnerable to the charge that it has missed its satiric target.

But the show's real satiric targets were the middle classes of poverty-crippled, rudderless Germany in the 1920's.

At both dinners, the highlight is the response of the main satiric target, who is frequently the president or vice president.

And it was not just Sean Penn who came to the defense of Jude Law, one of Mr. Rock's satiric targets in his monologue.

This sequel revives the raucous high spirits of its predecessor, with some new characters, jokes and satiric targets to compensate for the loss of novelty.