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User_gary Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Quaint satire

Three blockbusters - Taare Zameen Par, Ghajini and 3 Idiots - in three consecutive years, do you see Dhobi Ghat continuing with this success story? Before Dhobi Ghat there will be Peepli Live and yes, I hope to see it in the list too. Written and directed by journalist Anusha Rizvi, it's a quaint satire on Indian society, funny yet heartbreaking. The actors are all new faces from the tribal areas of Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh. There's nothing formulaic about it but today, the audience has changed so drastically that if you were to give them formula, it would be rejected outright.

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http://in.movies.yahoo.com/specials/Bollywood-earns-big-bucks/Bollywood/slideshow-846.html#id=9

Could you please explain to me what "quaint satire" means in this context?

Though I know "satire" means "criticism" and "quaint" means "unusual".
  

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The words have their normal dictionary meanings. I have quoted two definitions below. "quaint" means a bit more than just "unusual".

— Mr Wordy

  • The words have their normal dictionary meanings.
  • I have quoted two definitions below.
  • "quaint" means a bit more than just "unusual".
  • It has connotations of "Charmingly odd, especially in an old-fashioned way".
  • "satire" is "the use of humour, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices".
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The words have their normal dictionary meanings. I have quoted two definitions below.

"quaint" means a bit more than just "unusual". It has connotations of "Charmingly odd, especially in an old-fashioned way".

"satire" is "the use of humour, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices". The sense used here ("a satire") means a wor
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