Trick-Two497 t1_j29jhmt wrote on December 30, 2022 at 5:05 PM

I did not find it funny. I would label it dystopian rather than satire.

Redjay12 OP t1_j29nni0 wrote on December 30, 2022 at 5:32 PM

as someone else pointed out maybe social commentary is a better description than satire

Trick-Two497 t1_j29paja wrote on December 30, 2022 at 5:42 PM

Social commentary can be positive or negative, but it's generally used about current or past society. I don't think we've had spaceships purportedly saving humanity yet, so that's not what I would use. I think dystopian is more fitting. Dystopian literature explores the darkest facets of the human mind and human nature. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, a dystopia is "An imaginary place or condition in which everything is as bad as possible."

Whichever, it's definitely not satire, which is defined as "the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues."

Redjay12 OP t1_j2a34aj wrote on December 30, 2022 at 7:09 PM

I would say with that definition it is definitely satarizing aspects of the catholic church as a hierarchical organization (for the reasons described in my post). but that is also just my opinion