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This theme was commonly used by British comedy troupe, Monty Python . In their sketches, a "common comedic device was for authority figures (such as military officers, police, judges, Conservative politicians, BBC news announcers and even God) to take their characters to extremes by suddenly spouting complete nonsense". Examples include:
Some television shows, such as '' South Park '' and '' The Simpsons '', have a collection of characters that represent all of the main groups of authority figures, and each portray such figures as humorously flawed. Indeed, each show has a resident police officer - Officer Barbrady and Chief Clancy Wiggum , respectively - portrayed as an incompetent and bumbling idiot. The shows also mockingly portray their resident religious leader - Priest Maxi in South Park and Reverend Timothy Lovejoy in the Simpsons. The shows also include, with slightly different characteristics, the flawed exercise of authority by parents, teachers, school principals, mayors, and occasionally of soldiers and politicians. Examples can also be found in the art of the Russian Joke . SOURCES
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