Because it is always taken for granted, it is useful to underline the place of satire in any society, and its standing as a functional strategy in Caribbean culture. Cause to remember this was provided more than a week ago by the staging of Ron Robinson’s satirical revue “Who Laff Last.”
Satire has been a part of drama since the ancient Greeks, and has reasserted itself at many different points in western theatre, while it has been at the root of many theatrical acts in traditional African societies.