The World of Musical Satire
The World of Musical Satire
Osher (50+). This course explores the world of musical satire through different genres, cultures and eras, especially America since 1950.
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Explore the world of musical satire through many genres, cultures and eras—especially America since 1950. In this course, we cover rock, musical theater, opera, TV, movies, Horace and Juvenal, opera, “Yankee Doodle,” slave satire; and artists including Gilbert & Sullivan, the Gershwins, Tom Lehrer, Randy Newman, Monty Python, Spinal Tap, Key and Peele, Saturday Night Live, South Park, and a bunch of B’s: Leonard Bernstein, the Beatles, Rachel Bloom (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend), Bo Burnham and Bugs Bunny. Also, brief exclusive interviews with songwriters, including “Weird Al” Yankovic, Michael Palin (Monty Python), Country Joe McDonald, Mike Stoller (Lieber & Stoller), Terre Roche (The Roches) and Ani DiFranco. This course uses the Hybrid (Flexible) format which allows students to participate remotely and/or in the classroom. This course will be recorded. Students will have access to videos for the duration of the course.
Winter 2027 Schedule
Hybrid course: combination of in-person and live-online. Plus members pay only $31 for this course. Visitors not permitted.
You must be at least 50 years old and a current member of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at UCLA to enroll in this course. If your membership has expired or if you wish to become a new member, please proceed with enrolling in courses and you will be automatically prompted to add a membership during checkout.
If you participate remotely, please download a free version of Zoom at https://zoom.us/ to participate in this course.