In the world of creative expression, things get exaggerated and shit gets dramatic — it’d be boring to watch all of life’s monotony replicated in the art we engage with. Whether in literature, music or film, artists create characters — figures with hyperbolic qualities — to serve their narrative and to act as a gateway into a more thematic and purposeful world.
But sometimes, the artists go too far. Their depiction of their world, ideas or thoughts gets too exaggerated. Characters become caricatures.
It’s this process of extreme distortion that interests the writers below. Together, they’ve delved deeper into why certain caricatures exist, what they mean and how they affect us.
I hope you enjoy their pieces as much as I do!
Daily Arts Writer Ben Luu can be reached at benllv@umich.edu.
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