The Satirical Genius of Lewis Saunderson

Lewis Saunderson is one of the great satirists of our age. As with other great satirists, it isn’t wholly clear if he’s in on the joke. His work could be interpreted as morbidly naive or grotesquely cynical. But satire, by implication, it remains.

Saunderson posts on TikTok. Specifically, he posts videos of himself crying, screaming and spluttering — not…