huanim1-5, Exercise 2: Wordplay and indirection

Model answer:

When open criticism is unlikely to be approved, a writer can place a joke inside rhymes, puns, invented words or a fantasy setting, so the meaning is there for those who look for it and deniable for those who do not. Science fiction helps too, because a different world allows comment on this one without naming it.

A cost is that the audience must read between the lines, and some jokes may be lost on later viewers. Examples should be checked against the series.