Melanianade

In the video,  Melanianade, made by Saturday Night Live (SNL) Melania Trump (Cecily Strong), Ivanka Trump (Emily Blunt), Kellyanne Conway (Kate McKinnon), Omarosa (Sasheer Zamata) and Tiffany Trump (Vanessa Bayer) can no longer stand by Donald Trump's (Alec Baldwin) side. They all express their problems and what they're going to do. When Donald Trump comes in at the end and says, "The limo is ready. Let's go, you all look very nice, but let's go." All the women do not put up a fight and quickly follow him.

The women in the video employ understated satire as they say one thing about their feelings but their actions show the opposite of that. As well as using, parody as they use similar rhythms, scenes, and choreography to Beyoncé's music video, Lemonade. In the satire video Melania says that she cannot take standing by Donald Trump anymore and that she doesn't like being undermined or played as dumb. Kellyanne is tired of cleaning up Trump's messes, like his twitter posts or speeches, as she holds up a news paper that reads "GRAB THEM BY THE P***Y" which his face as the background. Ivanka is upset that Trump brought in Paula Jones, who's case participated in Bill Clinton's impeachment, which ruined her personal relationship with Chelsea Clinton. Tiffany is tired of being in the shadows of Ivanka and not being able to be enough for him even when she thinks she "killed" her speech. Instead of being known as Tiffany Trump she wants to be known as Tiff Maples, taking her biological mother's last name rather than Trump. Omarosa says that she is going to turn in her resignation and that she does not need a last name for him to know. The women all say that Trump is breaking them and taking it for granted that they have always been there. Melania says she will one day soon not be there anymore. The five women say that without them, Donald Trump would not be where he is today and that he would "just be that guy with the weird hair." Melanianade is not just for humor but it criticizes the women standing behind Donald Trump for staying with him. As well as criticizing Donald Trump's actions.

Dove Would NEVER Lie To You...

In February of 2017, Dove released a two-page advertisement in UK newspapers the "Times" and  "Guardian" for their new antiperspirant. The ad functions primarily on the concept of "alternative facts," and the humor inherent in them.

The advertisement comes on the heels of the social outbreak over Trump's use of "alternative facts" in his campaigns, addresses, and most notably, when describing the size of the crowd at his inauguration. The ad is a clever example of parody on an actual soap ad, although it is an actual ad in itself. It parodies the advertisements for beauty products that claim to give its customers perfect hair, skin, or whatever it services. This ad cunningly still reaches its intended audience, who are women looking to take Dove up on its beauty guarantee, but it reaches them on a satirical level; it adds humor to an otherwise hostile political climate by hinging on the idea that the consumer will understand the reference and still understand the message from Dove about the authenticity of their own products, which they convey through verbal irony of more "alternative" facts.

On the back page of the ad, it says, "New Dove antiperspirant cares for your underarm skin like never before" with the hashtag #RealFacts. Again, the ad is smart because it still functions on the premise of women embracing their true beauty and authenticity, much like delivering "real" as opposed to "alternative" facts. One would hope our president is just as authentic, genuine, and reliable with us as an antiperspirant would be.