Commentary
Satirical comedy is at its best when it can straddle the fine line between believability and comical exaggeration. A British sitcom in the 1980s called “Yes Minister” struck the balance perfectly as it followed the follies of a fictional cabinet minister named Jim Hacker. The show is carefully crafted to never identify the party of the minister, who was the head of the fictional Department of Administrative Affairs. The result is a timeless comedy that can be applied and compared to any government of a Commonwealth nation.
