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Cruelty wearing comedy's mask, hoping you'll laugh before you notice the knife.
means The act of ridiculing someone or something, treating it with contempt disguised as humor.
from From Old French mocquer, to deride or jeer — to throw insults shaped like jokes.
Hollow imitationA mockery of justice means a pathetic fake of it.
Mock rootsShares ancestry with mockingbird, the great vocal impersonator.
Theater originMock trials and mock battles meant pretend, not cruel.