Jon dismisses it as a bad idea, ridiculing him and insulting his intelligence. He even wrote a satirical sketch ridiculing the attack on modernism. It was Paine's "ridiculing" tone that most angered Churchmen. Peckinpah had also filmed several satirical scenes, subtly ridiculing the product. By ridiculing plutocracy as absurd, Lucian helped facilitate one of Renaissance humanism's most basic themes. Juvenal's satire follows this same pattern of abrasively ridiculing societal structures. Numerous cartoons, and even a music video ridiculing him, appeared. With the crowd ridiculing him, Hoffmann realizes he loved an automaton. Cooper is often ridiculing Violet for her continued infatuation with her ex-boyfriend Alan. Mussolini also appeared in situations ridiculing him. The patrons had not been exposed to a comic who seemed to be ridiculing them. Mondale fought back and began ridiculing Hart's campaign platform. He is later seen ridiculing Cutty as he approaches Spider on the corner.