, ▁The ▁Man ▁Who ▁Would n ' t ▁Stand ▁Up ▁( 2 0 1 2 ) ▁Dave ▁E gg ers , ▁The ▁Circle ▁( 2 0 1 3 ) ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁P . ▁Adams ▁Sit ney ▁in ▁" V ision ary ▁Film ," ▁Men ni pe a ▁became ▁the ▁dominant ▁new ▁genre ▁in ▁avant - gar de ▁cinema ▁at ▁the ▁turn ▁of ▁the ▁century . ▁Fil mm akers ▁he ▁c ited ▁include ▁Y v onne ▁R ainer , ▁Sid ney ▁Pet erson , ▁Michael ▁Snow , ▁and ▁H oll is ▁F ram pton . ▁ ▁Marshall ▁Mc Lu han ▁also ▁made ▁extensive ▁use ▁of ▁Men i ppe an ▁sat ire , ▁as ▁he ▁himself ▁suggested : ▁“ M ost ▁of ▁my ▁writing ▁is ▁Men i ppe an ▁sat ire , ▁present ing ▁the ▁actual ▁surface ▁of ▁the ▁world ▁we ▁live ▁in ▁as ▁a ▁lud ic r ous ▁image .” ▁ ▁Bak ht in ' s ▁theory ▁Men i ppe an ▁sat ire ▁plays ▁a ▁special ▁role ▁in ▁Mik h ail ▁Bak ht in ' s ▁theory ▁of ▁the ▁novel . ▁In ▁Problem s ▁of ▁D osto ev sky ' s ▁Po et ics , ▁Bak ht in ▁tre ats ▁Men i ppe an ▁sat ire ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁classical ▁" ser io - com ic " ▁gen res , ▁alongside ▁S ocr atic ▁dialog ue ▁and ▁other ▁forms ▁that ▁Bak ht in ▁claims ▁are ▁un ited ▁by ▁a ▁" c arn ival ▁sense ▁of ▁the ▁world ", ▁where in ▁" c