Kendra. You don't have to assume it is a satire. I said it was a spoof and the text in quotes is too exaggerated to take seriously in any event. Humor is difficult to explain to someone who does not "get it." I think you really have to know the person to try to figure out why they don't get it. And I don't know you, so I can't say much more. Sorry. Humor is a lot like art. Not every piece of art will resonate with every viewer. I will comment that the fact that artist of the altered painting was European is not relevant for most of us, because such a disfigured painting would normally be seen as "Western art" and part of the heritage of English and other European language-speaking countries. Hence some of us see it as a statement about art in a general sense. The hysteria about art seems to be largely a US phenomenon, and I put that in so as not to leave the impression that there is a general hysteria about various types of art. I don't know if this helps or not. Sorry.