( allen 's ) best works understand why snobbery is a better satiric target than middle-america diversions could ever be . 
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(ROOT (S (-LRB- ) (NP (NNP ) (POS )) (-RRB- ) (NP (JJS ) (NNS )) (VP (VBP ) (SBAR (WHADVP (WRB )) (S (NP (NN )) (VP (VBZ ) (NP (NP (DT ) (JJR ) (JJ ) (NN )) (SBAR (IN ) (S (NP (NML (JJ ) (HYPH ) (NNP )) (NNS )) (VP (MD ) (ADVP (RB )) (VP (VB )))))))))) (. )))