Sketches often serve as a chronicle of the era they describe. In a way that is not limited only to historicity, but also captures the "sound and color" of the times, the soul and aura of humans.

Sketches are not "prophetic" - they simply recycle times. And this repetition of the farce is what defines the perpetuity of tragedy.

That is why the boundaries between tragedy and comedy are sometimes a laughingstock. That is why satire is always a reminder of catharsis. As a necessity. Just like freedom, which, according to Marx, is the "service of necessity"...