Yes, a gay "Butch", butch "Nelly", or a poor "Rich" is not necessarily ironic or a true irony. It could be just coincidence.
Who cares about irony anyway? Haven't you heard? Irony is dead.
In our current culture of everything-is-ironic it is more ironic to be irony-free. That turned your head around, huh? Well, that's irony (or not) for you.
Lelaina: I mean, these job interviews, Troy... The word "vivisection" a staggering understatement. I mean, can you define irony?
Troy: It's when the actual meaning is the complete opposite from the literal meaning.
Lelaina: My God, where were you when I needed you today?
- Reality Bites
Ok ok ok, when I was discussing irony and its definition with Annie, I told her my definition and she said that it was not what irony meant, saying that Ethan's definition above was the be-all and end-all of irony definitions. My definition is like two words short of this definition, which is the same for all intents and purposes, so I don't understand what she was thinking, probably Ethan Hawke's penis or something.
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Irony, Nostalgia and the Post-Modern
Oh wait, I spoke too soon. Irony is not dead. Long live irony!
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1 comment:
Yeah, THAT was a really interesting post ... (!)
No but seriously!: Whenever I think of the definition of irony I'm reminded of that movie, and Ben Stiller's mom informing Winona of what the word really meant.
I bet a lot of people out there got there definition of irony from Reality Bites.
No, I'm being serious.
Sheesh. That's the peril of the ironic age: Are you saying what you mean?
Remember the Homerpalooza episode of the Simpsons?
"Oh, yeah, HE'S cool."
"Um ... dude, are you being sarcastic?"
"[Heavy sigh] I don't even know anymore!"
Who among us does?
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