Helping Carrol with Irony

alexlocascio at juno.com alexlocascio at juno.com
Thu Mar 18 09:29:19 PST 1999


Irony: Steely Dan

Not Irony: Donny and Marie Osmond

Irony: Jonathan Swift's A Modest Proposal

Not Irony: Thomas Malthus' An Essay on the Principle of Population

Irony: Max Sawicky

Not Irony: Bob Borosage

Irony: The Power Puff Girls

Not Irony: Superman

Irony: The Church of the SubGenius

Not Irony: The International Socialist Organization

Irony: Laibach

Not Irony: The Nazis

Irony: David Letterman

Not Irony: Rosie O'Donnell

Irony: John Zorn

Not Irony: Charlie Parker

Irony: Roger & Me

Not Irony: Harlan County, USA

Irony: Brian DePalma movies

Not Irony: All the movies that Brian DePalma rips of

Irony: The fact that Alanis Morrisette managed to make a hit out of a song putatively about irony when she doesn't even understand the concept correctly.

Not Irony: the actual lyrics to the song itself

Hope this helps,

Alex

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