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Cynicism is an enemy
| Passionate theatre | 04/23/14 |
| lavender charismatic ratface | 04/23/14 |
| lavender charismatic ratface | 04/23/14 |
| Passionate theatre | 04/23/14 |
| stirring deer antler institution | 04/23/14 |
| Passionate theatre | 04/25/14 |
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Date: April 23rd, 2014 4:37 PM Author: Passionate theatre (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2550134&forum_id=2#25433424) |
Date: April 23rd, 2014 4:38 PM Author: lavender charismatic ratface (david foster wallace) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2550134&forum_id=2#25433430) |
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Date: April 23rd, 2014 4:40 PM Author: lavender charismatic ratface “Irony and cynicism were just what the U.S. hypocrisy of the fifties and sixties called for. That’s what made the early postmodernists great artists. The great thing about irony is that it splits things apart, gets up above them so we can see the flaws and hypocrisies and duplicates. The virtuous always triumph? Ward Cleaver is the prototypical fifties father? "Sure." Sarcasm, parody, absurdism and irony are great ways to strip off stuff’s mask and show the unpleasant reality behind it. The problem is that once the rules of art are debunked, and once the unpleasant realities the irony diagnoses are revealed and diagnosed, "then" what do we do? Irony’s useful for debunking illusions, but most of the illusion-debunking in the U.S. has now been done and redone. Once everybody knows that equality of opportunity is bunk and Mike Brady’s bunk and Just Say No is bunk, now what do we do? All we seem to want to do is keep ridiculing the stuff. Postmodern irony and cynicism’s become an end in itself, a measure of hip sophistication and literary savvy. Few artists dare to try to talk about ways of working toward redeeming what’s wrong, because they’ll look sentimental and naive to all the weary ironists. Irony’s gone from liberating to enslaving. There’s some great essay somewhere that has a line about irony being the song of the prisoner who’s come to love his cage.”
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Date: April 23rd, 2014 4:43 PM Author: Passionate theatre brother, is there even hope for the future at all? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2550134&forum_id=2#25433461) |
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Date: April 23rd, 2014 5:17 PM Author: stirring deer antler institution Without a doubt. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2550134&forum_id=2#25433693) |
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Date: April 25th, 2014 9:49 PM Author: Passionate theatre Ty good sir. On what basis do you found your noble opinion? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2550134&forum_id=2#25448394) |
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Date: April 25th, 2014 10:22 PM Author: Concupiscible bisexual lettuce what do we do. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2550134&forum_id=2#25448599) |
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Date: April 25th, 2014 6:07 PM Author: stirring deer antler institution (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2550134&forum_id=2#25447233) |
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Date: April 25th, 2014 9:55 PM Author: obsidian gunner rehab Cynicism is the only thing that keeps me going in this SPS world (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2550134&forum_id=2#25448429) |
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Date: April 25th, 2014 10:17 PM Author: Passionate theatre You might want to get that checked. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2550134&forum_id=2#25448565) |
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Date: April 26th, 2014 12:01 AM Author: Passionate theatre (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2550134&forum_id=2#25449204) |
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Date: April 30th, 2014 1:22 PM Author: Passionate theatre (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2550134&forum_id=2#25477571) |