http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Wed, 1 Jun 2005 19:02:57 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/05/28/141818.php#comment-161207 No cure, but irony's a pretty sure preventive. 161207@blogcritics.org Wed, 1 Jun 2005 19:02:57 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/05/28/141818.php#comment-161202 Brain-gas? Is there anything you can take for that? 161202@blogcritics.org Wed, 1 Jun 2005 18:59:07 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/05/28/141818.php#comment-161199 The safe answer for almost anybody is, "Yes, of course." Except maybe Sean Penn or Tim Robbins, but thinking about them gives me brain-gas so I won't even mention them. 161199@blogcritics.org Wed, 1 Jun 2005 18:57:55 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/05/28/141818.php#comment-161190 I'm always reminded of an episode of The Simpsons when the topic of irony comes up: Bully #1: Are you being ironic? Bully #2: I don't even know anymore. 161190@blogcritics.org Wed, 1 Jun 2005 18:49:26 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/05/28/141818.php#comment-161186 Thanks, Eric. Having reread Northrop Frye's Anatomy of Criticism, I've become obsessed with idea of irony as a genre rather than merely an attitude. It seems like it's all around us but people just don't know how to talk about it. That may explain why someone as thoroughly given over to irony as Todd Solondz can't quite get it together to make a decently enjoyable picture. It's as if the various parts of his brain weren't communicating with each other. I give him credit for the effort, but prefer Payne, who knows exactly what it's all about. 161186@blogcritics.org Wed, 1 Jun 2005 18:46:14 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/05/28/141818.php#comment-161171 Fantastic job on this review, Dale -- expertly put together. It's interesting to witness how hard it is to achieve what someone like Payne achieves... and how difficult it is to pull off. 161171@blogcritics.org Wed, 1 Jun 2005 18:31:03 EDT