Spiritual/Political/Philosophical Blog on the Nature of Truth and Falsehood and Heaven
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Wednesday, November 05, 2003 I need a new drug (or word) David Letterman has dropped in the ratings to Leno. I don't care (except that Leno is unwatchable. Talk about dirty minded, everything leads to a dirty joke and wink wink, nudge nudge. The guy has no wit.) except that Letterman was characterized as "ironic" as a comedian, and thus high brow and not appealing to dolts. It seems to me, though, that Letterman wasn't ironic. Jonathan Swift was ironic. Shakespeare could be ironic. Greek tragedy is ironic. We need a new word for what Letterman and Gen X liked to laugh about. We can start with the words snide, smarmy, cold, and soulless. I'm sorry, but Stupid Pet Tricks was not ironic. Dropping things off a high rise was not ironic. It was a bit incongruous, and sometimes funny what pet owners and their animals would do, but irony doesn't enter the picture. It's like the song, Isn't it Ironic, by Alanis Morisette in which much of what she listed wasn't ironic as an english professor pointed out. I think the word - stupid - probably covers Letterman's comedy. Hey, stupid can be funny. After all, Dogberry is hilarious. It's just not ironic. That's all. posted by Mark Butterworth | 1:53 AM | |
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