Colbert & Ironic Rot - Jonah Goldberg - National Review Online:
Stephen Colbert’s “testimony” before Congress last week was a clear sign that ironic rot (if you’ve got a better term, let me know) is sinking into the foundation of our political system.
Irony, or post-irony, or ironic post-whatever has been metastasizing through the culture for decades. The most famous example was Seinfeld, a hilarious show that was famously “about nothing” and much derided by earnest writers on the left and right for its detached mockery of any deeply held principle or conviction."
Thursday, September 30, 2010
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