tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post6368566721310831991..comments2023-10-15T05:01:43.528-07:00Comments on Bamboo Killers: No, Alanis, it's not ironicEmily Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02163221455899041141noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-23300360183102820732007-10-17T01:14:00.000-07:002007-10-17T01:14:00.000-07:00And all us Brits think that the septics don’t get ...And all us Brits think that the septics don’t get it - damn! ;-)Riddley Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09488580029324036763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-39827956886788319962007-10-15T15:35:00.000-07:002007-10-15T15:35:00.000-07:00Fair enough.Then I'll leave off the part where I a...Fair enough.<BR/><BR/>Then I'll leave off the part where I ask if the first is true if irony is also only skin deep.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11980248848147600519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-54465031306952061542007-10-15T06:29:00.000-07:002007-10-15T06:29:00.000-07:00You are the kickboxer of literary criticism.You are the kickboxer of literary criticism.japhy99https://www.blogger.com/profile/02757172931221738380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-58778416299937280052007-10-14T22:22:00.000-07:002007-10-14T22:22:00.000-07:00I know this! I'm so proud of myself. :-)I know this! I'm so proud of myself. :-)Team Brindlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11617273530412639059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-51833343963732326122007-10-14T21:12:00.000-07:002007-10-14T21:12:00.000-07:00Lame as it might sound, when I think of defining i...Lame as it might sound, when I think of defining irony, I always think of the scene in Reality Bites. Winona thinks it's crazy to have been asked in an interview to define irony... when she brings it up with Ethan, he says something like: "It's when the actual meaning is the complete opposite from the literal or implied meaning."<BR/><BR/>I thought it was a good gag. The queen of the supposed ironists can't even define the thing...Jennicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02951504277632120893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-53722773026272460172007-10-14T17:18:00.000-07:002007-10-14T17:18:00.000-07:00I would answer, David, except I'm not sure what th...I would answer, David, except I'm not sure what the hell you just said.Emily Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02163221455899041141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-19114863250613501352007-10-14T16:14:00.000-07:002007-10-14T16:14:00.000-07:00See and here I would think the Alanis song gets it...See and here I would think the Alanis song gets it right. It's ironic because he was right, when we all thought he's wrong. Irony to us, not to him.<BR/><BR/>Does that mean irony is also in the eye of the beholder?Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11980248848147600519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-84288740708892791332007-10-14T15:27:00.000-07:002007-10-14T15:27:00.000-07:00thanks for the lesson. now I know the difference b...thanks for the lesson. now I know the difference between irony and dramatic irony and can brag about it! :DThomas Ruferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06508054737071594938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-48085898700570366622007-10-14T03:52:00.000-07:002007-10-14T03:52:00.000-07:00You are correct in that assertion, but I'm fairly ...You are correct in that assertion, but I'm fairly certain that was not her intention when she wrote the song.Emily Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02163221455899041141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-82483954754733573822007-10-14T00:22:00.000-07:002007-10-14T00:22:00.000-07:00So am I right or wrong in having always thought th...So am I right or wrong in having always thought that it was ironic that there are no ironies in the song "Ironic," (which actually then would make the title make sense).mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17017087573156252234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-35059789306853179402007-10-13T17:33:00.000-07:002007-10-13T17:33:00.000-07:00What are you? An English teacher? ;-)I've always ...What are you? An English teacher? ;-)<BR/><BR/>I've always thought the refrain of that Alanis song should have been, "Isn't that fucked up?"Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14805340886472955460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-20685673715711852542007-10-13T16:36:00.000-07:002007-10-13T16:36:00.000-07:00Emily... YOU NAILED IT.He's got it mixed up with v...Emily... YOU NAILED IT.<BR/><BR/>He's got it mixed up with verbal and or situational irony.<BR/><BR/>UnkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com