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There's an intermediate sort of irony, the sort which myth-preservationists like Purdy should be doing more worrying about than the petty and innocuous variety in "Seinfeld", because it addresses itself to objects somewhere between daily trivialities and the stars. This kind of irony addresses itself to the kinds of things, civic responsibility, for instance, that Purdy wants to see saved. But what if this irony is the honesty of our times? What if irony has become not a retreat but a recourse? What if irony alone can now sustain the forms of innocence Purdy so cherishes...
...would have had a field day-suddenly angst is an inheritable trait, passed on from one generation of the urbanite species to the next. Unlike their forefather-oppressors, however, the post-yuppies had no outlet for their angst. They couldn't claim a cultural disaffectedness of their own, as Seinfeld and thirtysomething had been there and done that, and made it clear that fin-de-sicle unhappiness on TV was for their generation only; TV twentysomethings were left to stake new claim in another territory, the frothy world of Friends. That's where Kevin Smith stepped in. Taking...
...case Jerry Seinfeld is wondering, Gravell-Santos says that as of two years ago, the extension school does take American Express...
...would have had a field day-suddenly angst is an inheritable trait, passed on from one generation of the urbanite species to the next. Unlike their forefather-oppressors, however, the post-yuppies had no outlet for their angst. They couldn't claim a cultural disaffectedness of their own, as Seinfeld and thirtysomething had been there and done that, and made it clear that fin-de-sicle unhappiness on TV was for their generation only; TV twentysomethings were left to stake new claim in another territory, the frothy world of Friends. That's where Kevin Smith stepped in. Taking...
...readily admitted that he likes comedian Jerry Seinfeld, who he describes as "irony incarnate," and said people "have to have" a healthy sense of irony...