December 2009
27 posts
“It makes me uncomfortable to talk about meanings and things. It is better not to...”
– David Lynch (via laurenlemon) (via constantflux)
On Irony and Cynicism
louobedlam:
nerdshares:
“Irony and cynicism were just what the U.S. hypocrisy of the fifties and sixties called for. That’s what made the early postmodernists great artists. The great thing about irony is that it splits things apart, gets up above them so we can see the flaws and hypocrisies and duplicates. The virtuous always triumph? Ward Cleaver is the prototypical fifties father? “Sure.”...
