Posted on 03/13/2019 7:29:20 AM PDT by NOBO2012
When did America lose it’s sense of humor? Sometime between 2000, when George W. won the presidency with hanging chads that led to the left’s unshakeable belief that it was a “stolen election,” and 9/11. The terrorist attack on New York immediately led to mostly leftist declarations of the end of irony, led by Graydon Carter, then editor of Vanity Fair:
"There's going to be a seismic change. I think it's the end of the age of irony."
At about the same time Roger Rosenblatt wrote in an essay for Time:
“One good thing could come from this horror: it could spell the end of the age of irony.”
What they meant of course was that the sort of cynicism that permeated pop culture, that mocked and dismissed any sort of extremist beliefs, was a thing of the past. Fairly soon thereafter it seemed everybody and their grandmother declared the end of irony.
As it turned out irony was not dead at all, it was just revised to exclude certain forms of extremism – all things Islamic - and redefined to identify what sorts are still okay to be cynically mocked and ridiculed: Christians, whites, conservatives. As it turned out, at the dawn of the 21st century irony did not die it just became unfunny. Unless you were a member of “the club.”
So when Jay Leno complained that late night comedy is no longer funny because it’s just too political, that’s what he meant. The “comics” can no longer provide the country with universal humor because they are more interested in sharing and airing their political beliefs and agendas than they are in providing entertainment.
Just as Bill Maher acknowledged of the “cultural appropriation” phenomenon - it’s “made up” because these people “just want to bitch,” – late night TV has turned into commercial supported bitching sessions for likeminded politicos.
So you see, irony is far from dead.
Posted from: MOTUS A.D.
A few months ago I discovered the MGTOW movement. Men Going Their Own Way.
They are basically the mail response to the fourth wave feminists. I consider them to be quite misogynistic while the feminists are misandrist.
i.e. one side hates men and the other hates women.
But the funny part is this: The feminists are just always angry. But the MGTOW side is laughing at the other side. It’s stark.
mail = male
Way before 2000, when white comedians could no longer make black people jokes but black comedians could make fun of white people. This isn’t a racist statement just the facts because at sometime during the 80s this occurred. Take a look at SNL of the late 70s and early 80s. Then look at SNL of the 90s leading up to 2000. Big change in their satire and one of the reasons why SNL was n longer funny and many people stopped watching it. (from memory) I recall a few comedians in the nineties taking this taboo topic up and they were not happy with it.
one side hates men and the other hates women.
Don’t fall for it, even the women hate other women.
I just thought it was your accent...
I thought the end of irony was Perma-Pressed.
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