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Is Trump’s COVID-19 Diagnosis Ironic?
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Is Trump’s COVID-19 Diagnosis Ironic?

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 / 5 October 2020

Just hours before tweeting that he was COVID positive, Trump recorded a speech wherein he opined that "The end of the pandemic is in sight."

Terry Eagleton’s ‘Humour’ Is Neither Too Prude Nor Too Erudite
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Terry Eagleton’s ‘Humour’ Is Neither Too Prude Nor Too Erudite

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 / 22 May 2019

Terry Eagleton’s Humor wisely makes no argument beyond a survey of all the ways one can debunk some portion of all preceding theories of humor.

Paul Verhoeven’s Authenticity Came to Light at Chicago’s Logan Arcade
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Paul Verhoeven’s Authenticity Came to Light at Chicago’s Logan Arcade

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 / 6 July 2015
Some works by Paul Verhoeven, a director known for satire, were shown in an ironic setting this summer. The result was an earnestness soaked in blood.
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In Defense of Being Fed Up with Irony

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 / 8 January 2013