Tony TulathimutteThe ironic, too-cool meta satire, the sneering and mocking? Is actually just a contemporary version of the bourgeois sentimentality it's trying to mock. It is not new. Really it's almost quaint. The backlash has already outlasted it.
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The ironic, too-cool meta satire, the sneering and mocking? Is actually just a contemporary version of the bourgeois sentimentality it's trying to mock. It is not new. Really it's almost quaint. The backlash has already outlasted it.
The term "ironic mockery" describes something that is meant to be mocked, but is in fact well-meaning and sincere. This example of irony-as-sarcasm uses the word "coutesy," which means old fashioned or outdated. This criticism points out how exaggerated and ridiculous some forms of sarcasm and satire can be in the 21st century.
Source: Private Citizens
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