another Irony thread - humor/not

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

09/25/2003 09:46:43 AM · #1

Well, I can think of 3 different set up shots to depict irony,,, the catch?

None of them are humorous...

dang! I can see the not meeting the challenge comments now.

but I may go w/ one of them anyway

lbWhaples

Olympus C-4000Z

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

09/25/2003 09:49:36 AM · #2

Irony by it's very nature is usually humorous. Soemtimes however it's merely thought provoking or a cause to reflect. Most politiacal cartoons use irony to do both (neither very well I'm afraid)

dsa157

Canon EOS-50D

09/25/2003 09:52:33 AM · #3

I don't think humor is neccessarily a required element of an ironic situation. If you have 3 ideas already, you are 3 ahead of me, so I say go for it.

I think this is a great theme - very thought provoking - and I really want to come up with something for this challenge.

09/25/2003 09:54:11 AM · #4

hmm,
I usually don't think of irony as humorous in the sense that it makes me laugh out loud.

More a snort through the nose sort of reaction.

When I think of irony I think of "the cask of amontillado" by Poe or "Romeo and Juliet". Not particularly funny. If ya know what I mean?

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09/25/2003 09:55:18 AM · #5

Originally posted by dsa157:

Ahh but the challenge description indicates, this time is!
Hence my conundrum!

soup

Canon EOS-30D

09/26/2003 08:02:25 AM · #6

this is a difficult one to work with.

and i think as far as the challenge goes
humor is part of the theme.

having a hard time with ideas
ans would like to enter this one..

soup

Ten13

Sony DSC-F717

09/26/2003 11:08:36 AM · #7

A sense of humor could be warped or even 'dark', you know? I wouldn't necessarily mark a shot down if it's ironic enough but not humorous.

Message edited by author 2003-09-26 11:08:47.

09/26/2003 12:03:59 PM · #8

Originally posted by dsa157:

If you have none, while others have three, it may be because you realize how difficult it is to achieve irony.
I'd say, you're ahead, so far. ;-)

09/26/2003 12:22:57 PM · #9

Originally posted by zeuszen:

If you have none, while others have three, it may be because you realize how difficult it is to achieve irony.
I'd say, you're ahead, so far. ;-)

Ahem,, and are you sying that because I do indeed have ideas for depicting irony,, I do not understand it?

09/26/2003 12:34:53 PM · #10

I was jesting, sslickk. My post was motivated by a conviction that irony is a highly cultivated sense and impossible to achieve spontaneously unless incidental. Even incidentally... how could it be caught if not recognized and felt?

Irony, the finest sense, one for the few, not the many.

09/26/2003 01:03:50 PM · #11

Jest recieved in good fun... <>

Yes, I agree, irony and ironic are two very misused words in American culture, and very difficult to depict visually.

verbal irony is much easier,, but somehow I think, typing it out and shooting that would be less than well received, no?

Most of the times I hear ironic used to describe a situation, it is usually being used in place of sarcasm or coincedence.

09/26/2003 01:13:04 PM · #12

Originally posted by sslickk:

...1) verbal irony is much easier,, but somehow I think, typing it out and shooting that would be less than well received, no?

2) Most of the times I hear ironic used to describe a situation, it is usually being used in place of sarcasm or coincedence.

1) verbal irony, as you say, may be easier to achieve, when defined as you did 2). As a literary form and device, however, this definition won't do.

09/26/2003 01:53:18 PM · #13

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I'm not sure what you mean..
I was saying that I hear it used incorrectly as a synonym for sarcasm or coincedence.

09/26/2003 02:26:37 PM · #14

Originally posted by sslickk:

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I'm not sure what you mean..
I was saying that I hear it used incorrectly as a synonym for sarcasm or coincedence.

I agree with this.

Seanachai