Comments on: Bruno producers muzzle Chaser: ironic or funny? Neither? http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/02/bruno-producers-muzzle-chaser-ironic-or-funny-neither/ now with extra source Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:21:38 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: deccles http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/02/bruno-producers-muzzle-chaser-ironic-or-funny-neither/#comment-30216 deccles Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:22:26 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=71012#comment-30216 I would like to refer you all to the outstanding George Steiner book 'The Death of Tragedy' where he defines and dissects tragedy and irony using examples from literature. I'm quite happy Sacha Baron-Cohen made them sign an agrement not to disrupt the screening. Frankly it shouldn't have stopped them it surely wouldn't have stopped Sacha Baron-Cohen. Is Julien the ex Law Student? He shouldn't be so lax with his definitions. I find 'The Chaser' about as funny as a child patient in a cancer ward at the best of times. I would like to refer you all to the outstanding George Steiner book ‘The Death of Tragedy’ where he defines and dissects tragedy and irony using examples from literature.
I’m quite happy Sacha Baron-Cohen made them sign an agrement not to disrupt the screening. Frankly it shouldn’t have stopped them it surely wouldn’t have stopped Sacha Baron-Cohen. Is Julien the ex Law Student? He shouldn’t be so lax with his definitions.

I find ‘The Chaser’ about as funny as a child patient in a cancer ward at the best of times.

]]> By: Jack Robertson http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/02/bruno-producers-muzzle-chaser-ironic-or-funny-neither/#comment-30204 Jack Robertson Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:03:44 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=71012#comment-30204 Careful, this stuff killed David Foster Wallace. Careful, this stuff killed David Foster Wallace.

]]> By: David Sanderson http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/02/bruno-producers-muzzle-chaser-ironic-or-funny-neither/#comment-30160 David Sanderson Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:11:43 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=71012#comment-30160 Call me dopey but this is just confusing, or possibly just confused. Surely it is an ironic violation of the the prankster ethos* if a prankster attempts to stop other pranks while himself conducting a prank (eg the horse down George Street etc) himself. The larger point is that pranksters attempt to control the prank audience/'victims' and the 'prank environment'. What Morrow can be accused of is hypocrisy as the Chaser team attempt to exercise this type of control when doing their stunts. But he does know what irony means. *A wankery term I know but, hey, this all for fun OK? Call me dopey but this is just confusing, or possibly just confused. Surely it is an ironic violation of the the prankster ethos* if a prankster attempts to stop other pranks while himself conducting a prank (eg the horse down George Street etc) himself. The larger point is that pranksters attempt to control the prank audience/’victims’ and the ‘prank environment’.

What Morrow can be accused of is hypocrisy as the Chaser team attempt to exercise this type of control when doing their stunts. But he does know what irony means.

*A wankery term I know but, hey, this all for fun OK?

]]> By: Steven McKiernan http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/02/bruno-producers-muzzle-chaser-ironic-or-funny-neither/#comment-30156 Steven McKiernan Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:46:44 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=71012#comment-30156 and not a cowboy to be seen? and not a cowboy to be seen?

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