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‘Music’ Review: Angela Schanelec’s Radically Mystifying But Rewarding Riff on ‘Oedipus Rex’
Variety via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWriting about music is like dancing about architecture, the maxim goes. And writing about “Music,”...
A complex error: Two Oedipus productions announced simultaneously in London
Euronews via Yahoo News· 5 months agoA Freudian slip is when you mean one thing but say your mother. It might have seemed like two major...
French Documentary ‘On the Adamant’ Wins Golden Bear at Berlin
Variety via Yahoo News· 1 year agoVeteran French docmaker Nicolas Philibert was the surprise winner of the Golden Bear at this year’s...
How Verbal Irony Works: Examples and Practical Uses
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 1 week agoVerbal irony is a clever twist of language that keeps conversations interesting and adds humor by contrasting what is said with what is meant. Whether it's Michael Scott from "The Office" declaring ...
Situational Irony Can Be Funny, Tragic or Even Terrifying
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 1 month agoIrony is one of those things that everybody seems know about but few seem able to precisely define. To make matters more complicated still, there are different kinds of irony (cosmic irony, dramatic irony, verbal irony and so forth).
