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This GIF is pitch perfect 3rd level irony. Baldwin portrays a caricature of 2nd level irony. He doesn't care if typecasting hurts his noob audience appeal. To SAVVY anti-Trump audiences he (1) shows confidence vs typecast risks and (2) loyalty to the cause of bashing Trump. pic.twitter.com/wdylSMPyU3
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Jennifer RM
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I recall >=3 levels of linguistic ironic detachment in High School. First: basic humorous incongruity between literal speech and intended meaning. 2nd level: doing this defensively where you mean what you say but "have an out". 3rd: Pretending to need an out as a status move.
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Can you flesh out what three looks like?
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Jennifer RM
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Often 3rd level irony looks like scornful mimicry. Imagine Alec Baldwin satirically pretending to be "Trump semi-ironically testing out a new phrase". This makes Baldwin look superior to Trump and some of his verbal ploys, even as Baldwin produces those ploys from his own mouth.
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Jennifer RM
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However, suppose Baldwin's satire is subtle... then an anti-Trumper might think the portrayal is maybe *intentionally* "deniably sympathetic" and suspect Baldwin of 4th level irony. A lot of Colbert's old mockeries of Fox newcasters supporting Bush arguably got close to this.
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Oldschool Colbert on Comedy Central was so nuanced and friendly as a "fake bad conservative" that some conservatives thought he was doing 2nd or 4th level irony and was secretly "on their side" *against* his mainstream liberal audiences. Maybe he was really doing 5 levels? pic.twitter.com/kW0nstc8Ci
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