tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294573.post8749474426448357586..comments2024-03-29T03:13:45.464-04:00Comments on Cockeyed Caravan: New Video: IronyMatt Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07319984238456281734noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294573.post-58431056436778099382020-05-03T20:42:23.949-04:002020-05-03T20:42:23.949-04:00I came looking for this video, because I am a *hug...I came looking for this video, because I am a *huge* fan of this BOOK.<br />I own both the audio version and the paperback.<br />It is an extremely useful handbook.<br /><br />I have listened to the audio version twice. And when I routine the second novel in my series - this fall - I will listen to it again.<br /><br />Sometimes I listen and work to figure out - do I have that as an element in this novel? Or do I need to add this idea.<br /><br />Just now working on re-outining a chapter, and I was working on recalling all the types of irony Matt suggests.<br />This was faster than getting out the book.L.R. Shimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13365645172773475244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294573.post-11878346400095124692019-02-01T19:09:04.561-05:002019-02-01T19:09:04.561-05:00Great video Matt!
It got me thinking that maybe a...Great video Matt!<br /><br />It got me thinking that maybe all of the ironies are used to inject life into otherwise boring stories?<br /><br />It reminds me when someone becomes successful at something, is invited to give a talk at a school, and then comes up with all of these stories about how they were terrible at math as a child but, by hook and crook, became the best book maker in Vegas or something.Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05622631031609144800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294573.post-6709598297433758432019-01-10T10:18:40.714-05:002019-01-10T10:18:40.714-05:00I tried to find an example that had every type of ...I tried to find an example that had every type of irony, but I wound up with one without an ironic title. I guess I could have lingered on the meaning more. In my other videos I started with text and found clips, whereas in this one I started with clips and found text, which I think feels more organic, but it means I may have left some text out. Matt Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07319984238456281734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294573.post-25250282563262519592019-01-10T10:15:13.318-05:002019-01-10T10:15:13.318-05:00This was a really strong piece at giving examples ...This was a really strong piece at giving examples of all the cool ways to do irony (although it misses one of my favourite ways you've talked about, the example of a title which helps sell people on the concept). It did feel like the video rushed over the value you get from all this irony, compared to what you give in your book.McLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07650530779980558277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294573.post-9572840941613473742019-01-09T09:34:33.024-05:002019-01-09T09:34:33.024-05:00Yeah, I remember liking the first half and the sec...Yeah, I remember liking the first half and the second half being a train wreck. Matt Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07319984238456281734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294573.post-21103735113901085622019-01-09T06:00:57.452-05:002019-01-09T06:00:57.452-05:00Looks like I gotta see Mulan! The other day I watc...Looks like I gotta see Mulan! The other day I watched Hancock, and I've been thinking lot about where that movie went wrong, since I enjoyed the first half quite a bit and thought the second half stunk (ignoring entirely, of course, the head-up-the-butt scene, which is just an egregious misstep for any story, in any genre, ever). Thinking about irony brings to mind that the film starts out ironic as all heck, and then kind of torpedoes its irony as it progresses, much to its detriment.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11716224645143254255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294573.post-5020240430096948642019-01-07T20:20:32.520-05:002019-01-07T20:20:32.520-05:00Great video! I really need to watch Mulan, and a l...Great video! I really need to watch Mulan, and a lot of classic Disney movies actually. I feel like they would be great for analysing storytelling.Sam Zuccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06162553920853147776noreply@blogger.com