Part one of term paper
"Quality is possible without irony;emotion is possible without gushiness. The best are, high and pop, finds a middle way." Gordon's statement carries an immense weight of truth with it. In our society, we aree surrounded and ambushed by ironic images, that in fact border on sarcastic cynicism and contempt. Although all this irony contains an ...

Part two of term paper
... to nowadays. Too much exposure to either one high or the other low numbs the senses, and in fact inflicts a response of longing for the other. It is automatic to groan, or start laughing when too much gushy emotion is thrown at you through film or literature. This response stems from overexposure to such highs and our cynical view that nothing is ever perfect, and never will be. Such idealisms are ridiculed - for in our society such an optimistic view is going to be met with sarcasm, because the 'b ...