Catherine Burwell

University of Toronto

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Calling on the Colbert Nation: How fan practices complicate irony

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Catherine Burwell University of Toronto

January 17, 2008
5 comments

Calling on the Colbert Nation: How fan practices complicate irony politics fandom parody participation irony Stephen Colbert The Colbert Report Linda Hutcheon Colbert Nation Green Screen Challenge Jedis Curator's Note Irony, we know, is always a slip ...

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Re: South Park’s Ironic Whiteness

Thanks to Ted for starting

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Catherine Burwell University of Toronto

Tuesday, January 15, 2008 — 8:08 am
Thanks to Ted for starting us off with this provocative clip and to Viveca and Amber for bringing up interesting and necessary questions of audience. Just to continue on with this discussion of interpretation a bit longer, it would seem important to ask w ...
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Re: Ironic Authenticity: Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping

Not knowing much about

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Catherine Burwell University of Toronto

Tuesday, January 15, 2008 — 5:47 pm
Not knowing much about Reverend Billy beyond the name, I really enjoyed this clip. In fact, was intrigued by your post right from the outset, with your title’s claim for an “ironic authenticity." I think it points towards the idea that the use of iro ...