Reports of the death of irony have been greatly exaggerated. Kurt Andersen and the writer Dave Eggers talk about how irony saturates our culture and how it can do more than just wink at the audience. We visit the Broadway hit Urinetown and find out what the Cartoon Network has in common with Stephin Merritt’s 69 Love Songs.
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