Sep 28, 2011
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As Cervantes realized in the context of the newly born mass culture of the Catholic, imperial, Spanish state, irony expertly wielded is the best defense against the manipulation of truth by the media. Its effect was and still is to remind its audience that we are all active participants in the creation and support of a fictional world that is always in danger of being sold to us as reality.
William Egginton, “‘Quixote,’ Colbert and the Reality of Fiction”  (via absurdlakefront)

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