Armie Hammer tries on the mask of a unironic icon in 'The Lone Ranger'.
IRONY isn’t a recent invention. But a savvy popular culture watcher would have to notice that for the past 20 years or so, American culture has enjoyed – or endured – a sort of Golden Age of Irony, as if the whole country has a permanently raised eyebrow, a tongue perpetually buried in its cheek.
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