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Rap's conscious response to the poverty and oppression of U.S. blacks is like some hideous parody of sixties black pride.

David Foster Wallace

The reader becomes God, for all textual purposes. I see your eyes glazing over, so I'll hush.

David Foster Wallace

God

Eyes

The problem is that once the rules of art are debunked, and once the unpleasant realities the irony diagnoses are revealed and diagnosed, "then" what do we do?

The other half is to dramatize the fact that we still "are" human beings, now. Or can be.

David Foster Wallace

Fact

Now

The interesting thing is why we're so desperate for this anesthetic against loneliness.

David Foster Wallace

Loneliness

The great thing about irony is that it splits things apart, gets up above them so we can see the flaws and hypocrisies and duplicates.

David Foster Wallace

Flaws

Irony