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Noun
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And the final irony of it all is the speaker was right in the beginning.—
ABC NEWS,
ABC News,
27 Feb. 2025 -
But Stewart didn’t miss a beat, continuing to point out the irony of subsidies for wildly profitable companies whose workers don’t earn enough to live on.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Film Constellation has boarded sales on Oscar Hudson’s Straight Circle, a dark comedy on the absurdities of conflict, and revealed a first image as principal photography wraps in South Africa.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
13 Feb. 2025
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Why such absurdity in a film about human connection?—
Stuart Miller,
Orange County Register,
12 Feb. 2025
Noun
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These bits of satire don’t betray a lack of respect for the films that came before The Monkey so much as an understanding that the King adaptation is in dire need of a refresh.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
21 Feb. 2025
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If Demi Moore wasn’t going to win for her career-reviving performance in the horror satire The Substance, then surely British voters would reward Marianne Jean-Baptiste for her searing depiction of depression in Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths.—
Sarah Crompton,
Vogue,
17 Feb. 2025
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