Isn't ironic that the guy that played superman got paralyzed in a horrible accident and the guy that played in Back to the Future has Parkinson's disease?
2006-11-02 15:04:17 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
I'm not asking this to be funny, I just think it's strange. I am very sad that these things happened, I was nearly paralyzed myself. But why did these things happen to these particular people? Not to mention Stever Irwin
2006-11-02 15:08:22 · update #1
Ironic would be if Rush Limbaugh got Parkinsons then was cured as a result of stem cell research paid for by a grant from AirAmerica radio.
Ironic is the ACLU supporting Rush Limbaugh in the case where his doc handed over his medical records to the DEA.
I think maybe the answer to your question boils down to a simple matter of you not understanding the meaning of the word ironic:
Irony is a literary or rhetorical device in which there is a gap or incongruity between what a speaker or a writer says, and what is generally understood (either at the time, or in the later context of history). Irony may also arise from a discordance between acts and results, especially if it is striking, and known to a later audience. A certain kind of irony may result from the act of pursuing a desired outcome, resulting in the opposite effect, but again, only if this is known to a third party. In this case the aesthetic arises from the realization that an effort is sharply at odds with an outcome, and that in fact the very effort has been its own undoing.
More generally, irony is understood as an aesthetic valuation by an audience, which relies on a sharp discordance between the real and the ideal, and which is variously applied to texts, speech, events, acts, and even fashion. All the different senses of irony revolve around the perceived notion of an incongruity, or a gap, between an understanding of reality, or expectation of a reality, and what actually happens.
There are different kinds of irony. For example:
* Tragic (or dramatic) irony occurs when a character onstage is ignorant, but the audience watching knows his or her eventual fate, as in Sophocles’ play Oedipus the King.
* Socratic irony takes place when someone pretends to be foolish or ignorant, but is not.
* Cosmic irony is a sharp incongruity between our expectation of an outcome and what actually occurs, as if the universe were mocking us.
So no, it's not ironic at all.
2006-11-02 15:18:41 · answer #1 · answered by spongeworthy_us 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I get the Superman thing, but I missed the Parkinson's/Back to the Future reference. Are you saying he could go into the future and get cured? Or that the Delorean shook a lot? Maybe Im dense...
Love Jack
2006-11-02 23:42:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it is really sad for both of them. Maybe it happened to them to make people more aware of paralysis and Parkinson's, because if it happened to either you or I, the world wouldn't give a fig, but it happened to 2 well known and loved celebrities and it has made the world stand up and pay notice.
2006-11-03 01:51:06 · answer #3 · answered by nevada nomad 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that these two men are just an example of what can happen in real life. Both of them are famous as actors , and i think it just proves that no matter how famous or rich you are you are only human.These gentleman had the money and resourses avaliable to them that most of us don't,and yet they had terrible health problems.They would have probley given all of thier fame and fortune to have thier health.We should be thankfull for things that we take for granted ,because it could happen to us.
2006-11-03 18:45:48 · answer #4 · answered by zzum 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it is rather ironic, but all irony aside, the severity of both of them is a new light into disease and being completely selfless for others to takje care of them and try to reach out and make a difference. michael j fox was so young at the time of diagnosis of parkinson's, usually it's diagnosed in a lot later in life. so i see your irony, with the age and back to the future. it's a shame that we lose so many people young to accidents and lose someone to disease (not necessarily dying) but to the disease itself. it's just coincidence that that happened that way.
2006-11-02 23:10:02 · answer #5 · answered by overwhelmed85 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
In a way it kind of is, but it just shows you that even Christopher Reeves(may he rest in Peace) who played "The Man Of Steel" in the movies isn't invincible, but a real person like everyone else.
2006-11-02 23:39:09 · answer #6 · answered by kayla_s_76437 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not really, it is just that bad things can happen to good people.
Regardless, it is a shame. I may not agree with Fox's views in politics, but I do enjoy him as a entertainer.
2006-11-02 23:07:56 · answer #7 · answered by Eldude 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
its kind of ironis that superman cant walk, but what did back to the future have 2 do with parkinsons, thats not ironic at all
steve irwins not ironic at all,, you play with fire you get burned thats common sense, its sad yes but not ironic
2006-11-02 23:08:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
I felt the same about Superman and Mr. Fox too. It is very ironic.
2006-11-02 23:13:06 · answer #9 · answered by Art The Wise 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes
2006-11-02 23:06:03 · answer #10 · answered by ncarvalho 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋