Foster sums up irony as “deflection from expectation” (p. 256) and concludes that irony trumps everything. What do these phrases mean? How do these ideas shed light on your understanding of irony? Can you think of a movie or television show that you have “read” recently where irony was present? What layer(s) did irony add to the film—comic, tragic, wry, perplexing, etc.? Explain.