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Unsurprisingly, Irony Inc. (a k a the New York Observer ) shreds the book, calling the chapter on the dangers of genetic engineering "a warning so bloated with bombast that one begins to wish that the gene for pomposity could be extirpated for the sake of future generations.
But the high point [of pomposity] might be ELO--the Electric Light Orchestra.
(The conventional wisdom on the 18 th -century painter: He was said to be "a decadent ally of aristocratic taste"--Solomon; "an advocate of pomposity, cynicism, and costume drama"--Francis Haskell, New York Review of Books .) Hughes sees new levels of wit in Tiepolo's paintings: "[T]he distanced, self-aware theatrics of his style--his parade of visual language as a source of delight--make him look modern."
At the same time, punk arose in reaction to art-rock pomposity and singer/songwriter narcissism, and reintroduced political content, derived from both '60s rock and Jamaican-born reggae . By the end of the decade, punk and disco were tentatively crossbreeding.
That's where the pomposity comes in.