author david foster wallace and his take on the post-modern cultural saturation of the over-use of irony,fueled by cynicism,which offers a negative contribution to societal understandings.

will shroder explains wallace's take on irony and how in the 90's and early 2000's had saturated american television,and points out the lack of sincerity,and compares that understanding to the newer shows who are slowly beginning to re-introduce the very important dynamic of sincerity,which when balanced with irony,can produce much better shows,and hence influence our culture.