>YES OF COURSE, and i still believe the term irony fits. >if, say in a satirical play, there are people on a stage discussing >the terrible problems they have, e.g. deciding which cheeseburger >tastes better, mcdonalds or burger kings, and photos of starving >children are projected onto a screen behind them at the same time, >the effect will certainly be (intentionally) ironic. I believe it's called situational irony... Elizabeth