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Re:‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ film was also a real-life scam by Yajirobe on Friday March 29, 2019 @05:07AM (#19520123)
No. Irony is when the outcome of a state of affairs is opposite the expected one. The movie being about financial scams implies nothing about the making of the movie.

Now, if the Wolf of Wall Street criticized (or made fun of) financial scam funded movies, that would be ironic.

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Re:‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ film was also a real-life scam by CloudNetworking on Friday March 29, 2019 @05:36AM (#19520225)
> Irony is when the outcome of a state of affairs is opposite the expected one.

Like making a movie about financial scams, which one would expect it would be just "a movie about financial scams" and not "a financial scam", but it turns out it was also "a financial scam"?

:-)

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Re:‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ film was also a real-life scam by 2038AD on Friday March 29, 2019 @06:10AM (#19520344)
>Like making a movie ... which one would expect it would be ... not "a financial scam"

I think you have better expectations of the film industry than I do :-)

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Re:‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ film was also a real-life scam by CloudNetworking on Friday March 29, 2019 @11:16AM (#19522388)
hahaha fair enough! :)
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Re:‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ film was also a real-life scam by SmellyGeekBoy on Friday March 29, 2019 @05:08AM (#19520129)
No, that would be hypocritical.
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Re:‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ film was also a real-life scam by 2038AD on Friday March 29, 2019 @05:28AM (#19520192)
It would be both
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