I am a police officer. I can do anything I want to. I know the law. No, you cannot...you are pignorance.
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Unlike in dramatic irony in which facts are not known by the characters but are known by the audience, in dramatic ignorance, authors must pretend that their characters are more ignorant than they normally would be to take into account the actual ignorance of the audience.
Unlike in dramatic irony in which facts are not known by the characters but are known by the audience, in dramatic ignorance, authors must pretend that their characters are more ignorant than they normally would be to take into account the actual ignorance of the audience.
An example of dramatic ignorance can be found on CSI on which the following dialogue might be heard:
(Scene: Las Vegas hotel room. Sara Sidle sprays a liquid on a bed.)
Gil: What are you doing?
Sara: I’m spraying Luminol to find blood trace.
This dialogue is absurd for the characters because Gil, of course, would know what Luminol does. The dialogue is there for the benefit of the viewer, who may have actual—not dramatic—ignorance of basic forensics
(Scene: Las Vegas hotel room. Sara Sidle sprays a liquid on a bed.)
Gil: What are you doing?
Sara: I’m spraying Luminol to find blood trace.
This dialogue is absurd for the characters because Gil, of course, would know what Luminol does. The dialogue is there for the benefit of the viewer, who may have actual—not dramatic—ignorance of basic forensics
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A public display of ignorance, or PDI, can be used to describe someone who is sharing information that highlights their overall lack of understanding of the topic at hand. Public displays of ignorance can often be found on twitter.
Person 1: "Did you see that response to Donald Trump's tweet?"
Person 2: "Yeah dude, I can't believe people are that stupid. A public display of ignorance right there"
Person 2: "Yeah dude, I can't believe people are that stupid. A public display of ignorance right there"
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Aggravated Ignorance can also be applied, when a person who is talking to him or herself into getting arrested, by being ignorant and argumentative.
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by imjarek November 24, 2010
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