Both in Mr. Volkov's annotations and in the text itself there were hints that Shostakovich's works contained veiled (or not so veiled) ironies, even outright messages of protest.
"It was very conscious on my part not to write anything that was veiled in irony or distance," he said.
"We both challenge the audience with how they think and feel about things, except I do it with this veil of irony, and I hide behind a slightly satirical character.
We should not let Crumb – or the viewer – off the hook by veiling this in irony, though.
She has not, so to speak, taken on the veil of irony.
Casa de Mi Padre, meanwhile, can only proceed under a veil of irony.
Thistle supporters like to look on their world of small expectations through the defensive veil of irony.
You won't find a laughter track, or smart-arse punchlines or an oh-so-subtle veil of irony here; instead of begging for your attention, Detectorists is notable for its avoidance of snark.
Yet, though the smart, technological overlay keeps the more embarrassing aspects of vaudeville wrapped in a veil of irony, it can't disguise the sense that Simon views it through rose-tinted spectacles.
At the same time, women in the public eye were often either sidelined or sexualised, represented in exactly the same way as they had been in the 70s, albeit beneath a thin veil of irony.
You must be a hollow, human-shaped mollusc living your life under a heavy veil of irony, my friend.
