Is sarcasm more of a dark comedy? (I always thought so.)

Is seminal post-modern pastiche also sarcastic? I suppose it did taunt establishment Modernism keenly (and perhaps even somewhat bitterly?). Although one could say establishment Modernism became much more embittered because of it.

The D+S example above intrigues me the most. It is indeed taunting and you can almost taste the bitterness. (Not exactly architecture though.)

Perhaps Rossi haunts more than taunts.

Does any sarcastic architecture wound feelings? The Eisenman West Avenue proposal (next to Ground Zero) seems to have that potential.

Has Koolhaas (subliminally?) made a whole career out of taunting and bitterness?