Your Mileage May Vary
Posted on April 13, 2009 by Tito
The Gray Lady covers a kerfuffle surrounding the Russian film Taras Bulba, adapted from Nikolai Gogol’s novel.
“Ultranationalist” politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky apparently likes what he sees: “Everyone who sees the film will understand that Russians and Ukrainians are one people — and that the enemy is from the West.”
Meanwhile, “The premiere inspired viewers in Krasnodar to shave their heads into Cossack haircuts, and early this month Russian Fashion Week devoted an afternoon to a collection called Cossacks in the City.”
Everybody now!
April 1 is Gogol’s 200th birthday
now we drink Cosmos when we’re thirstay
» Filed Under Books, Drinking, Film, Politics, Turf Wars
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