tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25230932.post114749878989035865..comments2023-10-06T10:10:06.982-04:00Comments on La Russophobe: Dr. Zhivago is SickLa Russophobehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05672264388217953086noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25230932.post-51976375838007360312007-06-21T10:26:00.000-04:002007-06-21T10:26:00.000-04:00"In fact, you could get The Master and Margarita e..."In fact, you could get The Master and Margarita even during Soviet Times, but in a bastardized translation that made it seem to be a satire of religion rather than the Soviet state that supressed virtually all of Bulgakov's great stage plays entirely."<BR/><BR/>What are you talking about??!! "Master i Margarita" was written in Russian, they didn't need to tanslate it!!<BR/><BR/>And Bulgakov's play "Dni Turbinyh" was shown many, many times in Moscow theaters!<BR/><BR/>Fro the rest, I agree with the commenter above!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25230932.post-42882870650324623432007-03-29T19:33:00.000-04:002007-03-29T19:33:00.000-04:00Oh, and I forgot: if you are not that completely p...Oh, and I forgot: if you are not that completely prejudiced against Russia, then perhaps you're paid by Mr Berezovsky???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25230932.post-15833811933311236472007-03-29T19:29:00.000-04:002007-03-29T19:29:00.000-04:00I am sorry: I can't see your point at all! They ar...I am sorry: I can't see your point at all! They are adapting for television the masterpieces of some of the most prosecuted writers of the soviet era; they are making people discover or re-discover some of the most brilliant masterpieces of russian litterature (because,yes, once I saw the series I re-read the books and I know some people, younger than me, who discovered those books thanks to the series)and it's still not good for you... What's the link with the "increasingly repressive political climate"???? I suppose you didn't watch Master and Margarita series: there are even more explicit references to Stalin's repressive regime than in the book!!! Why should Putin-the-evil allow films about repressive regimes if he wants to make one himself? If you mean that it is a reaction against the "repressive climate",I won't quite agree either. The revolution (Dr Zhivago), the stalinist era, the Gulags are parts of our history: it is a natural phenomenon for now-days russian directors, actors, screenwriters to reflect about those things, to be inspired by them because it is something that touches them, something that is a part of their culture. It is the natural phenomenon of "digesting" key events of the history of a nation. It's like the Germans making a film about Hitler (I don't know if you saw it: Das Untergang-I don't know the title inEnglish). It is because it's something that's a part of their common past, a common trauma that they want to understand; it is not because they want Hitler back!!! <BR/>But then, perhaps I didn't really get your point... Try to look at things in another way than through your "russophobic" glasses or else you'll sound more and more caricature-like. <BR/>In a response to the author of one of the comments on your blog, you wrote that your blog gets plenty of hits. I am sorry to upset you but I guess that lots of people come to laugh at you....<BR/>Sorry...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com