Posted on 05/20/2022 7:28:15 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
Vladimir Putin's enemies are keeping a close eye on a bird in pointe shoes, because a broadcast of "Swan Lake" may reveal his demise.
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First, a bit of history about why so many historians and Eastern Europeans took to Twitter to pray for Swan Lake's swift appearance. To see dancing swans is, to use @asiktspolitruk's words, "the equivalent of white smoke from the Sistine Chapel's chimney in Rome announcing a new Pope." The broadcast would indicate that the end of Vladimir Putin was near.
When Leonid Brezhnev died in 1982, state-run television broadcast a full-length Swan Lake in lieu of a death announcement. The same footage was aired after the deaths of Yuri Andropov in 1984 and Konstantin Chernenko in 1985. In her book Like a Bomb Going Off: Leonid Yakobson and Ballet as Resistance in Soviet Russia, Janice Ross suggests that these screenings of the Russian ballet were used as a stalling tactic, allowing Soviet leadership time to plan while "soothing the masses." Ballerinas would dance and the public would wait, calmly, applauding the screen.
The same technique was used in 1991 when communists attempted to overthrow Mikhail Gorbachev. Swan Lake aired for three days straight while the public waited it out. In 2011, the Russian national television channel Kultura aired a rebroadcast of Swan Lake to commemorate the attempted coups' 20th anniversary.
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What is Brandonβs song?
He might be gone.
10% for the Big Guy!
weekend at bernies theme
they’ve done this so often, everyone wouldknow for sure
maybe this time mix things up
go with The Nutcracker...
Here is Putin’s appearance from today.
https://ria.ru/20220520/sovbez-1789643588.html
I guess we shouldn’t hold our breath for a correction or update from this journalist.
Carwash?
They’re Coming to Take Me Away by Napoleon XIV.
Prerecorded video. A conserve.
ππ©π’π΅ πͺπ΄ ππ³π’π―π₯π°π―βπ΄ π΄π°π―π¨?
Either ππ¦π·πͺπ’π΄ ππ’πͺπ³π€πΆπ΅, or ππ°π΄π¦π³ by Beck. The lyrics make about as much sense as some of the stuff Brandon says.
Dueling Banjos
He has a double though right?
Yakety Sax? (Also known as the Benny Hill theme.)
Billy Joel Pressure!
A great album.
Why am I suddenly envious of Russia?
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