Category Archives: Art Criticism
Breaking News/Juicy Catfight In Culture War
Dear Readers: I still have a couple of Uboreviches left to go, but I needed to take a quick time-out for this breaking story. The Culture War never sleeps, and neither do its soldiers, on either side. I saw this … Continue reading
Posted in Art Criticism, Ballet, Breaking News, Cat Fighting, Celebrity Gossip, Sports
Tagged Tatyana Navka
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Scary Alyonka Finds Her Groom
Dear Readers: On 18 December 2020, the inhabitants of the Russian town of Novovoronezh attended the unveiling of an important statue. The occasion was the celebration of 250 years of history of the village of Alyonovka, named after a peasant … Continue reading
Posted in Art Criticism, Celebrity Gossip, Humor, Russian History
Tagged Alyonka, Ataman Kudeyar, Sergei Kiriukhin
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TV Review: The Queen’s Gambit
Dear Readers: I begin this 2021 New Year (Happy New Year, everybody, by the way!) with a review of a popular TV mini-series on Netflix. Netflix, I know, I know… they’re the imperialist running dogs who promoted the Al Qaeda … Continue reading
Book Review: City of the Plague – Part VIII
Dear Readers: Now we are a point where we can skim through the rest of Wilson’s story, having dived into the most interesting scene in it, the one which inspired Pushkin’s short tragedy. The rest of Wilson’s story is rather … Continue reading
Book Review: City of the Plague – Part VII
Dear Readers: With Pushkin signing off and Priest departed, Walsingham’s story still continues a bit longer in Wilson’s treatment. Following the stage direction [The Priest walks mournfully away], Walsingham focuses on his relationship with the fallen woman, Mary Gray. Mary … Continue reading
Posted in Art Criticism, Medicine and Health
Tagged César Cui, City of the Plague, John Wilson
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Book Review: City of the Plague – Part VI
Dear Readers: So, we are still working our way through that Feast scene in in John Wilson’s play City Of the Plague. I don’t recall if I linked his work. I have found this link online, but as you can … Continue reading
Book Review: City of the Plague – Part V
Dear Readers: We are now about to meet some interesting characters in John Wilson’s play City Of the Plague. Where we left off, our saintly heroine, Magdalene, was regaled by stories of horrid midnight revelries among the hoi polloi of … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Pushkin, Alexander Trofimov, Ivan Lapikov, John Wilson
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Book Review: City of the Plague – Part IV
Dear Readers: Where we left off in our recap of John Wilson’s play City Of the Plague. Our two intrepid chums continue their trek towards the Aldgate Church area, where Frankfort’s mom and baby brother “live” (or do they?). And … Continue reading
Book Review: City of the Plague – Part III
Dear Readers: Greetings again! and continuing with our recap of John Wilson’s play City Of the Plague. I forgot to mention that tis a play-in-verse. But it don’t rhyme, so I reckon that is called blank verse. There is a … Continue reading
Book Review: City of the Plague – Part II
I cannot say that I dislike the Plague. Good faith! It yields rare harvest to the poor Who are industrious, and will sit by night Round beds where richer servants dare not come. Yet after all, ‘tis not the Plague … Continue reading
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