Saturday, November 17, 2018
Backwards fucking idiots
The UK Times has decided that Маша и Медведь is pro-Putin propaganda. In their "minds" the Masha character represents wily sneaky Putin, trying to put one over on the West.
Backwards as fucking always. A few years ago I enjoyed watching the cartoon, and I concluded:
Masha is hypercompetitive, always pushing, always getting into everyone else's affairs, always ready for everything even when there's nothing to be ready for. Bear is laid back, always ready to enjoy a good nap. Sometimes Bear manages to turn Masha's hyperenergy toward good ends, sometimes not. Маша и Медведь is clearly descended from Краденое солнце, which is the best motion picture ever made. (I'm tempted to call it the best thing ever made by humans, but I need to leave room for Bach.) The scenery and secondary characters are the same. Bear is the same Bear, faced with a different opponent in a different era, using different tactics to handle the new opponent. In other words: Masha is just a little bit ... or a whole lot ... like America.If you can't even figure out that a bear represents Russia, you shouldn't be trying to figure shit out. = = = = = Watching Краденое солнце again four years later, it works equally well for modern times. This moment is September 2015 when the bear, after pleas from the smaller critters, breaks out of his desperation and decides to go after the alligator. The struggle takes time, and it's not quite finished yet, but the alligator has finally released the sun. ¶ 2:35 PM
