January 23, 2018
ALL COMEDY IS CONSERVATIVE:
Russia Doesn't See Dark Humor In 'Death Of Stalin' (Tom Balmforth, 1/23/18, Radio Liberty)
Two days before a black comedy on Josef Stalin's demise was due to premiere in Russia, the country's Culture Ministry has barred it -- arguing that the British film about the power struggle that followed the Soviet dictator's death in 1953 was extremist, mendacious, and insulting to the Russian nation.
Posted by Orrin Judd at January 23, 2018 1:42 PM