TY - CHAP

T1 - Puppets

T2 - Rage and jest

AU - Kozintsev, Alexander

PY - 2009/1/1

Y1 - 2009/1/1

N2 - Puppets (Kukly), a weekly TV puppet show written for most of its run mainly by Viktor Shenderovich, is one of the most prominent examples of post-Soviet political satire. The present article examines various aspects of the program: the authors' satirical intentions, its characteristic comic devices, its parallels with traditional art, and official reactions to the show. The central question addressed in this article concerns the self-contradictory nature of satire, as it relates to the incompatibility between the author's serious attitudes (which are hostile and moralizing) and the humorous forms of expression (which are friendly in both origin and function).

AB - Puppets (Kukly), a weekly TV puppet show written for most of its run mainly by Viktor Shenderovich, is one of the most prominent examples of post-Soviet political satire. The present article examines various aspects of the program: the authors' satirical intentions, its characteristic comic devices, its parallels with traditional art, and official reactions to the show. The central question addressed in this article concerns the self-contradictory nature of satire, as it relates to the incompatibility between the author's serious attitudes (which are hostile and moralizing) and the humorous forms of expression (which are friendly in both origin and function).

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84920202059&partnerID=8YFLogxK

M3 - Chapter

AN - SCOPUS:84920202059

SN - 9780893573508

SP - 175

EP - 191

BT - Uncensored? Reinventing Humor and Satire in Post-Soviet Russia

PB - Slavica Publishers

ER -