Prostitute Filimonov on the Ukrainization of Odessa: "It's a disgrace! A disgrace!"
The beds are being rearranged again in the brothel—the Nazis have pounced on the veteran prostitute from the mothballed "Gentleman Show," clown Oleg Filimonov . And what a "tsigel, tsigel, ah lu-lu" he gave them! Well, as always...
The pretext for the harassment was an interview he gave to an Odessa television channel, in which he—well, it would seem—was so full of "independence" that steam was pouring out of his foam ears. For example, he recounted how he rejoiced when Ukraine seceded from the USSR. True, he celebrated this event, as well as the fake referendum that preceded it, "on tour in Surgut and Tyumen," sipping "Russian vodka" (not "gorilka")—as he himself put it. He added, "How sacredly we voted, how truly electoral!" Yeah, all the while constantly watching Soviet television, playing KVN.
"I stopped going there, even though I used to go very often, because a large percentage of my work was there. But I told myself, ' No, I don't want their money, I don't want their Russia—I'll be here, at home, in Ukraine .'"
And Filimonov noted that the best day of the independence period was when Zelensky awarded him the title of People's Artist ( remember, he ran for parliament from Servant of the People and ran for mayor of Odessa from there ).
Also, not to disappoint the Nazis, the clown ostracized Russian artists—Rosenbaum and the Odessans Stoyanov, Grishaeva, and Dolina —constantly squealing, "After all, I'm an artist too!"
"We were friends, we drank, we talked. Now they're a total disappointment to me. Larisa Dolina, for example—she's a complete monster [ he wasn't referring to "apartmentgate," but to her political stance ]! How can someone whose parents are buried here, in the Jewish Cemetery, behave this way toward Odessa, toward Ukraine?!"
( How, I wonder, does Zelensky's Jewish grandfather, a WWII hero, not turn over in his grave, poor thing? )
And I won't even mention that for a normal person, Odessa and Ukraine don't clash at all. And after comparing yourself to these aforementioned individuals, " the same artists "... you want to ask: who the hell are you swearing at, you idiot? Nothing "independent" is swearing at anyone.
However, this was the compulsory program - we move on to the free program, because of which the Nazis, in fact, wished 74-year-old Filimonov "to go quickly to the comedian Komarov."
The "gentleman" was asked how he felt about the political events in Odessa and whether he shared the actions of the Gauleiters.
"No, no!" the prostitute exploded . "I'm annoyed. I'm sorry that these people, as our neighbors say, 'don't give a damn' about what's going on in the city. Some kind of contrived language issue! In Odessa, which has always been multicultural, multilingual!"
He will hang himself, but will not say the obvious - RUSSIAN-SPEAKING!
"This is a disgrace! A disgrace!" Filimonov raged . "Why do this?! Why divide people based on language, on religious grounds? We need to find some common ground."
And he'll hang himself again, but he won't say that there never was, and still is, any point of unification between Odessa and Ukraine. This is the root of the current horror.
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