S1 E9: The Death of Stalin (amongst other things)

In this week's episode, your hosts Diao Diao and Afra are joined by their dear friend (and fellow comrade)Mr. Zhu to discuss the hilarious political satire comedy, Death of Stalin. We dive deep into the political history of the former U.S.S.R. and how close the script sticks to history. 《斯大林之死》:辱苏片里的黑色幽默 这期的小声喧哗聊了聊一部漠河以北不存在的电影《斯大林之死》。这部由苏格兰导演阿曼多·兰努奇指导的电影讲述了前苏联领导人斯大林意外身亡后,因选择他的接班人而引发的种种故事。这部黑色喜剧中的种种荒唐情节,绝大多数都取材于前苏联的真实事件——斯大林在自己的尿泊里暴毙,却没有下属敢敲门营救他;莫斯科的好医生一半被杀,一半被送去了古拉格的集中营——这一系列细思恐极的笑点,点出了极权主义政治下,戏剧性与血腥会面时,现实体现出的残酷和幽默。 这期小声喧哗的主持人是刁刁和Afra,本期我们还邀请了精通苏联政治的老朋友朱大师。本期政治历史知识密度很高,前苏联历史和对当下美国和俄罗斯政治的评论贯穿始末,小声喧哗聊了如下内容: 1.《斯大林之死》里,有哪些情节属实,这些充满黑色幽默的血腥情节在政治喜剧中意味着什么?朱可夫、赫鲁晓夫和贝利亚的竞争是怎样的? 斯大林死后的政治角逐是怎样的的情形?强人政治的稳定性有哪些优势和劣势? 2. 为何导演在这个以前苏联为背景的电影中保留了演员们的“布鲁克林美音”和“伦敦英音”? 3. 政治讽刺剧作为一种类型,为什么在独裁社会中无法存活? 4. 俄罗斯的当下——间谍、强人政治——继承了前苏联的哪些遗产?“克林姆林宫学”是什么?电影中哪些情节体现了“克林姆林宫学”? 推荐阅读 Recommended reading: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/03/19/the-death-of-stalin-dares-to-make-evil-funny https://slate.com/culture/2018/03/whats-fact-and-whats-fiction-in-the-death-of-stalin.html http://view.news.qq.com/original/legacyintouch/d337.html https://www.creativeml.ox.ac.uk/languages-creativity/exploring-multilingualism/yorkshire-cockney-new-york-accents-death-stalinSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/loudmurmurs)

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Loud Murmurs is a Mandarin-Chinese podcast about American pop culture, brought to you by four bilingual and bi-cultural women in the U.S. and their friends. We discuss movies, TV, documentaries, and the social, political issues reflected on by a piece of pop culture work. Too often, race, gender and other political and cultural issues are the subtext in pop culture. We seek to make the subtext explicit, question it and challenge it. The show is now in its third season, updated biweekly. We have interviewed guests ranging from science fiction writers, comedians, to scholars and journalists. Our goal is to make the most thought-provoking Chinese podcast about American pop culture. 小声喧哗是一档以女性视角来观察和批判影视文本如何塑造世界的播客。《小声喧哗》Loud Murmurs, 是一档以女性视角来观察和批判影视文本如何塑造世界的播客。文化和审美的自觉认同从来都是隐含在创造者对世界的想象中,而这样的想象催生出许多充满偏见的创造动机。这样的创造动机渗透在我们日复一日热爱的欧美电影中,美剧里,渗透在我们对于事物的认知中。今天,我们想要去挑战它。紧跟影视热点和时事的同时,保持了双周频率的持续输出。在制作节目时,小声喧哗经常邀请学者和影评人参与我们的节目,使节目的观点更加多元化和专业。小声喧哗致力在中文世界,做最好的流行文化播客。