Little Big’s “pacifist” music video as a case of half-hearted rebellion
Even the clichés could be shown in a better light if their derivative nature wasn’t exacerbated by the attempts to simultaneously appeal both to “us”, and to “them”.
Little Big’s “pacifist” music video as a case of half-hearted rebellion
“Maloross lacks craftsmanship”, or Eternal truths of Russian writers
In the context of the Russo-Ukrainian war, it makes sense to explore the phenomenon of mass denial of Russian writers’ Ukrainophobia.
Feminism in the Kalush Orchestra music video “Stefania”
The video for the composition, unusual among the gloss and glam aesthetic of the competition, is about war, new Ukrainian femininity, and feminism overall.
Bucha massacre, or How the Russian empire pits the ethnic minorities against Ukrainians
They start hating people who live better than them, instead of hating the cruel and unjust rule of their state. And the state will screw them over anyway.
