Vladimir Putin 'underwear' painting removed from gallery...

[Karin]

Fantastic!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23861707

[Sarah Ann]

I notice he and wife Lyudmila split up too. maybe we'll be getting a new member

[Anthony Simon]

One of the pictures seized features Mr Putin in a nightgown, standing behind Mr Medvedev and stroking his hair, while the prime minister is depicted with a woman's body and wearing lingerie

In the UK, that would pretty much be on the level of a Private Eye cartoon. There's one of (50s-60s Prime Minister) Harold MacMillan with the body of a woman. Like you could buy it in the newsagents and read it on the train - popular culture, really.

And, in the Spitting Image TV caricature series Margaret Thatcher was voiced by a man. Actually her masculinity was even made a selling point about her - that she was "the best man in her cabinet".

That's what you get in a democracy that has self-confidence.

Police said four paintings that were seized broke unspecified legislation.

They're going to make the laws up later.

[Sarah Ann]

Any of it is tame compared to the usual rubbishings that the old National Lampoon used to dish out on a monthly basis. They were a horror to every President from Nixon to Clinton. UK libel laws are quite a bit to the right of ours, and there's still some reticence where the Royals are concerned, except when the press has been given a green light to trash someone like Diana or Sarah. Touch the Queen, and you're toast. The Nat Lamp routinely did things like showing Jimmy Carter engaged in sodomy with Brezhnev and a stereotypical Chinese or accusing a prominent clergyman of incest (won the court case, too). One of my favorites depicted an actor who looked like Jimmy Carter engaged in transvestism. The things it did with mere celebrities are nearly indescribable. Unfortunately, it couldn't survive bad management after a takeover and largely amateur competition from the Internet

The Russians are going through a political identity crisis. Immediately after the USSR collapsed, they went into a "Wild West" period, had a general breakdown, and are recovering from it. Let's see where they are ten years from now. They'll never be quite like the West, they have a different history to work with and are not any good at laughing at themselves.

[Sarah Ann]

http://www.artsjournal.com/slippeddisc/ ... backs.html The irony is priceless

[Robbin_Sinclair]

I'm surprised that it made it to the gallery. It's pretty good art. The identity crisis referenced makes sense.

[SilverLady(SO)]

In re: Sarah Ann's link, above:

This is the OMON - Отряд мобильный особого назначения, Otryad Mobilniy Osobogo Naznacheniya, Special Purpose Mobile Unit - in action.
They really shouldn’t stand in front of mirrors.

Remember the Letter N in Cyrillic looks like an H . . . hence it appears to read "HOMO" in the mirror's reverse view.

"They don’t care if the reflection is “homo” because that’s reference to an English word, and they don’t speak English in Russia. They speak Russian.
(Sorry to wee on your party.)"

- SL

[Sarah Ann]

Да, спасибо, что напомнили.



*** Translation per Babylon: Yes, thank you, that was recalled.

Also: Post edited to remove redundant quote, as per: http://crossdressers-haven.com/forums/v ... 65&t=10059" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; - SL

[Sarah Ann]

You gotta love translation programs. I believe "Yes, thanks for reminding me" may be a bit closer English