MOSCOW, July 21, Anastasia Silkina. He called himself «predictamus». Many jokes became a reality during his lifetime — for example, the design of an army uniform from Valentin Yudashkin. Mikhail Zadornov would have turned 75 today. The prophecies of the writer, which came true, are in the material.
Ukraine: ban the film «Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears» and tanks fit for scrap
In 2014, Zadornov was declared persona non grata in Ukraine. The satirist himself considered it an honor.
«Ukraine will go down in history as a country whose people decided that they no longer want to live badly, and began to live even worse,» he remarked.
The writer «predicted» the beginning of a special military operation.
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» A brave act: the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine filed a case with the Russian General Staff and sent a summons. It is necessary to appear, and with the whole staff, together with the army,» he joked in 2016.
By the way, Zadornov also mentioned the military industry of the republic and the support of Western countries: «Having learned that the military equipment of Ukraine was approaching the borders of Russia, scrap metal collectors began to pull up from Russia.»
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"Russians and Ukrainians got into a fight in one of the Turkish hotels in the summer, but the Germans and the British got in trouble" — the writer seemed to guess who would take an active part in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
And he foresaw in 2014 that refugees from Ukraine would anger the West: «World news, 2018. The US is begging Russia to take the insolent crests back to the USSR.» 36e13e7c7b704a0″ width=»100%» height=»100%» allow=»autoplay; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture;» frameborder=»0″ allowfullscreen=»»>
Actress Vera Alentova was blacklisted by the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine in 2021, but Zadornov predicted even earlier that the film «Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears» would be banned in a neighboring country. banned — a mockery of the state of the Ukrainian economy. «Moscow does not believe in tears» — a reminder of the debt for gas. Banned film «The Little Mermaid»: the sacred word «lard» with the word "Rus", — said the satirist.
Sanctions: the third volume with a list of those who are not allowed in the USA
Zadornov ridiculed economic sanctions against Russia — he knew that the effect would not be in favor of the West:
“It was 2018. Russia was groaning from the 34th level of economic sanctions. The US State Department published the third volume with lists of those who should not come to the US. Europe was heating with firewood. Firewood was supplied to Europe by Russia. In Ukraine, they were stolen. America once again imposed sanctions on Russia. 07/b8cfbf76877680ca09710f2282eee04f.jpg» media-type=»photo» data-crop-ratio=»0.749720253636703″ data-crop-width=»600″ data-crop-height=»450″ data-source-sid=»rian_photo» class=»lazyload» width=»1920 «height=»1439″ decoding=»async» />
The satirist also foresaw restrictions in the cultural sphere: «The British did not let 40 English pipers into Russia. Some other countries decided to take up this initiative. In Poland, all Russian characters will be cut out of the film «Four Tankmen and a Dog», the film will be called «Two Polish Tankmen and one Georgian». The German authorities will force the band Dschinghis Khan to remake the song «Moskau» into «Tbilisi».
< h3 id="1885295550-3">Western standards: oil and politically correct Snow White
Zadornov's calling card is jokes about America. The writer criticized the low level of education in the United States, the narrow outlook of Americans, and the country's foreign policy.
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» American advertising: «Do you still have oil? Then we're coming to you!» — he said in 2006.
The satirist also ridiculed the way of thinking of Americans and the imposed political correctness.
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"Disney"Snow White" cannot be shown on American television. Why? Politically incorrect fairy tale: all gnomes are white. They are reshooting «Snow White» now: there will be one Mexican dwarf, two Puerto Ricans, three African Americans. And I suggest that they also make Snow White a black woman, it will be a brilliant reading, «said Zadornov.
Four years after the death of the satirist, at the beginning of 2022, the star of the series» Game of Thrones «Peter Dinklage criticized the new version of» Snow White «, which retained the dwarf characters. However, Disney is moving in a progressive direction: Snow White will be played by Hispanic Rachel Zegler.