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Vbar So, is there anything that prevents us from thinking of Zakharov’s allusion to his contemporary Soviet leader?
The success of a satirical, ironic allusion may depend on how the audience succeeds in “getting” it.
KGB has gone, so nothing can prevent us from thinking anything. However, the ironic allusions that we "get" are not necessary the same allusions which was intended by Zakharov. Is there something that could prevent me from thinking that Zakharov wasn't so narrow-minded when he shot his film? Look, the Soviet Union doesn't exist twenty years. Brezhnev died about 30 years ago. I think, half of the members of this forum doesn't remember those times. Nevertheless, they like this film. May be they see more common allusions.