Thread: Жириновский и Пугачева

Originally Posted by zxc

Oh, and I almost forgot. Perhaps someone here can clear up the part where she says:
"Я веду себя как певица--а не как певичка..."

What's the difference between певица and певичка? Do they both mean singer, with певичка just carrying a note of derision with it?

You're right. Alla Pugacheva considers herself "the prima donna" of Russian pop music. Zhirinovsky is deliberately trying to insult her by using dimunitive word "певичка" which can't be applied to such a renowned singer as she. Zhirinovsky likes to use ad hominem aguments and insults almost everyone who argues with him
Also he answers that his straightforwardness is his virtue, no matter how offending his words may be.

Originally Posted by zxc

At one point he says "Вы, артисты, как последние проститутки ложитесь под любого руководителя за деньги."

I'm not sure, but I don't think he's actually calling her a prostitute, but just using it as more of a figurative part of speech? I'm just not sure what he's implying.

He is implying that artists of all kinds tend to publicly support politician who gave them more money
BTW, scores of artists starred in Putin TV ads, several artists appeared in Prohorov ads, but I have not seen any artist in Zhirinovsky ads - maybe that's the reason why Zhirinovsky is so angry with them?

Originally Posted by xdns

He is implying that artists of all kinds tend to publicly support politician who gave them more money

Can't say he's far from the truth. In fact, if we imagine a hypothetic situation when he wins the elections, I wouldn't be much surprised to see all of them lick his ass afterwards.