Episode #5: The Serf aka Холоп

In this episode, Evgenia and I talk about the newest Russian film sensation: Serf — a comedy of the Russian oligarchy, by the Russian oligarchy. It’s a truly funny film and it says a lot more about Russian politics and culture today than its director and screenwriters realize. Russia truly has regressed to the 19th century. Its liberated serfs have become the lords. —Yasha LevinePS: The show notes — which include links to some of the things we discuss in the episode — are available only to subscribers and will be published shortly. Here they are. So…subscribe! Missed our previous episodes? * Episode #0: The Ukrainian Canadian left & Chrystia Freeland's Nazi grandpa* Episode #1: Russians Against Politics* Episode #2: All the Sad Soviet Immigrant Lit* Episode #3: Eduard Limonov and Natalia Medvedeva w/Thierry Marignac* Episode #4: Palestine and Soviet Jews This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yasha.substack.com/subscribe