Nicholas II was the last Czar of imperial Russia. He was violent against his own people, setting up pogroms, and having peaceful demonstrators against him killed (Bloody Sunday). He also lived in luxurious, self-indulgent immoderation with riches to spare, while the people of Russia were…
What’s interesting is how Nikolas and his family are practically revered by most people because of the villianization of the Bolsheviks in modern, Western culture.
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Pilot vs The End. Also: my finale analysis from two years ago.
Makes me all teary-eyed still.
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Oops.
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This was in my hometown paper on Friday. I thought it was brilliant. I don’t love the caricature of the native woman but that’s just how political cartoons work I guess. If it weren’t for the caricature, nobody would know why she said that.
Wonderful.
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The only other semi-acceptable use of “gay” that seems to have been left off would be in the old definition: “happy.”
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