good intro article on early Soviet race attitudes?

[Robert Chandler]

Dear Elena and Anne,

Jokes are often funnier when one has some grasp of their context.  We don't need a reedited Borat because we know only too well what taboos he breaks.  We feel them.  And in any case we were, in fact, exposed to a great deal of commentary from the media.

I think Anne is right in wanting to provide a note.

All the best,

Robert  

On 14 Mar 2011, at 19:43, evprok at WM.EDU wrote:

> Anne,
> 
> hopefully you can convince your publishers that to provide a commentary on early Soviet race attitudes for a trickster novel like _12 Chairs_ is rather absurd.  Why not then re-edit _Borat_ with a split screen and intertitles, addressing all the taboos that he breaks?
> 
> If readers have questions they can look for sources.  
> 
> Elena
> 
> 
> Elena Prokhorova, Ph.D.
> Assistant Professor of Russian
> Director, Russian and Post-Soviet Studies Program
> Modern Languages Department
> Film Studies Faculty
> College of William and Mary
> (757) 221-7755
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