Showman, comedian and presenter of the federal Channel One Maxim Galkin, at his concert in Novosibirsk, spoke about censorship on state television and the fact that Soviet times returned to TV in the worst possible way words"
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Showman, comedian and presenter of the federal Channel One Maxim Galkin, at his concert in Novosibirsk, spoke about censorship on state television and that Soviet times have returned to TV “in the worst sense of the word.” In particular, he said that the channel's management gives clear instructions about what should be on air and what cannot be talked about.
Galkin also joked about Russian President Vladimir Putin, who becomes bored with the aspirations of his people, because he has much more global plans - he is “mentally conquering Mars.”
A video from the artist’s performance on October 2 in Novosibirsk was posted on YouTube October 3, but the media paid attention to it only now. Over the past month, more than 750 thousand people have watched it.
Galkin noted that Russian state television inexplicably devotes a lot of airtime to Ukraine. “They tell us about Ukraine. They tell us about Ukraine all the time. I’m already so sick of it - I don’t live in Ukraine. What do you tell me about it all the time? Tell me about us. It feels like everything has worked out for us and remains just help the Ukrainians,” Galkin said at the concert, noting the special role in this “Ukrainian help” of the “Time Will Tell” program with host Artem Sheinin, who silences any experts who disagree with him.
“Especially this program “Time will tell” on Channel One. Artem Sheinin gathers these experts - one from Poland, one from Germany. The “Passion-Bearers” sit like this, and he periodically asks: “Well, what will the expert from Poland tell us?” ?" - “We in Poland believe that...” “So, now, you know, I’ll give it to you... I’ll give it to you from my knees!”... I turn it on the next day, and he’s sitting there again - this from Poland. And this, of course, is a song... From the point of view of television, Soviet times have returned, in the worst sense of the word. Because they don’t give us time to think about it, they immediately chew us out and say: “These are the enemies, these are the enemies.” this, you - here, this - here." We ourselves, as experts from Poland, are sitting and afraid that they will now give us a knee in the jaw."
“But, in principle, for now, at least at concerts, you can say what you want. That’s why I’m not asking for all these titles... Well, because it’s possible to sort them all out..., well, I mean, you understand ... And so, it’s like you’re dependent on someone,” Galkin admitted.
“We used to show more political humor. Now we have censorship, not everything can be said from a television screen. But I understand them - you know, our situation now is so complicated... And when it was simple. Of course , Vladimir Vladimirovich is great, he’s been in power for 20 years, he’s already overtaken Brezhnev. Of course, he thinks better than us, because it’s been like this for so long. Of course, he’s bored with these world leaders - naive people, they change every four years... Except for Angela. Merkel - the Germans have forgotten about her, and she sits like that... We have already had a whole generation of people, they were born, weaned, and they themselves have already given birth: and all this happened under Putin, they don’t even know that there is another president, they think that this position itself is called “Putin.” “Putin” is a position, and “Putin” can only be Putin. Well, in principle, our people have always been drawn to the tsar out of slavery. can’t get out: under the tsar there was a tsar, under the communists there was a general secretary, the same tsar, they staggered a little under Yeltsin, and again they found another tsar. That is, this is normal. (Addressing the viewer) Don’t film, don’t bother me! I still have to return to Moscow. Well, really, don't take it off, please. Well, not because of this, of course, but they simply post it on YouTube, and then I have to announce (my program) in cities, and they tell me: “We saw this. We heard”...
“In short, he (Putin) has such experience! He already knows how to lay roads, and what pensioners seem to need when... He understands everything. He even knows where the cranes should lay their eggs. The cranes themselves did not know. But he was not lazy - he dressed like a crane, sat down on some kind of clunker, flew in person... The cranes say: “The alpha male is flying, we are after him.” And he tells them: “Here... Here is the Dyatlov Pass.” , here are strategic missiles, but here we’ll put them aside.” And they put it aside, they believed it.”
“If only our Putin would come out to debate at least once, but he doesn’t go, he’s tired of everyone, if only he would come out to debate at least against himself: he said from the left tribune, then ran to the right tribune - he objected to himself, he ran to the left - after all, just like that... And Solovyov stands between them in a Mao Zedong costume - he will smile at one Putin, then praise the other... What a show that would be!” says Galkin.
“And Putin himself is already bored with us,” the parodist notes. “We are boring, we have problems, pensions are not the same. They did the wrong thing there, they don’t do the same here. But he is already thinking on a different scale, he is already mentally conquering Mars. And we are here: “How can we continue to live?” Be patient, tighten your belt. Everyone is tightening it: some on the belt, some on the neck... We are waiting, because he already rules on a completely different scale and these oppositionists do not suit him. Well, Navalny, what kind of “opposition” is he? He’s sitting there all the time. And these three oppositionists, who are the official opposition to the authorities, these three people... they got from Yeltsin, like Count Dracula: They wake him up once every five years, he gets up from the coffin, sees us, screams... And on whom his poisonous saliva fell, those 6% go to vote for him without regaining consciousness. And the elections are over, Zhirinovsky is not visible at all. ..".
Propagandists of state channels did not understand the humor and rushed to refute Galkin
Propagandists from central state television channels rushed to refute the words of humorist and parodist Maxim Galkin, who performed at a concert in Novosibirsk: TV presenter Artem Sheinin from Channel One and TV presenters Dmitry Kiselev and Vladimir Solovyov from the Rossiya channel (VGTRK).
“Maybe someone is censoring him, I don’t know,” said Dmitry Kiselev. “It sounds strange to me. Censorship is impossible in the Internet era, and is harmful... This is sheer stupidity.”
Regarding Russian TV channels who “talk about Ukraine all the time,” then, according to Kiselyov, this is “a request from the audience.” "When they talk about Ukraine, the rating increases. There is a demand from viewers for Ukraine, and we measure it. If someone is fed up, they have the right to say. Russia in general is the world champion in freedom of speech. Here you can say anything you want on the air, no being limited neither by traditions nor by political correctness. Therefore, it is strange to talk about any kind of censorship. Everywhere in the world, freedom of speech for a journalist is the freedom to choose your own editor-in-chief, or the editorial office whose policies suit your taste. And we have such a choice. , we have a huge range of media. So you can choose. If someone is embarrassed by something in one place, then they won’t be constrained in another place,” Kiselyov said in an interview.
TV presenter of the programs "Who's against?" and “Evening with Vladimir Solovyov” on the Rossiya-1 TV channel, Vladimir Solovyov also told Gazeta.ru that he knows nothing about the censorship on state TV that Maxim Galkin is talking about.
“We work with him on different channels, we don’t even have any manifestations of censorship - as is prescribed by the current Russian legislation. Maxim hosts several programs, if I understand correctly, on a wonderful TV channel. Therefore, nothing prevents Maxim from doing everything that he considers it necessary for television to correspond - at least in its programs - to its idea of the beautiful of the times. Soviet Union It was not even close to possible to conduct the formats that I conduct, for example, where people of the most different points of view and from the most different countries express their views absolutely freely."
Solovyov also reacted to Galkin’s words that there are a lot of “Ukrainian themes” on Russian TV: “Maxim doesn’t have Ukraine in his programs? No. That means, not very much anymore.”
But TV presenter Vladimir Pozner agreed with Galkin, noting that on Russian TV now there is a problem much larger than the amount of news about Ukraine - this is the presentation of events in such a way as to convince the viewer of who is good and who is bad, what is bigger problem. That is, according to Posner, what is happening is propaganda, not information.
And its goal is obvious - “to create and then manage public opinion,” Posner said in an interview with RBC.
Probably, Ernst will not give Maxim a second chance and, if the program is liquidated, the comedian will go on a free “swimming”, forever forgetting about central television.
IN lately Information is increasingly appearing online that the children's television show “Best of All” is on the verge of closure, and Maxim Galkin, after the “collapse” of the program, will immediately say goodbye to Channel One. The fact is that once the comedian had to literally beg Konstantin Ernst to take him back to main TV channel countries.
Maxim himself then hastened to note that it was not a question of making money, but a chance to try something new. And when Galkin realized that nothing was going to happen to him on Rossiya-1, he “went and bowed at Kostya’s feet,” the comedian himself said
Now, Pugacheva’s wife’s show is practically on the verge of closure, which is very easy to prove. A lot has changed since the program aired. If at the very beginning the project demonstrated real geniuses and truly talented children, and worthy contestants appeared on air, now the “level” has dropped significantly.
The comedian is increasingly accused of corruption and injustice to children, and the show is considered a show, supposedly all the places are bought, and the children are distinguished only by the “thick wallets” of their parents.
Over time, the show began to be attended by children absolutely devoid of any skills or unusual abilities, as stated by the organizers at the very beginning. And this undoubtedly raises doubts not only about the honesty of the TV presenter, but also about the entire team and management as a whole.
The scandal continues, which undoubtedly has an extremely negative impact on the ratings of the TV show. And if we take into account the fact that Ernst had already forgiven a ridiculous misunderstanding once and returned Maxim to “First”, then it is more than likely that Galkin simply will not have a second chance.
It is also simply impossible not to pay attention to the very behavior of Maxim Galkin on air. Many followers noted that Maxim can be rude and openly mocking towards guests, and, apparently, he doesn’t give a damn about children. Fans even demanded that Maxim be sent home from Channel One, and that the show itself be closed and not be disgraced.
Based on the above, it is worth noting that if the program is really closed, Galkin will “fly out” from Channel One like a cork from a bottle, and even Pugacheva will not save him, because Alla Borisovna has long lost her authority and, one might say, has retired.
In the new episode of the YouTube show “Musicality,” artists Morgenstern and Nikolai Baskov met as guests of Maxim Galkin. The comedian invited the stars to listen to five music tracks and rate them on a ten-point scale. According to Maxim, his guests are representatives of different generations.
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“Why are you dividing us like that? We have a 20-year difference,” Basque suddenly became indignant. “It’s just a number in a passport,” Morgenstern chimed in. "Why do you think it's such a big difference?" – Nikolai continued.
Galkin seemed surprised by the vocalist’s reaction. “I think? But, it seems to me, this is obvious. 20 years is a long time. You have a different audience, it’s not about your age,” Maxim noted.
Basque did not agree. He noted that an artist can have different listeners.
“Let’s be objective, if your audience who came to your concert hears his songs (points to Morgenstern - editor’s note), they will become even grayer,” Galkin said.
Nikolai had to agree with this argument. “I think she’ll just stay angry,” the vocalist chuckled.
Note that Maxim Galkin and Nikolai Baskov joked about age more than once in this episode of the show. The vocalist named People's Artist Lev Leshchenko is a “dinosaur,” and the comedian added that the legend of the Russian stage is a “respected dinosaur.”
Note that in the comments to the video, fans of the show recalled his age difference with his wife Alla Pugacheva. The prima donna is 27 years older than the comedian.
“20 years is a lot,” Galkin said about the age difference... Bravo, bravissimo! (hereinafter, the authors’ spelling and punctuation have been preserved. – Ed.)”, “The thief’s hat is on fire)”, “Do you think he doesn’t know that he and Alla have an age difference ****? It just doesn’t mean anything”, “I wanted to make a joke about Pugacheva, I stopped abruptly😅”, “When Baskov said to Galkin “you already had the old one”...”you had a dinosaur”, I thought completely differently”, “That dinosaur he still has)", "When Galkin says that 20 YEARS is a lot... WTF???", "Give me someone old, Alla Borisovna is tense....." - they ridiculed
The scandal with Maxim Galkin flares up after a performance in the Russian Federation new strength online, because commentators write a lot of dissatisfied comments to the comedian
Russian showman Maxim Galkin said that Russian President Vladimir Putin is “bored” with Russians. A video from Galkin’s concert in Novosibirsk was published on Facebook and Youtube.
“Putin himself is already bored with us, you know? We are boring, we have problems, that means our pensions are not the same, we did something wrong here, something wrong here. And he is already thinking on a different scale. He is already mentally conquering Mars. And here we are: “Oh, how can we continue to live?!” And he says: “Be patient, tighten your belt.” We tighten everything - some on the belt, some on the neck. We are waiting. We are waiting, because he is already a personality of a completely different scale,” the showman noted.
According to Galkin, Putin “understands everything, he even knows where the cranes should have laid their eggs.”
After such statements by Galkin, netizens began to actively comment on his statements. Thus, some noted that Maxim Galkin had long ago stopped making normal jokes:
“Your Maxim Galkin has not been funny for a long time. Something is grimacing, something is simpering. Such a spectacle!!", " Something in between Serduchka and Zadornov! Max somehow disappointed me! I really like his program with children! But, apparently, I will never go to his concert!🤔", "Maxim, very similar to the old grandfather who grumbles", "If Soviet times returned, you wouldn’t be talking about all sorts of heresy here👎 and you wouldn’t build castles👎 so it’s better not to mention... those times will return and you will look for a rat hole😃😃😃.”
Others noted that they enjoyed the comedian's performance. There were also Ukrainians among the commentators who were glad that there was a person in Russia who could open the eyes of Russians to Putin’s atrocities:
“I watched it with pleasure, I really liked the performance,” “Galkin, of course, is not my idol..., but I’m glad that Russians, when washing themselves, begin to wash their ears and eyes well. Epiphany for you!”, “I haven’t listened to Galkin for a long time. Talented and decent. Nowadays there are only a few of them.”
There were also those commentators who noted that everything that Galkin said was true and it was time for the Russian government to change something:
“But in life, this isn’t funny at all.....if only the government had gotten at least part of what was said......but like peas against a wall,” “he’s right, what are you talking about?” everything about Ukraine.”
