Chris Doss <itschris13 at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>Kitsch isn't necessarily self-consciously appreciated as such. I have a
>friend who collects Hummel figurines. I would never make fun of them to her
>face. She thinks they are cute. Soviet culture wasn't always kitschy, but
>post war Soviet culture was almost all kitschy, except for classical music
>and dance, and except for the few yewars of the Thaw. jks
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I beg to differ. Socialist Realism tended to be crap, with the exception of
some landscapes and portraits. But there were some damn good,
non-underground pop singers: e.g. Mark Bernes, Buryat Okudzhava, Vladimir
Vysotsky. Mark Bernes sang war songs that are just haunting.
The USSR also had some damn good war movies.
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