I couldn’t fully watch this show, although I heard different opinions about it. In fact, it is also a satirical show, but based on facts from everyday life. Moreover, on the most reliable facts - photos and video material to help. Zadornov was called - he is our specialist in just this part. Although, I like Zadornov. Previously, however, it was somehow more original, now everything repeats itself - the Americans are stupid, we are also not very ... smart along the way. But certainly - we are not looking for easy ways.
Essentially in creating Saltykov-Shchedrin show the people themselves take part. He sends various crazy moments to the studio. It's really funny to watch sometimes. But besides being funny, sometimes it's sad. It happened to me when they showed the top five playgrounds in the country. One was remarkable compared to the others, but it made me sad that such a miserable spectacle was connected with the playground. One was behind barbed wire, the other was simply dismantled.
Sometimes it's scary. The moment with the emissions of the nickel plant - it would be adjacent if it were not so creepy. Red from the release of water. This, of course, draws on the "Crimson Rivers", but all this horror as a result will come back to haunt one way or another, first of all, to nature, and then to man.
I was ashamed and terrifying for the moments of the show, as the people rushed to "Freebies". Free ice cream, for which they almost got torn apart, Greek salad in the "dump truck" - how do people decide to eat. Charlotte being rowed...with a shovel. The most harmless video ever.
Viewing experiences are mixed. It's one thing when they just tell you about different funny situations, it's another thing when they are confirmed visually. While you're listening, it's like you don't believe your ears, but when you see it. Well, that's exactly what we can do.
Saltykov-Shchedrin Show Still, I like it, although I would remove some points. The singer, who in a jazz manner performs a verse from old well-known songs, caught on in a tone. Sometimes it gets boring. Especially when Zadornov got up and began to read what I had already heard 100 times when I came across him on RenTV. Well, at least it was something completely fresh, but mixed with what you have already heard.
"Don't know,
How will it work
It's a mournful sight
On you,
But it made me
Truly
A depressing experience."
Saltykov-Shchedrin, 1880
On the last day of April, a new humorous " Saltykov-Shchedrin show", led by Nikolai Fomenko, Alexey Kortnev, KVN-schiki Dmitry Kolchin, Sergey Netievsky and Ekaterina Skulkina.
The genre of the program is social satire, the purpose of which is to identify and ridicule the shortcomings of our life, examples of which we see at every step.
In fact, the transmission itself "Saltykov-Shchedrin show" made up of videos sent to it by stringers - people's correspondents.
In short, each of you can participate in this program by sending your video to its editorial office, the video from which can even get on the map of the city stupid how the three-meter monument got this time Zhirinovsky and some other "exhibits".
Program "Saltykov-Shchedrin show" consists of three sections:
- "Fools and roads"- which shows the hit parade of the "best" Russian pits. There are a lot of such in all cities and towns, we are no longer surprised by this.
- "The inspector is coming to us"- how in different cities they are preparing for the arrival of high state leaders. Also, to be honest, this is not a secret for anyone, as well as preparation for a meeting of inspectors by heads of enterprises of any rank.
- "Fact or Fiction"- presenters try to guess which of the photos is real, and which one was made using Photoshop, and other interesting things.
At the end of the program, the most liked shots take their place on the city map Glupova from the work of Saltykov-Shchedrin "History of a City".
Well, what would you like to say...
The hosts of the show were having fun with all their hearts, although some shots did not encourage this - the same shots about the track for visually impaired people.
And in general, from the whole program, I was pierced by a video with the opening of the monument Zhirinovsky who stayed on his pedestal for only a few days. The performance of the anthem "God save the Tsar ...") did not help either.
One of the goals of the program "Saltykov-Shchedrin show" it is believed that with the help of humor it will be possible to correct all those blunders in our lives that we see daily, as soon as we step outside the threshold.
I would like to believe, but... I strongly doubt it.
Yes, it may work in isolated cases, but not on a national scale.
Boring and drawn out
I rarely watch the NTV television channel. I watched the Saltykov-Shchedrin show on the Internet online. I tried to watch several episodes, but ended up not finishing any of them. And all because this show seemed to me drawn out (more than 40 minutes) and boring.
The very idea of the Saltykov-Shchedrin show is of course interesting and it is possible that if this program continues to go on the air, it will be promoted, the excess will be removed from it. The hosts of the Saltykov-Shchedrin show are pleasant to me, these are Alexey Kortnev and Nikolai Fomenko, who have the main role, as well as well-known players in KVN, Ekaterina Skulkina, Dmitry Kolchin and Sergey Netievsky.
The program Saltykov-Shchedrin show on reality was founded. In some ways, she reminded me a little of the ProjectorParisHilton. If publications were discussed in the funny Projector, but in this program they discuss photos and video reports that ordinary people send and post on the Internet. Anyone can submit their video.
The program of the Saltykov-Shchedrin show has several headings. The rating of Russian pits is presented in the Fools and roads section. In the heading An auditor is coming to us, you can see the preparations for the visits of the country's top leadership. And also there is a heading True or fiction, its very name says what it is about.
Nothing new
The Saltykov-Shchedrin show is a new comedy TV show on NTV. The premiere of the program took place today, April 30, and it is dedicated to our funny life with you, dear Russians.
The program is hosted by Alexei Kortnev, Nikolai Fomenko, who jumped out of the TV like a devil out of a snuffbox, Dmitry Kolchin, Kvn-schik, Ekaterina Skulkina, a Russian pelmeni, Sergei Netievsky. The last one is the most boring, almost none. Dmitry Kolchin seemed the most interesting.
Five presenters are engaged in commenting on videos showing our life with you.
A significant part of the program of the Saltykov-Shchedrin show was occupied by a discussion of Omsk roads and roads in general. The hit parade was boring, most of all she cried through laughter over the tactile track for the blind.
The part "Inspector is coming to us" was funny, about how the cities are preparing for the arrival of Putin and Medvedev.
By and large, there is nothing new in the Saltykov-Shchedrin show. I will go out into the street - the same picture as in other cities. The Orenburg roads were not inferior in places to the Omsk ones before the repair, it is enough to recall a piece of Pobeda near the Comet opposite the Metro. Before a recent visit by some high-ranking official, Chkalov Street was washed. A certain feeling of hack-work is created - dear Russians send videos. Why not make an attempt to analyze the finished "root" material with fantasies in the direction of humor?!
How do we live? So is the SHOW.
Yesterday I accidentally watched this show. Our theme..Roads. Communal.. For all
cities of Russia. They also accept material from people. Sufferers. The guest was
Zadornov. The main sufferer of the country. In one house on the first floor they opened
hairdresser. People had two rooms. From different sides of the front. They are
they were privatized from the front door. Now the whole apartment building. He walks into the house through the basement.
Or a house in the suburbs of Moscow. 21 storey. Elderly and pregnant people do not come out of it. Elevators do not work .. They promised to follow. For a solution to the problem .. Or a hole in the road. With exit. A door from the car sticks out of it .. And they also showed the street. They dug a huge trench, and the cars remained at the houses to stand .. Do not leave. Here it is in my house. Mayhem. First, they made repairs in the front door, and now they are breaking everything off and changing the wiring. Wall pieces are falling. They cover them with sheets of stainless steel. An old house of beauties and a sheet of stainless steel. It has a box of corks on it. Fear of watching .. You can make a movie. About us..Necessary SHOW. About that. How do we live?? Name. Though Zoshchenko, even Saltykov-Shchedrin. , even Krylov. You can do a lot of SHOW. From our life.. Kommunalka feeds television.. What would be shown?
Russophobe show
Although NTV is trying to look pro-Russian, this Russophobia in its most vile and unattractive form just shows through. Throughout the 90s, we unanimously scolded Russia, yes, there was a reason, but did this abuse make it better?! Remember the proverb about the pig, where "for 101 times he grunts." And then, it all resembles demotivators, there are a lot of them on the Internet, I can also pull them and show them, with a show off "that's how bad it is to live in this filthy rushka." And what will be the result? There will be more of these insanities. Because when there are a lot of shameful things around, they already cease to be shameful. And television, as you know, is the fourth estate. People will understand - why try, we are nonentities, we are like that, we cannot be corrected! This means that such a show was clearly not made by patriots, and their goal is clearly not to make life better in Russia. All in all, a terrible show. Silly and useless. It won't last long. There is no real help for those who really need it. One surveyor of the country. Is it permissible?
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Who is Saltykov-Shchedrin
(Rejected. Reason: Copied from another site)Actually, who is Mikhail Evgrafovich Saltykov-Shchedrin, after whom the show is named?
Are there Russophobes among Flap's readers? Then listen here. I bet you will be interested.
In Russian literature
Saltykov-Shchedrin stands apart. His work from first to last
lines are satire. It is natural, therefore, that on its pages we do not
we will meet not only positive, but at least somewhat nice
character. Saltykov-Shchedrin could not write otherwise than hating. Story
Russia, its present, the rulers of the past and present, the people,
intelligentsia, bourgeoisie, nobility, Slavophilism - all this
became the object of brutal ridicule. Even Dmitry Pisarev,
the greatest literary-critical echidna of the 19th century, counted sarcasms
Shchedrin excessive and wrote an article "Flowers of Innocent Humor", where
declared the writer's work a mockery for the sake of mockery.
But such
specifics of satire. As soon as the satirist starts talking about something with
sympathy, he ceases to be such. "Russian Laughter" Saltykov-Shchedrin
destroys, hates and leaves no hope. Read it big
in portions - a painful and even dangerous occupation, you can turn into
a misanthrope who suffers from a spill of bile and a stomach ulcer. Will we take it
diary entries, letters - they are also full of anathemas and
teeth grinding. It's amazing how this man could constantly
poison your mood, make yourself unhappy, find a fly in the ointment in any barrel of honey.
This twilight, negative perception of Russian reality was largely facilitated by his biography.
My
he began his independent life as an official in the office of the military
minister. For the very first story "A Tangled Case" he was expelled from the capital,
and for seven whole years he vegetated in the provincial chancellery
Vyatka. Then again the bureaucratic webbing in St. Petersburg - and an unexpected
career success. The fact is that while in Vyatka, Saltykov-Shchedrin managed to
so captivate the daughter of the local
vice-governor that the matter ended in marriage, and an influential father-in-law
arranged for him the place of the Ryazan, and then the Tver vice-governor.
It must be admitted that not only for the Russian, but also
any literature is a unique case: a writer, and even a satirist - in
Vice Governor's Uniform! According to the materials of his Vyatka link
Saltykov-Shchedrin wrote the book "Provincial Essays", where he subjected
satirical scourging of the provincial bureaucracy. And here he is
turns out to be at the head of the provincial bureaucratic apparatus, and
been there for six years! Reader, can you imagine
boss who writes vicious pamphlets against his subordinates and himself
myself? But this is precisely Saltykov-Shchedrin. When he left administrative
field and switched to literary bread, he gave his satirical
passions full will.
Saltykov-Shchedrin was extremely prolific. More
perhaps no one has written it in Russian literature. Entering
editorial board of the opposition Sovremennik, he went from number to
number to publish the chronicle "Our Public Life", a satirical
encyclopedia of social vices and filth. magazine after all
closed, Saltykov-Shchedrin again found himself in public service, nor
more or less the chairman of the Treasury Chamber of the aforementioned Vyatka. Then
the quarrelsome administrator was transferred to Tula, from Tula again to Ryazan and,
finally, the authorities got rid of him once and for all. According to the highest
order, he was dismissed without the right to enter the
government service.
From his next provincial administrative
Odyssey Saltykov-Shchedrin brought the series "Letters from the provinces". published
he, of course, in the next opposition magazine "Domestic
notes", after some time became co-editor, and then
the only head of the magazine and thus received ideal
conditions for ridicule of everyone and everything.
"Pompadours and pompadourses" - this is his next
work. Taking advantage of the vice-governor's realities of their own
biographies, Saltykov-Shchedrin created a portrait gallery of Russian
governors, their wives and concubines. For those who have not read this work,
can judge it by its name. It already contains the author's
attitude towards their characters. Before us are opportunists, tyrants,
bribe takers, careerists - in short, all the vices that can
be inherent not only in Russia, but also in any government.
Ridiculing in "Letters from the provinces" bureaucratic
Russia, and in "Pompadours and Pompadours" of its highest dignitaries,
Saltykov-Shchedrin turned to Russian history and also did not find in it
nothing comforting.
"Was
in ancient times, a people called bunglers, and they lived far in the north,
where Greek and Roman historians assumed the existence
Hyperborean Sea. These people were called bunglers because
had a habit of "pulling" their heads on everything, no matter what they met on the way.
The wall will fall - they sting against the wall; They will begin to pray to God - about the floor
grabbing. In the neighborhood of the bunglers lived many independent tribes,
but only the most remarkable of them are named by the chronicler, namely:
walrus-eaters, onion-eaters, goose-eaters, cranberries, kurales, swirling beans,
frogs, lapotniks, black-nosed, dolbezhniks, broken heads,
blind beards, lip-slaps, lop-eared, squint-bellied, vendace, corners,
kroshevniks and rukosuy. No religion, no form of government these
tribes did not have, replacing all this with the fact that they were constantly at enmity between
yourself. They made alliances, declared wars, reconciled, swore to each other in
friendship and loyalty. When they lied, they added "let me be ashamed", and
were sure in advance that "shame will not eat out the eye."
Following this, the writer creates the cycle "Gentlemen
Tashkentites" about the colonization by the Russian Empire of Central Asia, Ukraine,
Baltics, Ukraine, Caucasus. This colonization is presented by the satirist as
shameless violence and robbery: "Tashkent is a country lying everywhere,
where they kick in the teeth."
In 1876 another work appears
Saltykov-Shchedrin. It bears the Aesopian name "Well-intentioned speeches" and
contains a look at the bourgeois prospects of Russia. The author finds it
bourgeois-capitalist future even more bleak than
patriarchal "stupid" times. The hero of "Speeches" is a certain Derunov,
who began with speculation in village products, and ended
millions of deliveries to the Russian army and inviting to his ranks
Evenings of Turgenev himself (!). The author of "Speeches" has no delusions
regarding the Russian entrepreneur. This is a barbarian, a thief, a predator; market
economy "in Slavic" - robbery of everything and everyone without any
patriotic sentiments; Russian capitalism is a parody and absurdity; and
etc. etc.
Having dealt with the past, present and even future of Russia, the writer turns his attention to the West. What does he find there?
The same disgrace! Are born to him
notes "Abroad", in which Germany and France are the same
hopeless countries, like Russia. The West is mercantile, gone
bourgeois, his presidents and politicians are stupid, the Germans are mediocre, the French
insignificant - these are the impressions of the satirist about the "advanced" in quotation marks
Europe.
The next subject of writer's attention
becomes a Russian noble family. On this subject Saltykov-Shchedrin
creates the famous novel "Lord Golovlev".
The genre of family romance is one of the most
popular genres in world literature. This is Emil's family chronicles
Zola, and Flaubert's Madame Bovary, and Galsworthy's The Forsyte Saga, and The Family
Lautenzack" by Feuchtwanger, and "The Enchanted Soul" by Romain Rolland, and "Anna
Karenin" by Tolstoy, and "The Artamonov Case" by Gorky, etc.
Connecting to this tradition, Saltykov-Shchedrin
painted a picture of the gradual degeneration of the Russian nobility. His
the first generation is represented by the imperious and cruel hoarder Arina
Petrovna and her weak-willed, drunken husband. Despite their nobles
titles and wealth, the entire Golovlev family is gradually dying out. At
the reader does not feel any pity about this, because her
the author does not have. Opening "Mr. Golovlyov", we plunge into
some damned world inhabited by solid moral freaks. AT
Saltykov-Shchedrin does not even laugh in this novel. He is choking on
disgust. Truly, the history of Russian history does not know more hopeless pages.
and, perhaps, world literature.
The final stage of the literary and satirical
biographies of Saltykov-Shchedrin - his "Tales". Author of "Tales"
used the folklore form to once again stigmatize
vices of compatriots-Russians. "Bear in the province",
"Eagle-philanthropist", "Karas-idealist", "Sanious hare", "Wise
gudgeon" - the whole arsenal of characters of the Russian fairy tale is used by the satirist
in order to present the Russian past, present and future as
The premiere of the entertainment and humorous program "Saltykov-Shchedrin Show", filmed in the genre of social satire, will take place on NTV on April 30, 2016. According to the channel's press service, Nikolay Fomenko, Alexey Kortnev, Dmitry Kolchin, Sergey Netievsky and Ekaterina Skulkina will become the hosts of the program.
The topics of the program will be taken from the videos sent by viewers - NTV stringers from all over Russia. The headings of the premiere issue of the Saltykov-Shchedrin Show will be Fools and Roads, which will present a hit parade of the “best” Russian pits, “Auditor is coming to us”, where we will see footage showing how some cities were preparing for the arrival high government leaders. In the "False or Fiction" section, the presenters will try to guess which of the pictures is real and which is photoshopped. And, of course, an important place in the program will be occupied by the map of the modern city of Glupov, which Saltykov-Shchedrin described almost 150 years ago in the work “The History of a City”.
“The Saltykov-Shchedrin Show is a completely new program format for modern Russian television,” notes Timur Weinstein, general producer of the NTV channel. - There is a clever satire in it, speaking truthfully and bitingly about the things that surround us. This is a very NTV story, we will continue to strive to occupy the niche of programs and shows for viewers who care.
- The program is really sharp, satirical, otherwise we would not have taken the proud name of Saltykov-Shchedrin as a title, - Alexey Kortnev is sure. - I have no doubt that the idea of creating this TV project was prompted by the authors of Direct Lines with Putin, where hundreds of people ask their questions, turn to the president with complaints. It so happened that this is almost the only effective means in our country. So we decided that between these lines someone will disturb officials, governors and their deputies in the field! This is why our program was created. Her vocation, as the people say: "The pike in the sea so that the crucian does not doze off." Here we will be such a pike.
- I will try to become bolder in our project, because I am sure that such shows should either be bold, or they should not exist at all, - says Nikolai Fomenko. - Why start, if you modestly say: “In one place, in one city there is a leader, and there is another street. And on it ... And, of course, it would be nice if it was removed ... ". I have already seen all types of television in my life, from Soviet to today, so in the Saltykov-Shchedrin Show I will try to talk about this, albeit fun, but at the same time frankly!
Broadcast weekly on Saturdays at 22.00.
A weekly entertainment and humorous show on the NTV channel, in which there is a clever satire that speaks truthfully and bitingly about the things that surround us.
Program " Saltykov-Shchedrin show was filmed in the genre of social satire. The main satirists of the country continued the great work of Mikhail Evgrafovich, who ridiculed the ridiculous Russian reality and denounced the shortcomings of society. Topics for sharp jokes presenters draw from videos sent by NTV stringer viewers from all over the country.
The hosts of the program in the first season were: Nikolai Fomenko, Alexey Kortnev, Dmitry Kolchin, Sergey Netievsky and Ekaterina Skulkina.
In the second season of the show, which started on NTV in September 2016, the composition of the presenters changed a little: the satirist and playwright Mikhail Zadornov, showman and musician Alexei Kortnev and humorist Dmitry Kolchin took up negligent officials from leather chairs for the benefit of the Russians. Plus, in 2016, the show was “rebooted”.
Exit " Saltykov-Shchedrin show"broadcast - on Saturdays at 22:00 on NTV.
About the project Saltykov-Shchedrin show
The presenters and viewers will be united by a sharp perception of Russian reality, backed up by biting humor, irony and sarcasm. The name of the program speaks for itself: Saltykov-Shchedrin skillfully denounced the vices and shortcomings of society, which do not lose their relevance from century to century.
The topics of the program will be taken from the videos sent by viewers - NTV stringers from all over Russia.
Headings of the premiere issue « Saltykov-Shchedrin show»: « Fools and roads”, which presents the hit parade of the “best” Russian pits; " The auditor is coming to us”, where viewers will see footage showing how some cities were preparing for the arrival of high government officials. In the heading " Reality or fiction» The presenters will try to guess which of the pictures is real, and which is photoshop. And of course, an important place in the program will be occupied by the map of the modern city of Glupov, which Saltykov-Shchedrin described almost 150 years ago in the work “The History of a City”.
"Saltykov-Shchedrin Show" is a completely new program format for modern Russian television. There is a clever satire in it, speaking truthfully and bitingly about the things that surround us. This is a very NTV story, we will continue to strive to occupy the niche of programs and shows for viewers who care, ”notes the general producer of the NTV channel Timur Weinstein.
Alexey Kortnev: “The program is really sharp, satirical, otherwise we would not have taken the proud name of Saltykov-Shchedrin as a title. I have no doubt that the idea of creating this TV project was prompted by the authors of Direct Lines with Putin, on which hundreds of people ask their questions, turn to the president with complaints. It so happened that this is almost the only effective means in our country. So we decided that between these lines someone will disturb officials, governors and their deputies in the field! This is why our program was created. Her vocation, as the people say: "A pike in the sea so that the crucian does not doze off." Here we will be such a pike.
Nikolai Fomenko: “I will try to be bold in our project, because I am sure that such shows should either be bold, or they should not exist at all. Why start, if you modestly say: “In one place, in one city there is a leader, and there is another street. And on it ... And, of course, it would be nice if it was removed ... ". I have already seen all types of television in my life, from Soviet to today, so in the Saltykov-Shchedrin Show I will try to talk about this, albeit fun, but at the same time frankly!
Ekaterina Skulkina: “I have been in this industry for 15 years and have long understood that the unique feature of a Russian person is to laugh in difficult situations. Solving some problems with the help of humor and satire is, it seems to me, the only way out. Therefore, it is very interesting for me to take part in such a show, which will definitely be useful for the population.”
After reboot " Saltykov-Shchedrin show"in the fall of 2016 and updating the composition of the presenters in the project to the headings already familiar to the audience" top yam" and " Bungling» new column added « Zadornov Post". In it, the famous satirist comments on the most curious letters of Russians.
The program also included musical numbers. Team Jazz Dance Orchestra provided a light atmosphere of the evening show, and Alexey Kortnev took up musical and humorous improvisation. In front of the audience, the soloist and leader of the group "Accident" began to write a song on topical topics that were discussed during the program.
Why did the new NTV show "Saltykov-Shchedrin" fail to repeat the success of "ProjectorParisHilton", the site understood.
Nikolai Fomenko, Alexei Kortnev and three former KVN officers (Skulkina, Netievsky, Kolchin) became the hosts of the new NTV satirical project "Saltykov-Shchedrin Show".
They threatened to burn out the vices of Russian society with a verb... Not only did they not burn out, but simply set them on fire. What the channel itself calls "a completely new format" - jokes about our reality - has already been on TV. And in the recent past ("ProjectorParisHilton"), and, as it now seems, a long time ago ("Dolls", not to mention "Wick"). Still kept on the air of "Russia 1" Zhvanetsky ("On duty in the country"). But it only happens once a month. On Monday night.
"Saltykovo-Shchedrintsy", although five of them, although they were awarded a much more favorable time (Saturday evening), they cannot even a hundredth of what their predecessors managed to do. The presenters diligently pretend that they want to bite the officials more painfully for one place. But how can you bite someone if you feel an invisible bridle with your skin? Only what is possible is possible. To make fun of the mayor of Omsk, who already got it in the course of a direct line with the president. Make a hit parade of bad roads (this is generally a nice thing - the lower you take, the more likely it is not to get dangerously close to the top). To kick Tsereteli and Zhirinovsky, cast by him... And that's all, NTV believes, and there are the main vices that make up the acute problems of society.
And the “costs” of the crisis, theft and corrupt patriots are, apparently, such trifles that it’s not worth talking about. Although it was about them that Saltykov-Shchedrin wrote. And about the ruble: “It’s not scary if they give fifty kopecks for a Russian ruble in Europe. That fear will be when you get it in the teeth for him. And about thieves: “Railroad all over the world serves for transportation. And we also have for theft. And about pseudo-patriots: "There are" tomboys "who say: the state, but they think: a free pie", "They started talking about patriotism. They probably stole again." What is called, feel the difference - where is Saltykov-Shchedrin and where are the showmen performing under his name.
And if only the topics were the case. Urgant and Tsekalo are no more stupid than Fomenko and Kortnev. They also did not climb on the rampage. But what sparks were struck from what was permitted. Download! And the jokes of the hosts of "Saltykov-Shchedrin" amuse only themselves. They sway for an hour with laughter (or are they pretending to laugh here too?) With dumb bewilderment on the other side of the TV. And if the frontmen of the show sometimes succeed (Fomenko and Kortnev worked together in "Oba-na!"), Then why the other three are sitting in the studio is a mystery. Is it just to giggle?
On the newest Russian TV, there has been only one relatively successful attempt to revive satire in prime time - “Mult Personality” (aired on Channel One). But this project eventually came to mice, that is, to pop stars: Pugacheva-Galkin-Baskov-Volochkov. For this, the author of "Dolls" Viktor Shenderovich called "Mult" "an imitation of satire." So, "Saltykov-Shchedrin" falls short even of imitation. Maslyakov would not have taken a team with such a level of humor to HSE even for their beautiful eyes.
The idea of a satirical show in itself is great. But, so to speak, untimely. "Searchlight" proved: even when nothing is impossible, something is still possible if you act subtly. And if it doesn’t work out subtly, then it’s better not to start. In order not to discredit either himself, or the genre, or Saltykov-Shchedrin.
