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In modern popular culture, “In Soviet Russia” jokes often lack any Orwellian undertone, and merely make use of a grammatical transposition to achieve some absurd, but apolitical, result. One example is, "In Soviet Russia, tobacco smokes YOU!" as a play on a common American anti-smoking campaign. | In modern popular culture, “In Soviet Russia” jokes often lack any Orwellian undertone, and merely make use of a grammatical transposition to achieve some absurd, but apolitical, result. One example is, "In Soviet Russia, tobacco smokes YOU!" as a play on a common American anti-smoking campaign. | ||
− | At the peak of Smirnoff's celebrity in the mid-[[1980s]], he did not say “Soviet Russia” — he said simply “Russia,” as the Russian Socialist Federated Soviet Republic had been around since [[1917]], was still extant, and showed no signs of imminent collapse. Smirnoff added the “Soviet” qualifier after the fall of the USSR, long after his fame had | + | At the peak of Smirnoff's celebrity in the mid-[[1980s]], he did not say “Soviet Russia” — he said simply “Russia,” as the Russian Socialist Federated Soviet Republic had been around since [[1917]], was still extant, and showed no signs of imminent collapse. Smirnoff added the “Soviet” qualifier after the fall of the USSR, long after his fame had faded, to specify that he was referring to the communist regime and not the present state. |
Many modern variants on the “Soviet Russia” theme do not make sense outside of specific contexts, for example: “In Soviet Russia, floor rolls on YOU''!!''” | Many modern variants on the “Soviet Russia” theme do not make sense outside of specific contexts, for example: “In Soviet Russia, floor rolls on YOU''!!''” | ||
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Revision as of 06:16, November 27, 2006
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Soviet Russia! |
by SethAechi |
April 29, 2004 |
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