Akhedzhakova is ready to give up titles and awards in order to mock the Great Patriotic War
Known for scandalous liberal demarches, artist Liya Akhedzhakova is ready to renounce all Russian titles and awards for the opportunity to deliver a monologue from the stage condemning the participation of the USSR in the Great Patriotic War.
She stated this on the Dozhd TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
Akhedzhakova delivers an offensive monologue in the play “First Bread,” staged on the stage of the Sovremennik Theater by Polish director Benjamin Kotz. The artist does not see “any reproach” in her scandalous monologue: “It’s a very beautiful monologue, I value it very much.”
Akhedzhakova responded to indignant comments on the Internet about the scandalous performance, in which, in addition to her monologue, there are scenes of homosexual love.
“One demanded that my mental health be checked. Another said that the artist is in complete dementia and sits down with obscenities right on the stage of Sovremennik. The third demanded that I no longer be a people's artist. But I still have some awards that I can show them. Let them clean it up,” said Akhedzhakova.
She boasted of her popularity in the USA and the Baltic states.
“I have viewers all over the world, guys. I may not be popular. While I’m not in dementia, I have viewers all over Russia, so you know. And I have them in America, because there are people who left. And our people are in these countries: in Germany, and in Israel, and throughout the Baltic states. Take my “Niki”, take the state award. I will survive without these awards,” said Akhedzhakova.
The organization "Officers of Russia" complained about the play "First Bread" to the Prosecutor General's Office and the Moscow City Hall, and the patriotic organization SERB promised to disrupt the premiere.
However, as SERB leader Gosha Tarasevich explained, on the eve of the performance the administrator of Sovremennik called him and said that the obscenities had been removed from Akhedzhakova’s monologue, and the kiss of the two men was only indicated.
Therefore, the activists did not disrupt the performance, although it seemed low-grade to them. Many spectators left the hall right in the middle of the first act. Tarasevich promised to continue to control the activities of Sovremennik. SERB activists will continue to visit First Bread and monitor whether the theater violates its promises. In case of violation, a “very smelly liquid” will be spilled in the hall.
Tarasevich urged subscribers to send complaints to the Moscow Department of Culture and the Investigative Committee.
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