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themanintheseersuckersuit
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by themanintheseersuckersuit » Tue Dec 30, 2008 4:44 pm
Olga Lepeshinskaya, who died in Moscow on December 20 aged 92, was the Bolshoi Ballet's prima ballerina in the 1930s and 1940s and Josef Stalin's favourite performer
Because of her virtuosity and prettiness, Olga Lepeshinskaya's short, muscular body was forgiven.
Olga Lepeshinskaya's position as Stalin's darling saw her performing inside the Kremlin at banquets of great luxury. In a recent interview she recalled his whispering to her that she should not dance in a tutu but in something lighter, "between friends". From then on she ensured she was lightly dressed when invited by him.
In old age, Olga Lepeshinskaya looked back on Stalin more critically, describing him as "a vindictive and bad man, like all orientals".
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituar ... skaya.htmlSuitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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silverscreenselect
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by silverscreenselect » Tue Dec 30, 2008 7:02 pm
She was terrific in The Wolf Man when she told Lon Chaney he would become a werewolf.
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