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...kept up its harsh criticism of Putin's new war in Chechnya. It also lampooned him wickedly in Kukly (The Puppets), its popular satirical show. Kukly presented a touchy Putin as a crazed shrink, or an offstage presence referred to as Gospod Bog (Lord God) or just G.B., a pun on his past as a KGB officer. Another caricature - "Little Zaches," a vicious dwarf who bewitched a city into regarding him as a wise ruler - particularly infuriated Putin and his camp. The ax fell in mid-2000, when Gusinsky was accused of embezzlement and arrested. He left the country...
Afterlife leads the audience on a tour of heaven, hell and purgatory led by characters with pun names like “Rabbi Noah Fense” and fellow clergy member “Nun Taken...
...Raymzter's Italian producer, Massimo Baudo, who open the door of the neat terraced house on a new housing estate outside Amsterdam, when a reporter arrives for a visit. In a tiny studio in the attic, Raymzter is putting the finishing touches on his debut album, Rayalistisch (a pun combining his stage name and the Dutch word for realistic), which is out next month. The disc will feature Raymzter's hugely successful and controversial first single, K__ Marokkanen (F___ing Moroccans), a biting commentary on white Dutch attitudes toward young Moroccans following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks (sample lyric: "They...
...Calliope, window designer and store owner Anne Lerner confesses the true scheme behind her work: an obsession with puns. “It’s a sickness with us! We’ve been doing it for 30 years, and we have people who wait to see what the pun of the month will be. People walking by will give a thumbs up if they like it, and we disappoint people when there’s no pun,” she says...
...Halloween window theme—“Nothin’ says lovin’ like somethin’ from the coven”—exemplifies Lerner’s creative process of deciding on a pun, finding some stuffed toys to go with it (in this case, witches), and then “sitting around and giggling” as ideas for the display take shape. As she adds glowingly, “We’re a little store with lots of window space—we want something cute and adorable that will make people...