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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swan_Lake#Symbolism
In the 2020s, Swan Lake became a symbol of protest in Russia.[65] The symbolism dates to the failed Soviet coup of 1991. On August 19 of that year, as tanks rolled into Moscow, state television aired the entire ballet on loop. Communist hardliners then announced that they had seized control of the country from Mikhail Gorbachev, whom they had arrested. Boris Yeltsin responded by climbing on a tank in central Moscow and urging citizens to turn out in protest. For three days, thousands of protesters stood off the army, after which the coup leaders relented. Within four months, the Soviet Union was gone.[65][66]
In 1991, there was a tradition of interrupting regular programming by airing the ballet on loop when the government was in crisis: it happened with the death of Leonid Brezhnev in 1982, while a successor was selected, and again with the deaths of Yuri Andropov in 1984 and Konstantin Chernenko in 1985. Swan Lake thus became “a sign of political instability and upheaval.”[66]
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Wonder what the American equivalent will be, Wrestlemania?
Stunt bikes on the White House lawn.
Probably the national anthem. Back in the days when TV stations stopped for the day, that was one of the things they might play before the test pattern (or static) began.
chain link fence and a tarp.
Probably switching to 100% slop, while media figures and heads of state try to quietly flee before the chaos hits genpop
Fox News talking about democrats.
Reruns, I guess? Trying to think of what aired in the weeks after 9/11, when a bunch of new stuff got delayed, and the studio techs were as fried as everyone else. Marathons of evergreen daytime programming. So then as now, probably Star Trek: The Next Generation.
America’s closest real comparison might be radio DJs putting on a long song so they can go take a shit. “November Rain?” Buddy, ease off the nachos.
Swan lake, the classic harbinger of doom and unplanned government “restructuring”.
Is there an explanation?
it’s grumpy_Cat, there’s never any fucking explaination. PugJesus has got us covered tho : https://lemmy.world/post/48684568/24458021
also the guy that replied to you.
How Swan Lake Became a Symbol of Protest [shasha not sasha, 30 min]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hl7YXivMaHs
I long for the US Swan Lake moment
What are we having in place of free borscht, free tacos?
Nonsense, this is 'Merica god dammit! Free burgers and hotdogs!!
Ah, the best show! Can’t wait for it to get back to the russian TV!
That’s Fox News.
Briefly represented in the music video for Wolf Parade’s “Yulia.”
