You can't swear in public performances. That's an incredible violation of your right, isn't it? Your human rights. But since it somehow corrupts the Russian culture, the government carries a lot of culture about the culture surprisingly. So basically, if we don't swear, we don't have the right words to describe their work with. When I perform with the stand-up in clubs, I can swear and it's not that vigorously or how you say it rigorously, thoroughly, monitorts right now. But I think it will eventually. The stuff that is allowed there is more like vegetarian family, my girlfriend stuff. And there is no satire, there is no social commentary
Nikolai Kulikov is an award-winning Russian screenwriter and stand-up comedian. This year he spent a couple of months living in London (and also briefly in Dublin) performing stand-up comedy. I saw one of his performances in English on video and thought he was very funny! So, I decided to contact him for an interview to find out more about him, his experiences learning English, his views on performing to British & Irish people, and how he feels about life in Russia these days. I hope you enjoy the episode! **Please be aware that this episode features some rude language and swearing** Click here for more information
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