The Significance of Comedy and Puppetry in Russia

This chapter explores the role of puppet shows in Russian culture, highlighting how they reflect the resilience and preparation for adversity in Russian mindset. It also touches on political satire in performances, discussing the audience's association of the Nutcracker ballet character with Putin. The speakers discuss the importance of comedy in different countries, false moral equivalencies, changing sources of conflict, the assault on truth, crisis of identity, and finding harmony in a divided world.