Russians mourn a popular Soviet composer
mainYevgeny Krylatov died yesterday at 86.
He scored more than 160 movies and cartoons, creating a number of children’s songs that became national classics, among them ‘A Song about Summer’ and ‘Deer in the Forest’.
His was an art of innocence.
President Putin called him a man of the highest inner culture and dignity. ‘A real master and creator, he devoted himself to music, generously gave people his talent and inspiration, won a truly nationwide love,’ said Putin.
What a terrible thing to be praised by someone like Putin. That gives any well-intended ‘innocence’ a quite particular taste. In totalitary societies, innocence is there to be exploited, perverted and destroyed.
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Sorry about that typo – the word is so distasteful that fingers begin to tremble. It’s ‘totalitarian’, to be sure.
Putin at least has a sense of humour and is not pompous.
A sense of humour??? Not pompous??? It seems the author of this comment needs both a dictionary and a better newspaper.