A-potemkin-village

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a-potemkin-village

Title text: So THAT'S why that mysterious guy in the park kept telling me that nothing is as it seems.

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[A ginger man and a bearded man are talking: the ginger man seems more happy]

Ginger man: I can't believe I'm finally moving in with you!

Bearded man: Are you familiar with the concept of a “Potemkin Village”?

[They are both walking in an appartment building corridor]

Bearded man: It's a political notion. When you have a visiting dignitary, you only let them see a small area that you've carefully manipulated, so that it has the appearance of prosperity.

[The bearded man continues to talk while the ginger man listens]

Bearded man: The soviets were notorious for deceiving visitors into thinking communism was a massive success.

[Close-up on the bearded man, who now has a grave expression and white eyes]

Bearded man: But it was all a fable

Bearded man: A Potemkin Village.

[Close-up on the ginger man, slightly confused]

Ginger man: Okay. What's your point?

[The bearded man is unlocking a door, the ginger man is behind him]

Bearded man: Remember when you first came here the kitchen was clean I'd shaved recently. Remember how I flossed the morning after?

[Close-up on the ginger man, with a shocked expression on top of a black background]

Ginger man: Oh my god.

[The ginger man now sees the inside of the appartment: wallpaper is teared down, green, brown, and blue liquids seem to leak from various places, the couch is vertical with its cushions strewn about, there are cans on the floor, a spilt bottle of alcohol, a flipped table with a leg broken, an unidentifiable green pile on fire, and a sow breastfeeding three piglets.]

Ginger man: Oh my god.

[View of the two men, the ginger man shocked and the bearded man looking serious]

Ginger man: Is there expired mayonnaise in the balcony?

Bearded man: Welcome to Red Square, comrade.

Votey Transcript

[The bearded man talking]

The snakes mostly keep to themselves

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