Zhvanetsky Mikhail Mikhailovich! He was much, much ahead of his time. The time of short clips, clip thinking, while speaking aphoristically, briefly and succinctly. "Share your smile, and it will be remembered to you more than once…" In March 2018, the famous satirist turned 84, he retained his clarity of mind and humor. Zhvanetsky does not like to give interviews. He thinks he can write better than he can speak.
Zhvanetsky M. M. in various interviews speaks about age with his quote: “What is sixty? It's fear in her eyes, everything else is the same. And it doesn't matter - 60, 75 or 84 years old.
With age you become better, calmer, wiser. “I am older than you not in age, but in years” - one of Zhvanetsky's quotes.
A distinctive feature of satirical monologues is that they are so vitally true that every viewer and listener finds a part of himself in these performances. He writes about himself, but it turns out about everyone. Writing a text takes 3-4 hours, but it takes about a year to bring this text to a conclusion, it is honed on different audiences.
Humor is thinking
Difficulttranslate jokes and phrases into foreign languages. Once, the poet Joseph Brodsky, at Mikhail Baryshnikov's birthday party, where Zhvanetsky was also present, amazingly translated "Crayfish by 5, crayfish by 3" for the Americans, the latter laughed. Possibly, Brodsky managed to convey the meaning of the monologue, since he worked as a simultaneous interpreter at the UN. Before that, according to Zhvanetsky, no one could translate this monologue for the Americans to make it funny.
Conservative or reformer?
"There is a lot of humor, little irony, and in general there is practically nothing - this is self-irony," Zhvanetsky said in an interview on the radio about modern humorous programs.
It was often said about him at the beginning of his career that he introduces new directions in pop business. Mikhail Mikhailovich himself believes that he did it unwittingly, it is rather a matter of talent. And after he introduced this new direction, he became a conservative.
Zhvanetsky Boulevard
There are only two people in our country, our contemporary, after whom the streets are named. In the city of Grozny there is Putin Avenue, and the name of the famous Russian satirist writer, who has the titles of "People's Artist of the Russian Federation", "People's Artist of Ukraine" and is a performer of his own works, was named a pedestrian boulevard in Odessa! The houses face this boulevard, they have no addresses, so no one had to change their passports and make changes to their registration. Zhvanetsky on the radio "Silver Rain" spoke about this - the main thing is that "the seaand port, and let there be no house numbers.”
Books
Zhvanetsky's statements about women were often in his speeches, as well as in the book "Aphorisms, thoughts and jokes of famous men."
"A woman is the only gift in the world that wraps itself."
There is a book by Mikhail Mikhailovich Zhvanetsky "Women", in which you can fully enjoy his statements, quotes and trace his attitude towards women.
Deputy Zhvanetsky M. M?
The right-wing liberal political party "Democratic Choice of Russia" offered Zhvanetsky M. M. to become a deputy in the State Duma of the Russian Federation. He remembers this with a smile. “I called all my friends, all the girls I knew, and said that they were calling me to the Duma. And… refused. But he told everyone. Of course, he was very flattered, but he was well aware that this work was not in his nature.
Mikhail Mikhailovich does not like to lie and cannot bear personal insults from others. He does not represent himself in the program “To the Barrier”, just as he does not represent Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, his favorite author, in politics. A great writer, but not a politician.
Politics and satire
According to V. V. Zhvanetsky in an interview with Pozner V. V. on Channel One: “Stalin was the most effective leader for a Soviet person. Before the arrival of Stalin, a simple Soviet person never understood and did not see the result of his actions in governing the country. Here I wrote a denunciation in the morning, in the eveningalready lead, to whom he wrote, and it doesn’t matter: an academician, deputy minister, head of a shop or an ordinary worker. This is an incredibly fast return on action. It is clear that they often wrote because of the position, the apartment.”
There is the best statement of Zhvanetsky on this subject: “Conservatory, graduate school, fraud, swindle, court, Siberia. Conservatory, private lessons, more private lessons, dentures, gold, furniture, court, Siberia. Conservatory, accompanist, trade college, production manager, caviar, crabs, currency, gold, court, Siberia. Maybe fix something at the conservatory?”
During these events, Zhvanetsky did not leave the country, as many did. There was too much that connected him with the country - great Russian literature, success! Even the departure from the country of his beloved woman, who called him with her, did not convince him to leave. Zhvanetsky stayed in Russia!
"Not ropes, but threads! That's what connected me with my country! - another statement of Zhvanetsky M. M. In those years, many Soviet scientists left Russia from "redneck" - rudeness, nationality - they don’t take you anywhere! Wherever you go, every enterprise, every institution - everywhere you are judged - the district committee of the party, the housing office, etc. For Zhvanetsky, this was not enough.
Performances
Abroad, a satirist is very well received, where they understand the Russian language: because they are bored; smart people who left.
The absolute happiness of the performance for Zhvanetsky - “When the audience goes, I go to it! And we meet in an atmosphere of mutual admiration!”
Zhvanetsky's statements and quotes have been loved since the time of the speeches of Roman Kartsev and Viktor Ilchenko, the texts for which he wrote.
And I would like to finish with a quote from the most beloved satirist of our country, Zhvanetsky M. M.: “Let's experience troubles as they come!”
