Friday, August 04, 2006

Have Entertainment With Russian Gags

If you think Russians are very serious type of people, you are wrong because they also have sense of humor reflected on their entertaining and funny gags. Gags, which are short story with a strong punchline are the chief popular form of Russian humor. Russians are kind of people who prefer gags about the different topics throughout the world. These stuff are typically about sex, politics, spouse relations, or mothers-in-law. Russian gags are also typically centered on political jokes about their famous political leaders like Lenin, Stalin, Khrushchev, and Brezhnev. The gags about these Russian leaders typically emphasized their own unique characteristics. On the other hand, Mikhail Gorbachev was typically made fun of for his lowly grammar.

In my point of view, these gags are not typically for fun or to bring pleasure for Russians. These gags are reflections of Russians exasperations in their political leaders that they cannot tell straight to their faces. Instead, through their gags, they are able to laugh and at the same time criticize any person that they desire.There are a lot of Russian political gags in the world, nonetheless, if you're not familiar with their culture and the people involve, then you will not be able to understand anyone of them.

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