It turns out that my short article, "The Postmodernist Troika," was published on the APN website a week ago already. About YABLOKO’s election troika. And here I was thinking that the new editor-in-chief, krylov, was so stern that he had decided not to publish me. But Konstantin is not stern at all — he is sweet and kind. The article, however, came out surprisingly vicious: ***Some time from now, NTV will launch a brilliant new TV show, You’re a Superstar. For a small fee, faded show-business stars will be made to clown around cheerfully in front of the audience. Some of them may get a second chance and, emerging from oblivion, spend another year or two on stage. Or maybe not. In any case, the program’s ratings are guaranteed — viewers will watch and at the very least pity these “retired stars.” It’s one of those things where, you know, “it’s disgusting to watch, but impossible to look away.” ***Full text here http://www.apn.ru/opinions/article17879.htm