Buzova's panties «torn» society: negligee is not allowed, porn is allowed

What will the “rules of conduct for artists on stage” lead to?

Buzova’s panties extremely excited society. If anyone doesn’t know, the “singer” (in quotes is a matter of taste, but I can’t help it) performed at a festival in Ufa. In leather shorts with rhinestones. And there were children there. Well, off we go.

Photo: Still from the video

The first thing, naturally, was a comparison with a “naked party”, then, logically following from this, the demands to sort it out (properly) and punish (anyone).

The comparison to a “naked party” is like putting an owl on a globe. The very fact that “bohemians” gather in clubs and dance naked on tables, and even have random sex, is not exactly a secret. It was the deliberate display of this that outraged me. Opposition: you, cattle, fight, die, tighten your belts, and we, the elite, will indulge in luxury, bliss and debauchery. And you won’t do anything to us, we are the masters here.

Well, what about the festival? Buzova habitually went on stage in shorts. Because no one announced the concert as a children's matinee, even though it was on Children's Day. But were there children there? Were. And who brought them there? Or did they come on their own? The children saw Buzova in shorts — and this is indecent, does it cause moral trauma to them, destroys morality? Seriously? Have you looked at your child’s phone for a long time — there are all sorts of TikToks, at best? Do you only let Luntik and Smeshariki watch on TV?

Who will we deal with and who will we punish?

To make it easier to sort out this issue, a letter from the State Duma was sent to the Minister of Culture of Russia Olga Lyubimova with a proposal to «introduce mandatory requirements for the style of clothing of artists for public performances, which do not imply age restrictions.» There is such a free rein for mocking (and justifiably, in this case, mocking) fun that I will not even begin. But, believe me, there is a rational grain — only it is buried very deeply. I can't dig it up, and I don't have any answers or simple solutions either.

HRC member Marina Akhmedova, for example, writes that such a proposal “looks like a recognition that the usual moral norms, as old as the world, no longer apply in our society.” And “such restrictions are required by a society in moral decline.” And “in Russia, morality and tact are not so bad, it’s about individual representatives,” and you just need to explain to them what is appropriate and what is not.

Maybe so. But “ordinary moral norms, as old as the world,” firstly, also developed under the influence of restrictions — whether religious or secular, but introduced by someone. Secondly, how “old as time”? 1839 or 1991? These are not numbers out of thin air. On March 12, 1839, the ballerina first appeared on stage in the ballet La Sylphide wearing a tutu. And it was a shock: the skirt exposed the dancer’s calves! This amounted to an insult to public morality. And in 1991 there was a day when “Swan Lake” was shown endlessly on TV. And the ballerinas, already in modern tutus that did not cover their underpants (is this a society in “moral decline” or not yet?), symbolized conservatism — including the world of socialist morality, opposed to the advancing world of purity and profit.

Or will we gain a foothold in 2024? When Buzova is not allowed to prance around in her underpants in front of children, but access to the world’s most famous porn site is provided only through the most popular “youth” social network in Russia? Negligee is not allowed, porn is allowed? It'll do? After all, no. This is not a matter of “individual representatives.” But having said “a” and banning Buzova’s panties, you will have to say “be”. And then the entire alphabet.

On the other hand, when I heard the news about “requirements for the clothing style of artists,” I immediately remembered the final scene from the film “ASSA.” There, Tsoi sits in the semi-darkness of a stuffy office in front of the concert hall administrator’s desk, and the administrator tediously and monotonously reads out just “requirements for the style of clothing of artists” and “rules of conduct for an artist on stage.” Tsoi doesn’t listen to the end, gets up, goes on stage (the “rules” are still heard in his back), takes the microphone and begins to sing “Change!”

How cool, fresh, and right it seemed then. No more restrictions. Freedom!

Now look around: do you like what these changes have led to?..