Red Menace

We are pleased to introduce a new feature that we hope will soon become one of your favorites. We have contacted frustrated Marxist film critic, Borko Naberezhnyi, in Vladivostok and he has agreed to favor us with his thoughts on American cinema whenever possible (allowing for the sporadic power outages that plague Eastern Russia). Remember, just because the Cold War is over, doesn't mean we can't go on hating one another.


The Aviator
by Borko Naberezhnyi

Aviator is story of capitalist, Howard Hughes, who go crazy as metaphor for syphilitic rot at heart of American capitalist system. Hughes is rich from daddy's money, and go to Hollywood, California for to make movies and sleep with loose American women. He spend much monies on film, Hell's Angels. Better to be about struggle of proletariat to overcome restrictions inherent in classist hierarchy.

After he make movie, he go to play the golf with actress Katharine Hepburn. He like her because inside he is weak capitalist infant who want his mommy. Wahhh, wahhh, he say, please to be my mommy, Katharine Hepburn! He has little baby mustache, too, not manly whiskers like Stalin. He go to house of her rich parents in Connecticut, USA, then make cutting remark about not working for their monies. It make big scene at dinner. Yes, I think, now is getting nice.

Then he make big plane out of plywood that does not fly, similar to many planes we have in Aeroflot. Then president of Pan-American Airlines try to use corrupted US senator to make bill to hurt TWA. Is boring! Then Hughes make a speech, about make the airlines for all the people. Yes, I think, is getting nice again! But then he go crazy, buying much Kleenex to prop up flagging nose tissue industry. I think he crazy man still.

Rating: Is nice!