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My recommendation for this Friday is The Death of Stalin (2017).

Brutally funny and razor-sharp, The Death of Stalin turns political terror into biting satire with fearless performances and wicked timing.

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Jason Isaacs and 'Death of Stalin' Writer Team on a Dark World War II Satire Jason Isaacs, Josh Gad, and Ruth Negga are set to star in a new World War 2 dark comedy, Bad Major, from the writer of Death of Stalin.

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Josef Stalin lying unconscious on the floor of his office while three of his cabinet members stand around trying figure out what to do.

While Stalin is lying on his bed, members of his cabinet stand around him.

Stalin lying in his coffin, withruched red lining.

Soviet officers standing, armed with pistols and rifles in hands.

📽️ NW: THE DEATH OF STALIN (2017)
Dir: Armando Iannucci

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Ce soir on rigole!

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I've seen Christmas trees with less decorations!! 🤣🤣

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Pen drawing of a bald man lying in bed drawn on a Christian pamphlet.

Very loosely related, but keeping up with the Soviet theme and falling asleep to Tarkovsky's Stalker! Thanks for the fun and banter, and good night, folks!
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Oh dang! I didn't know about that, but he'd be phenomenal with it; guy's got a talent for dark and hilarious political satire!
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I'd love to see a sequel to this that covers Brezhnev taking power from Khrushchev if Buscemi would be willing to reprise his role ... "Nikita Khrushchev will return in The Brezhnev Doctrine: The Death of Stalin 2: Electric Coup-galoo ..."
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I love it too. Iannucci, the writer and director of this, just adapted Dr. Strangelove for the stage in 2024, starring Steve Coogan. #CultShelf #TheDeathOfStalin

Pen drawing of Bluto from Animal House looking dazed drawn on a black background.

I kind of wish this film had an Animal House / 80s sexploitation wrap-up of all the characters; like "Svetlana defected to the United States in 1967, and became a naturalized citizen in 1978." as Plastic Bertrand's "Ca Plane Pour Moi" plays in the background.
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Pen drawing of Peter Sellers as Dr. Strangelove smiling madly drawn on a black background.

I love how absolutely dark the humor in this is mixed with the most ridiculous of slapstick ... Kubrick-level black comedy satire, and I approve of it!
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I always found it funny how the USSR always had such ridiculously over-the-top funerals when a leader dies, yet Karl Marx had less than a dozen people at his wake. Must have missed the chapter in Das Kapital about mummifying Lenin and putting him in a pyramid ...
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🤣🤣🤣 An even more ridiculous amount of medals that Leonid Brezhnev; and that's a ridiculous amount of medals!
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These guys are in desperate need of a talking/feelings stick
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While there was no opening fire on mourners by the NKVD at Stalin's funeral, thousands did die the grisly deaths of being trampled to death as countless mourners filled the streets with no semblance of crowd control. Which almost sounds more horrifying ...
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And the medals to match!

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🤣 Isaac's got the swagger of a guy who's conquered Berlin!
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Pen drawing of Jason Isaacs wearing a Soviet military uniform and glancing sideways drawn on a green rectangular Post-It note.

And done! Here's my new drawing of Jason Isaacs as Zhukov for tonight's Cult Shelf presentation of The Death of Stalin!
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Jason Isaacs does carry that Zhukov BDE to the wonderfully comedic extreme! 🤣 Zhukov was so popular after WWII, that Stalin intentionally marginalized him, afraid he'd take over the USSR by either a coup or popular mandate!
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Well now that little girl has a fun awkward memory from that day
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Stalin's Politboro going full Mean Girls on Russian Orthodox priests cracks me up every time I watch this!
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Ricky from Trailer Park Boys Voice: "Carl Marks says that because of the booze-wa-sees I don't own a beans of production, and that makes me an alien. And if you ask me, that's fucked."
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Olga Kurylenko in “The Death of Stalin”
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Andrea Riseborough in “The Death of Stalin”
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Stalin loses his pipe. A few days later, Beria calls Stalin and asks him his if he found it. "Yes," Stalin replied, "It was under the sofa." "Impossible!" Beria exclaimed. "Three people already admitted to stealing it!" - Soviet dissident joke
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Craving some popcorn myself now ... :: Shakes fist :: GOSH DARN YOU, KHRUSHCHEV!!!!
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I love that they included a joke about the lamp on the chair! Stalin was a night owl who regularly slept on random pieces of furniture throughout the Kuntsevo Dacha usually while reading with a lamp on a chair next to him.
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Sure his family and longtime staff are heartbroken but my heart really goes out to the lookalikes b/c WTF are they supposed to do now? It’s not a transferable skillset
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"bulldozed into a lime pit" lmao #TheDeathOfStalin #CultShelf

Image of Nikita Khrushchev smiling and holding an ear of corn.

Khrushchev was corn-nuts about the stuff! 🤣
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