The Seagull

[twincityhacker]

The Seagull by Anton Chekhov. What the hell? It was billed as a comedy. What it was was Russians drearily going though life, falling in love with disastrous consequences, and being fucked around by those higher up in the food-chain. There did end up being a higher body count than I was expecting, but only just.

Christ, I need to read something with fluffy bunnies and unicorns and mice in feety pajamas.

Comments

[trinfaneb.livejournal.com]

I have found that the fluffy content from Russian authors is very low...

[msp-hacker.livejournal.com]

I know that Russian novelists and playwrights are not known for their cheeriness, but even the comic relief charecters were depressing!

[trinfaneb.livejournal.com]

In Tsarist Russia, Comic Relief is not Comic! :)

[myrthrilmercury.livejournal.com]

Judging by the Russian literature I've read, they probably DO consider that comedic. Chekhov is one of my favorite authors though.

[msp-hacker.livejournal.com]

Then I'm really, really glad I missed out on having to study Russian literature. Russian history was already cracked enough.