Without flattery, devoted

TV channels widely celebrated the anniversary of Nikita Mikhalkov

The anniversary of Nikita Sergeyevich Mikhalkov TV celebrated as a public holiday: showing his films, films about him, numerous interviews with an anniversary, performed by reverence and delight of the interviewers to the great contemporary. Worthy? No doubt.

His cinema (once excellent), his roles have already entered the history of Russian culture and subsequent not always attractive acts and declarations are not able to “reset” real artistic achievements. Or in a state?

So far, in social networks, fans and critics of the birthday man fiercely argued on an eternal theme - are genius and villainy jointly jointly? - Federal television channels did not ask unnecessary questions: the anniversary is not the format. Yes, and what questions could be if Nikita Sergeyevich personally congratulated Putin - this news marked “Lightning” opened the next issue of “Vesti”, finally approving the hero of the hero in the status of a person, especially close to the “emperor”.

However, the channels included in the VGTRK holding planned a vast festive program before the supreme congratulations and awarding of Mikhalkov, the star of the hero of labor, which from the very beginning of the week warned the audience with a special announcement. “Russia-1”, “Culture”, “Russia-24”-no one remained aloof from the upcoming historical event.

Some piquancy of the situation lies in the fact that in May of VGTRK the “Besogon” “brushes” of the “brush” of the future anniversary from his channel “Russia-24” expelled, which he himself told in the next issue of the author’s program, which finally moved to YouTube. Allegedly at the VGTRK, he was told, “it is worthless to run into another” (Sberbank and his head of Herman Gref).

The public then violently discussed who “gather” whom: Mikhalkov-VGTRK in the hope of helping a friend or the leadership of VGTRK-Mikhalkov, who possibly received a card blanche from its influential curators.

Returning after the summer holidays, Nikita Sergeyevich in the new Besogon commented on the responses to what happened to him in different telegrams, instagrams and other liberal (naturally) editions.

“By the way, let's see who will come to Mikhalkov on the 75th anniversary of October” ... “There is a feeling that its influence has greatly decreased even over the past five years-compared to the previous anniversary” ... “Mikhalkov is again denied personal audience with the first person” ... “Mikhalkov did not even allow the president to have a closed meeting,” the author took it to the screen and read it with his characteristic intonation "Besogon" especially outraged by his quotes. "Who said that I have been denied the audience?" - He asked unknown to anyone, and it was clear: it was offended, wounded and really sincerely preoccupied, as his anniversary will now pass and who will come to him for the holiday.

Due to the new wave of pandemia, no one is going anywhere. And the holiday - here it is. In the highest category.

In the eyeliner to the plot of the anniversary (timing for more than 8 minutes), the leading “Vesti” Ernest Matskyavichus, listing the numerous achievements of the hero of the day, added to them the most valuable quality: “A convinced patriot”.

It is curious that the “news” and “time” on the two main television channels of the country showed different versions of the communication of Putin and Mikhalkov on the “remote”, in the fashionable, according to Putin, the video conference regime. In Vesti, Putin said that he “wanted to see” the hero of the day, to wish physical health and creative longevity “without any doubt, a very talented outstanding figure of Russian and world culture,” after which he raised a glass of champagne for his health.

Nikita Sergeyevich produced “the same focus with a glass” and answered with a feeling: “Vladimir Vladimirovich, dear, you all know, you understand everything. I, believe me, sincerely, sincerely devoted, without flattery. Your health, my dear! "

In the plot, which opened the “Time” program, they gave an expanded version of the response of the thankful Mikhalkovsky word: “I want to give you one proverb a wonderful Chinese. She helps a lot: "Throw dirt at me, throw stones at me - I am a river." How deep and how exactly.

Because what they want to do with us, and how they want to force us to live according to other people's rules is to withstand this and understand that we are the river and we should not break us. Once you told me that everything can be forgiven except betrayal. I absolutely agree with this. I want to wish you and for ourselves so that we are less likely to be disappointed in people. It is always very sad.

And as far as I have enough strength to me and our family, we both served, and we will serve the Fatherland. ” And in conclusion already - "without flattery, devoted."

Nikita Sergeyevich said, this is “without flattery” without the slightest irony and even, it seems, with a gaze moisturized from the surging feelings. Although, as a hereditary nobleman, perhaps, he could know: the motto with such words was drawn on the coat of arms of Count Arakcheev, which was extremely unpopular in the company of the military leader of the times of Paul I and his son Alexander. It was then that these words acquired exclusively ironic and even contemptuous meaning and served as the basis for numerous epigrams and puns, including this - “Demon of flattery” (here is the irony of history).

Appearing in the evening on the air of Vladimir Solovyov, the anniversary developed the thoughts, summarized by him in the response of Putin: that Russia remains today the only country in the world that is trying to preserve national and Christian values ​​that the “descendants of Dante and Goethe” encroach on, and a layer of people who are ready to open the gate to the besieged city are “brought up inside the native country.” Soloviev listened to his guest with an unusual pet, assented: “We are embarrassed to be patriots” ( they are !!! - I.P. ).

At the end, Soloviev’s not very long and extremely confused conversation especially flattered the interlocutor: “You are one of the few people who have the opportunity to express your ideas to the leader of the country personally. This is not a big secret that you have been friends for many years, you once really said about it that Putin is your friend and you are proud of it. Putin understands the severity of problems? " Nikita Sergeyevich withstood the pause (about these branded Mikhalkovsky pauses!) And with pain expressed almost seditious: “It would be very sad to make sure that I did not understand. I do not want to believe it, because by many examples we saw how far and visionarily he understands the problems ...

But I know, and you know, and the president knows how many of his instructions are performed at least 80%... "

In short, the boyars are worthless, the king is good, and it is necessary that someone else’s capable of suggesting that and what the people live in time next to him.

There was no talk of cinema and artistic merits of the hero of the day in an exclusive interview. Serious people talked. State. Without flattery, devotees.