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Propaganda of hate on the stage
2010-03-20 13:08:00
ArmInfo. There is performance in the repertoire of the Tbilisi State
Academic Theater named Mardzhanishvili "Kakutsa Cholokashvili" staged
by artistic director Levan Tsuladze, which has caused astonishment
among representatives of ethnic minorities.
In the play there are sayings foaming interethnic hatred, insulting
Russian, Armenian and Ossetian peoples. The following maxima are put
into the mouth of the character performing Head of the Tsarist secret
police: "We consciously settle Ossetians and Armenians in the inner
Georgia and deport Georgian Muslims to weaken the country, dividing it
in half." "We will destroy the Georgians, women and children, as Shah
Abbas, Tamerlane and other invaders did".
Characters with Armenian names and surnames (for example, Kirakozov)
are shown as the traitors and provocateurs, responsible for killings
of Ilya Chavchavadze, national poet and publicist and Shio Chitadze,
Georgian teacher, publicist and public activist as well as bloodshed
of Georgian princes during sovietization. First, it is a violation of
historical truth (known, for example, that Ilia Chavchavadze was
killed by Berbichashvili on orders of the Georgian Social-Democrats).
Secondly, it is impossible to divide the people of Georgia on the
"good" representatives of the titular nation and "bad" representatives
of national minorities.
Unlike Mardzhanishvili Theater Performance of similar topic "George
Mazniashvili", reflecting the same epoch, which awakens in the
audience a sense of patriotism and pride for their homeland, play
"Kakutsa Cholokashvili" contains statements offensive to minority
representatives.
2010-03-20 13:08:00
ArmInfo. There is performance in the repertoire of the Tbilisi State
Academic Theater named Mardzhanishvili "Kakutsa Cholokashvili" staged
by artistic director Levan Tsuladze, which has caused astonishment
among representatives of ethnic minorities.
In the play there are sayings foaming interethnic hatred, insulting
Russian, Armenian and Ossetian peoples. The following maxima are put
into the mouth of the character performing Head of the Tsarist secret
police: "We consciously settle Ossetians and Armenians in the inner
Georgia and deport Georgian Muslims to weaken the country, dividing it
in half." "We will destroy the Georgians, women and children, as Shah
Abbas, Tamerlane and other invaders did".
Characters with Armenian names and surnames (for example, Kirakozov)
are shown as the traitors and provocateurs, responsible for killings
of Ilya Chavchavadze, national poet and publicist and Shio Chitadze,
Georgian teacher, publicist and public activist as well as bloodshed
of Georgian princes during sovietization. First, it is a violation of
historical truth (known, for example, that Ilia Chavchavadze was
killed by Berbichashvili on orders of the Georgian Social-Democrats).
Secondly, it is impossible to divide the people of Georgia on the
"good" representatives of the titular nation and "bad" representatives
of national minorities.
Unlike Mardzhanishvili Theater Performance of similar topic "George
Mazniashvili", reflecting the same epoch, which awakens in the
audience a sense of patriotism and pride for their homeland, play
"Kakutsa Cholokashvili" contains statements offensive to minority
representatives.