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Re:Chekhov: “Cultured people must, in my opinion, satisfy th... by hamilyon2 on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @04:05PM (#13871004)
The statue's proportions are somewhat like what you would see if you look at a person from below. As actual drunkard lying on the floor could see Chechov. Source: indigenous Tomsker. We like to joke about Checkov's words about Tomsk.
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Re:Chekhov: “Cultured people must, in my opinion, satisfy th... by westoncb on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @06:21PM (#13872010)
That's a beautiful idea—like you must view Chekhov from the perspective of a drunk person (a near substitution for 'you are a drunk person') even when you're sober and standing up rather than lying down, because of his strange proportioning, therefore he is the 'cause of seeing his peers as like drunkards.
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