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| Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer – review | Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer – review |
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| You'd be forgiven for assuming there was little more to goggle at in the saga of the feminist punk collective, two members of which were sentenced to two years in penal camps after a 40-second performance in Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in February 2012. Yet this summary is spiked with enough shocks to make even those familiar with the Pussy Riot story gulp. | You'd be forgiven for assuming there was little more to goggle at in the saga of the feminist punk collective, two members of which were sentenced to two years in penal camps after a 40-second performance in Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in February 2012. Yet this summary is spiked with enough shocks to make even those familiar with the Pussy Riot story gulp. |
| First is the shambling amateurism of that show – it's so brief! And such a mess! The second is the band's naivety; these women are barely out of college, caught short by the hardline nature of the regime they were protesting against. The third is their increasing poise; they admit their failings, express genuine contrition for offence caused, and, by the end speak with an intellectual rigour far superior to the work that landed them in trouble in the first place. A Punk Prayer is propaganda that leaves you in no doubt which hymn book you're supposed to sing from. But it's also smart and modulated, with attention given to the broader cultural background, and a platform offered to the rioters' detractors. | First is the shambling amateurism of that show – it's so brief! And such a mess! The second is the band's naivety; these women are barely out of college, caught short by the hardline nature of the regime they were protesting against. The third is their increasing poise; they admit their failings, express genuine contrition for offence caused, and, by the end speak with an intellectual rigour far superior to the work that landed them in trouble in the first place. A Punk Prayer is propaganda that leaves you in no doubt which hymn book you're supposed to sing from. But it's also smart and modulated, with attention given to the broader cultural background, and a platform offered to the rioters' detractors. |
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