PIC OF THE DAY: Pivovarov in socks interviews Posner in sneakers

Journalist Anatoly Golubovsky drew attention to funny details from the plot of journalist Alexei Pivovarov:

“In Pivovarov’s Editorial Office about the first teleconference “Leningrad-Seattle”, it is not the revelations of the participants in the events that amaze (they do not tell anything sensational), but two pictures, two interiors, two living environments. Posner's House and Donahue's House. Peers. Iconic characters. And they live somehow differently. Posner, of course, looks more cheerful, but he is obviously uncomfortable to sit - he perched on the edge of a strange sofa, bent over into three deaths. These two pictures contain all the relevance of the story about the media revolution and those who committed it..."

But the historian and political scientist Sergey Medvedev noted a detail that was extremely characteristic of the Soviet mentality: Pozner made his guest Pivovarov take off his shoes, knowing full well that the video would be filmed:

“Two worlds, two idols. Luxurious, rich anthropology. At the same time, Pivovarov visiting Posner in the middle of the Empire splendor of doors with gilded panels, a (laid) fireplace with clocks and stetuettes, mirrors, chandeliers and a collection of (elite) alcohol sits IN SOCKS - apparently so as not to stain expensive carpets. The owner is wearing shoes! Delicate legs of double sofas are delivered separately. By the way, why are they like that? I naively thought that the sofa was just for leaning back...

When visiting Donahue, both of them are naturally shod, on a plank floor.

Reminds Sobchak in an epic interview visiting Vasilyeva (Serdyukov's passion), sitting in the royal armchairs in slippers.

But if everything is forgivable to Vasilyeva due to her amazing naivety, then the old fox Posner, of course, is the king of vulgarity..."

Artist and writer Katya Margolis made far-reaching conclusions about the state of Russian journalism from these shots:

“The aesthetic choice speaks of the ethical — we've read. The external environment of vulgarity, satiety and cheap wealth is an ideal projection of the internal one. Donahue has a spacious house of books and a wooden floor - air, dignity and content of a different order. and at the same time it is clearly clear in which country a journalist is a profession, and in which brothel services..."