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And when it came to off-limits subjects, Stalin thought of everything. Individual incomes: out of bounds. Price increases,
anything involving food shortages, or generalized hunger: unspeakable. Statistics on crime, unemployment,
or homelessness: scandalous. Reports of natural or man-made disasters,
such as earthquakes or airplane crashes, news of prison conditions,
ads for foreign goods. Oh, wait, there's more. The names of officials and their spouses,
the availability of medicine, and anything
about the architecture of the Kremlin or repairs to the Bolshoi Theater,
obviously. Under Stalin, libraries either destroyed... ...or restricted
texts that the state deemed offensive, which kept impressionable Soviet minds
safely protected from characters like Sherlock Holmes. Why Sherlock Holmes?
Well, Sherlock Holmes, very much his own man
anything involving food shortages, or generalized hunger: unspeakable. Statistics on crime, unemployment,
or homelessness: scandalous. Reports of natural or man-made disasters,
such as earthquakes or airplane crashes, news of prison conditions,
ads for foreign goods. Oh, wait, there's more. The names of officials and their spouses,
the availability of medicine, and anything
about the architecture of the Kremlin or repairs to the Bolshoi Theater,
obviously. Under Stalin, libraries either destroyed... ...or restricted
texts that the state deemed offensive, which kept impressionable Soviet minds
safely protected from characters like Sherlock Holmes. Why Sherlock Holmes?
Well, Sherlock Holmes, very much his own man
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And when it came to off-limits subjects,
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Stalin thought of everything.
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Individual incomes: out of bounds.
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Price increases,
anything involving food shortages,
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or generalized hunger: unspeakable.
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Statistics on crime, unemployment,
or homelessness: scandalous.
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Reports of natural or man-made disasters,
such as earthquakes or airplane crashes,
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news of prison conditions,
ads for foreign goods.
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Oh, wait, there's more.
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The names of officials and their spouses,
the availability of medicine,
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and anything
about the architecture of the Kremlin
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or repairs to the Bolshoi Theater,
obviously.
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Under Stalin,
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libraries either destroyed...
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...or restricted
texts that the state deemed offensive,
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which kept impressionable Soviet minds
safely protected
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from characters like Sherlock Holmes.
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Why Sherlock Holmes?
Well, Sherlock Holmes,
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very much his own man.
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Movie Summary
Ruling with an iron fist requires an aspiring dictator to know the playbook for absolute power, as history's despots prove in this sardonic docuseries.
