Masha Gessen | How Russia's Hilarious, Homoerotic "Satisfaction" Became a Nationwide Meme of Solidarity




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The parodies, based on the video for Benny Benassi's 'Satisfaction' (above), are an organized show of resistance against a repressive state. (photo: YouTube)
Masha Gessen, The New Yorker 
Gessen writes: "A few weeks ago, fourteen Russian first-year air-transport cadets made a parody of a fifteen-year-old music clip, and now it's all a lot of Russians can talk about." 
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