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Reverend Gorby
For people familiar with American religious history of the late 20th and early 21st centuries and the ubiquity of televangelists, the mise en scène in one particularly famous mega church looked tried, true, and familiar. The music and the choir slowly fade out in the background while another camera, with the same deliberate speed, steps…
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Love Amongst the Stars
On April 8, 1991 Pravda published an article about the 12-th International Symposium of Gravitational Physiology held in Leningrad entitled Love Amongst the Stars. And no, the article was not about international celebrities descending into an orgiastic bender. Rather, it was dedicated to a round table discussion held on the sidelines of the symposium on…