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06 March 2022

STARING DOWN A TV STAR: After Reagan and Trump We're Getting Punked All Over Again by Zelenskyy

Intro: While he’s posing somewhere underground escaping three assassination attempts and uploading large-screen videos on Zoom and social media, Zelenskyy is also acutely aware of optics, and prone to deliver memorable lines that reflect a comedian’s sense of brevity and wit. His early declaration that he wouldn’t accept an offer to leave the country — “I need ammunition, not a ride” — became a rallying cry that shamed foreign governments into action and inspired homegrown soldiers; (it’s now being sold on t-shirts on Amazon.)

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Opinion | How Zelenskyy’s Acting Career Showed Hints of His Powerful Underdog Leadership

Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the 2012 Russian film "Corporal vs. Napoleon." | TABOROVSKY/IMDB

 

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Where did the Ukrainian leader learn to rally the public and captivate a western audience?

TV, of course.

"The real-life Zelenskyy, with sunken eyes, unkempt hair and days’ worth of stubble, has captivated the world over the past week, as he appears in an olive green T-shirt on TV newscasts and the giant screen.

(Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks to the nation in Kyiv, Ukraine on Feb. 27, 2022, in this photo taken from video provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office. | Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

 

The first time Volodymyr Zelenskyy appeared on television as the president of Ukraine, he was running around his parents’ apartment in his undershirt, fighting with his niece for bathroom time. It was the pilot episode of “Servant of the People,” a sitcom that premiered in 2015, about a common man who became an unlikely president. Zelenskyy’s character, a divorced high school history teacher named Vasily Goloborodko, stumbled into office after making a long, profane rant against corrupt elections, which one of his students secretly filmed and posted on YouTube. When it went viral, students crowdfunded his fee to qualify for the upcoming election. He wound up winning more than 60 percent of the vote — to the shock of the nation’s shadowy ruling oligarchs, its political apparatus and, most of all, the candidate himself.

By the time Zelenskyy actually ran for president of Ukraine four years later, he had become a national celebrity, with a show that both mocked and paralleled Ukraine’s longstanding battles with corruption. . .And his talent for public expression is not just a ticket to name recognition at election time; it’s also a potent governing tool. That should be no surprise to anyone who remembers Ronald Reagan. Trump used the skills he’d built as a tabloid centerpiece-turned-TV-star to hone his still-rock-solid base. . .

“Servant of the People,” produced by the comedy production company Zelenskyy had co-founded, is a ballsy satire of political manners, with a hint of fantasy — the ghosts of Plutarch, Julius Caesar and Che Guevara make appearances — and a touch of melancholy. It’s also a show about the surprising political power of direct communication... in a democratic a system so deeply entrenched with patronage and greed.

As he navigates this unfamiliar world, Zelenskyy’s onscreen persona is closer to Jon Stewart’s than Will Ferrell’s; a bemused observer, rather than the butt of the joke. The camera often finds him in reaction shots, .  .

."[. ] In a 2017 interview with the website Cinema Escapist — back when he was only a make-believe politician — Zelenskyy said life in Ukraine had bred a particular brand of comedy, heavy on wordplay and satire that reflected current events and helped the public grapple with challenging news. .."

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