25 Years ago I put in America show. One day ran into the office of the Director, with whom we had become friends, and saw a funny scene: he was approached by a girl Secretary, very nice, black is flexible, as it can do African-American leaned over the table, gracefully arching the back line.
At the same place lower back was expressive, upbeat, and look the Director rushed to this place, and for some time lingered on it. And then I took the camera (smartphones did not yet exist) and captured this picture. They don’t even pay attention, because the entire episode was completely random, fleeting, and after a moment the girl straightened, and the Director picked up the documents that she brought. After a couple of days, showing and printing photos, I went to him with his gift: look, what a wonderful funny photo. God, what has become of him! He turned pale, flushed, trembled and begged me to destroy the negatives and pictures. Because if it gets someone in the eye, he would be fired, and then sue. I did not understand, but his request fulfilled.
Harrasment… Terrible accusation, which has come now to us, today takes on a sinister shape. Remembered once destroyed by me photo and thought that, given the skin color of the Secretary, today, his criminality would increase more and campaign, Black Lives Metter.
I constantly hear about harassment among journalists, educators, Moscow state University, about the scandal with the MP Leonid Slutsky, the accusations against Alexei Venediktov, Pavel Lobkov, many others. MeToo movement becoming fashionable. And if a girl or woman, and even grandmother, I do not remember that “it too”, like it even somehow undignified.
of Course, the whispers and gossip, all kinds of rumors and gossip surrounded the famous people always. This attitude toward the past has developed a special – quite favorable – the perception of these phenomena. Very few people come to mind accused of harrasment Alexander Pushkin’s don Juan list, Chekhov with his couch in Melikhovo, Nemirovich-Danchenko, who is credited with the ambiguous “we must wait”. But how to know? If things go well, we find ourselves witnessing the demolition of the monument to Pushkin in connection with his harassment of Maria Raevskaya. I was not familiar with either Pushkin or with Nemirovich. But knew Yuri Petrovich Lyubimov. And I am convinced that the legend about how he was forced to undress Actresses Taganka, conducting casting for the role of Marguerite, an absolute lie. I personally know of one major Director, of which there were all sorts of rumors. But those who were dismissed, were not aware that this man received on the injury front, the consequences of which these rumors are completely brushed aside. And, of course, I am fully responsible for myself, for my own principles and behavior. But because I have serious doubts about the veracity of the filthy hysteria that possessed the losers, looking for cheap, as they say, hype or trying to justify the failure of their own invented “harassment” supposedly proudly rejected by them.
As Professor of the theatre Institute, I am well aware that it is happening. In our country there is the “Golden five”: GITIS, “Pike”, “Sliver”, School-Studio of the Moscow art theatre and cinematography. They release a lot of artists and filmmakers who need a job. However, besides them there are an incredible number of some commercial institutions, faculties, the “higher courses”, including those in the province who accept everybody and give a lot of money diplomas of the established sample, where black and white, that the girl is such a qualification “the artist of theatre and cinema”. The fact that this girl not want to watch that she does not speak, can not move, uncharismatic, that it is banal, boring and unemotional – in the diploma is not written. And the crowd of girls that were simply deceived fished out of their parents ‘ money for tuition, going in the role. No one takes. But to admit to myself or the parents who pushed for the training of a considerable amount, the true reason – is impossible. Begins lies, slander, defamation of character, which fits perfectly into a massive squeal MeToo.
once at the Institute of Cinematography came to me my student with a complaint against a master, to which she went for the audition. “He asked me to play the scene in the shower… What do I do?” I said, “You had to punch him in the face and leave.” “But how so? Then I don’t get the role!” I replied, “Then you should play the scene in the shower.” I knew this Director – and was confident that his proposal was not dictated by “harassment”, but purely professional motives. There are professions in which too much human flesh. Doctor strips patient that does not smell too good, the therapist relates to the most intimate places, the sitter exposed to the students, the dancer hugs the woman does not mince his sweaty armpits, the singer sprinkles standing next to the actor with saliva, weightlifter fart during record… Disgusting? We try not to think about it. But this is reality. Actor and Director – is also among these professions. During rehearsals, the Director needs to love the actress, it needs to be literally obsessed with her. And I’m not afraid to admit it – are of great importance for my personal tastes and preferences. I was always in love with my Actresses, and the age didn’t matter. I worked with Maria Mironova, she was in her nineties and I was in love with her. Worked with Love the Dobriansky – always kissed her hands. The love between a Director and actress – is the norm. We learn from himself the secret that is hidden. We gamesAEM, write a performance is this. Rehearsal is a completely intimate act in that art in which we are engaged: theater experiences. I worked with a wonderful actress of “Sovremennik” theatre and theater “School of modern play”. But never Marina Neyolova, neither Nastya Vertinskaya, nor Lyudmila Gurchenko or Luba Polishchuk, Irina Alferova no, no Tanya Vasilyeva didn’t show me the accusations of harassment. But do mediocrity, declaring my social networks sex maniac who did not take them to your theatre because of their morality. I wonder why they are not settled in another professional theater? Do all theaters of Moscow run by sexual predators? Why do these artist not making films? Figured it out. There is also a solid perverts. So is it worth to choose a profession, where behind every corner lurks the danger of being raped? It is better to go to work in the police: to take up arms and destroy these guys hurl.
a Couple of years ago I was called by the famous artist, Professor, workshop leader, played in one of our performances and asked to take a very good girl in the troupe. I met up with her. She did not seem too expressive, but, nevertheless, we took it. The theatre has placed her at the service apartment where I’ve put (through theatre), furniture, appliances. This girl got in the theater two or three roles, began to rehearse have different Directors, including me. During rehearsals, I changed the concept of the show and replaced it with another artist. My favorite artist. I call her my Muse. She, incidentally, has four children from her beloved husband. For me and her children – a manifestation of her talent. Meanwhile, our new actress found a tendency to a certain style of behavior. Rather frivolous in many different ways. However, this is not important – in our theatre, encouraged all except the Smoking. Unfortunately, for the season of work the actress has not confirmed its relevance to the theater. Two months before the end of the contract she announced that the renewal will not be. Revenge it was very simple: of course it’s announced that I harassed her and she rejected me. About it she told his Professor who believed her and our theatre has broken up. By the way, after leaving the apartment, she grabbed all the property that was there.
I Must say that the massive spread of the virus MeToo has led to a situation opposite. … Harassing me. And I’m sure not me alone – colleagues, Directors main theatres, with some perplexity confirm that with them this happens. I await some “of soiskatelei” work in the theatre that plain text offer to try them for the role. It is clear what. Some young Actresses on the shows show themselves as if they were not in the theater are going to play and have some completely different services. Even entrant sometimes behave like strippers tell the truth, it begins to cause loathing.
In this topical issue of “harrasment” I’m on the side of the law. And if anyone – Director, lecturer, Deputy broke his perpetrator, he must answer to the law. But the accuser, the author of false denunciations, the distributor of dirty dirt should also be held accountable. To justice.
