TV presenter Ivan Urgant responded to theater director, former artistic director of the Gorky Moscow Art Theater Eduard Boyakov, who said in an interview that Urgant had no place on Channel One, because he was “against politics of the state” and “against the state”. ” First published about this post in telegram.
Boyakov’s interview came out of February 27 on host Vyacheslav Manucharov’s YouTube channel “Empathy Manuchi”. The director expressed the opinion that Urgant was rightly “removed” from Channel One after the start of the military operation in Ukraine. “He doesn’t belong on Channel One, because he’s against state policy, because he’s against the state.
The first channel is the status channel. There is obviously an ideological policy of the state.
There is not a single country in the world where you can play against the system,” Boyakov said.
At the same time, he noted that there was no replacement for Urgant, as well as some other TV presenters and artists who disappeared from TV screens after the start of the military operation. Boyakov cited the Blue Light New Year program as an example, calling it “an incredible disgrace”.
“Because there’s no Urgant, (Andrey) Makarevich* isn’t, (Maxim) Galkin* isn’t… Too bad they aren’t. Thank God they aren’t. do not. <…>
In their place should come more developed people, with a different taste, a different level.
Able to not replicate colonial antics,” Boyakov said.
The director added that the show “Evening Urgant” is “an absolute copy” and “tracing paper of famous American shows”. Boyakov also called journalist Vladimir Pozner a “master of the second”. “These are not the creators of the language, which were Eisenstein, Stanislavsky, Shostakovich, Chekhov and so on until Tarkovsky, before Prokofiev”, concluded the director.
Ivan Urgant, in response to Boyakov’s words, wrote in his telegram about the start of filming “a new author’s TV show with the working title Vanyucci’s Empathy” “as part of the opposition and of the fight against the relentless baseless and indiscriminate attacks on me by parodist radicals.”
“The essence of the program is not new and traditionally borrowed from me – an honest conversation with the most sincere person.
The requirement for guests remains the same – the guest must have a mouth.
The first guest should be a wonderful theater director and producer Eduard Boyakov, who fully meets these requirements, ”says the TV presenter in a message.
Urgant added that “the choice of guests, questions and the image of the presenter are fully coordinated with the management of the theater” Grandfather Durov’s corner “”.
This is not the first exchange of remarks between Urgant and Boyakov. In May 2022, the former artistic director of the Moscow Art Theater in an interview with Ksenia Sobchak called Urgant an enemy and promised to spit in his face. He therefore commented on the video posted in the Evening Urgant fan community. The video showed a burning tank bearing the letter Z, a symbol of support for Russia’s actions in Ukraine. Boyakov said Urgant should have publicly stated his non-involvement in posting the video, but did not and “thus confirmed his actions”.
The TV presenter, in response to this, said that he “has no right to remain silent”, because Boyakov risks “choking” on saliva. Urgant noted that he “didn’t post anything.” “And that means, dear Edward, it’s time to swallow!” ― Urgant wrote. This entry was the first in the showman’s official telegram.
Urgent after the start of the military operation
On the day the military operation in Ukraine began, Ivan Urgant spoke out against the fighting. After that, the “Evening Urgant” program disappeared from the Channel One broadcast network. On the channel, this was explained by the transition to work in “information mode”. At the same time, the press service denied rumors that the Evening Urgant program could be closed.
In January 2023, Urgant’s concert was canceled in Moscow. On February 20, the presenter posted a photo with the Evening Urgant badge and the caption, “I love it when the whole team is together.”
Media manager Yevgeny Gutsal reported that Urgant’s writer and producer groups were involved in creating the second season of the show Fantastica.
At the end of February, the presenter was to perform joint performances with Vladimir Pozner in Cyprus and the United Arab Emirates. On February 25, Urgant announced that the concerts had to be postponed until October due to “purely personal unforeseen circumstances”.
* recognized in Russia as a foreign agent
