I finally caught up with THE DEATH OF STALIN and I was very entertained.
This is a graphic novel based black comedy about what happened when Stalin unexpectedly died and the ruling party members scrambled in order to remain in power and remain alive.
As my friend Joe Bendel said this is the rare comedy that can make political terror and mass murder something to laugh about. Of course it isn't really funny, but seeing how the men who did terrible things try to use past misdeeds as leverage to remain alive is funny. People, especially those in power, are really monsters and in places like the former Soviet Union (and Russia today) that was the case ten fold.
I laughed from start to finish at the grand farce of it all. AT the same time I marveled at how straight things were historically. Yes, somethings were altered, but mostly this is a straight on telling just with a farcical tone.
The film is an off beat delight and recommended.
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