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Oddly, the phrase Potemkin shutdown - I say oddly because it seems so apropos - results in only three Google hits, all eventually linking to the same syndicated article.*
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Oddly, the phrase Potemkin shutdown - I say oddly because it seems so apropos - results in only three Google hits, all eventually linking to the same syndicated article.*
The phrase shutdown theater/theatre has a combined count of over 40,000 hits. It expresses the same concept, but lacks, I feel, a certain historical resonance. Or antiresonance, since the purpose here is the exact opposite of its namesake.**
* Though I admit I didn't search in Russian.
** Which may not have actually happened anyway.
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As a Russian speaker (though not a Russian), I think it's a wash—Potemkin shutdown does have a nice ring to it, but if it doesn't catch on I don't have to listen to non-Russophones pronouncing 'Potemkin' wrong.
Posted by: Jay at Wednesday, October 09 2013 10:42 PM (mrlXS)
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So how do you pronounce "Potemkin"?
Posted by: Tonestaple at Wednesday, October 09 2013 10:54 PM (3yidV)
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The problem is that most people no longer know what a Potemkin Village is so the reference is lost on them.
Posted by: Eingang Ausfahrt at Wednesday, October 09 2013 11:43 PM (uN4Ye)
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