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Hõbemägi, Priit
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2 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Russian theatre avoids hot topics
Tallinn's Russian Theatre has been in financial difficulties for years. This is down to its failure to deal with current social topics, the news portal Delphi admonishes: "The Russian Theatre is not oriented to our society. Even in the 1980s the Estonian-language theatre took a greater interest in pressing social questions - under far more difficult circumstances - than the Russian Theatre is doing today. ... Why the absolute lack of anything like a new, burning idea? It's not as if there weren't any explosive topics it could address. Especially for the Russian Theatre, which could deal with the history, identity, fears and hopes of the Russian-speaking inhabitants of this country. Such productions would appeal strongly to cultured audiences and spark lively debates. ... But perhaps the Theatre is afraid to criticise the public interpretation of history or the situation of the Russian-language population, because then state funding could become even more meagre or other obstacles could arise."
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Priit Hõbemägi on short-term thinking in Estonia
Priit Hõbemägi complains in the weekly Eesti Ekspress that too many Estonians live for the day without long-term perspectives or plans: "For a long time now we've lived from one day to the next, and a week is already an epoch. In historic terms this change is particularly striking. How long it took in former times to save enough money to buy one's freedom from a landowner or the Czar's army! But even in Soviet times you had to think on the long term. With a salary of 140 roubles it took years before you could set aside the 5,000 you needed to buy a car. ... The economic boom changed all that because it taught us that you needn't slave and save for years to afford a house or a flat, a trip around the world or a luxurious car. All of that could be had right away because the banks were generous with their loans. The gratification was instant and the repayment began at some point a couple of years later. An aphorism runs 'live each day as if it were your last'. But there's got to be a corrective for the sort of recklessness you see when so many people live as if there were no tomorrow."
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