Communist Russia did not fall to the West by military power, but to Western pop culture and exposure to commercial consumerism. With exposure to alternative and seemingly wonderful life styles, visible outside the iron curtain, the desire grew for change.

As my father once said, "With the taste comes the appetite."

For such a video to be produced obviously means exposure and a "taste" of popular consumer culture. This means exposure to the values and lifestyles that the Orthodox may shun; where women and their participation in the arts cannot be hidden from view.

The best hope for the adoption of liberal values is for more such Orthodox exposure. I encourage such videos. Let the Sheet Curtain fall!

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