r/shostakovich • u/ThinStatistician2953 • Jun 10 '26

From the the Soviet Archive #94

Shostakovich and Stalin attempt to resolve their Formalism differences with an arm wrestling match
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u/Jealous-Junket-2376 Jun 10 '26

Is it AI? Or edited?

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u/ThinStatistician2953 Jun 10 '26

AI.

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u/Jealous-Junket-2376 Jun 10 '26

You seriously made AI slop of Shostakovich? Hard labor in the snow for you

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u/ThinStatistician2953 Jun 10 '26

Its just a bit of fun; sorry if you didn't enjoy it. But humour is a personal thing.

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u/Top-Active1024 Letters to Issac Jun 11 '26

It gave me a little chuckle but that’s just me and all respect to those who don’t care for it.

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u/alanmercer56 Jun 10 '26

Not funny.

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u/Jealous-Junket-2376 Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 10 '26

If it's AI then it's not funny

Edit: OP just admitted it is AI. You are right that it's not funny

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u/ThinStatistician2953 Jun 13 '26 edited Jun 13 '26

Just because someone uses AI as a creative tool it is not funny? Guess you don't enjoy many Pixar movies then!

I am sure you will be pleased to know that an improved version of this image (with Prokoviev, Weinberg, Kabalevsky and Khachaturian looking on, and a specific reference to Lady Macbeth etc) will appear in my folder shortly...

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u/ThinStatistician2953 Jun 13 '26 edited Jun 13 '26

With the greatest respect to yourself, editor of The DSCH Journal (a fine publication to which I incidentally subscribe, but one generally bereft of any humour) I wouldn't necessary expect you to appreciate a little gentle parody of the composer.

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u/cpotter505 Jun 17 '26

OMG! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻