Take That, Elon Musk!

Part twelve of the Jordan Center virtual Zoom lecture series "Russian Internet Memes: The Short Course" led by Eliot Borenstein, NYU Professor of Russian and Slavic Studies.

In Russia eccentric billionaire inventor and investor Elon Musk is more than just an arrogant annoyance: he’s a meme. Why are Russians invoking his name while posting images of bizarre life hacks, creating deep fake videos of him singing Soviet classics, and putting his face on rockets? This lecture will not help explain why he keeps coming up with bizarre names to inflict upon his offspring.

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