An apocryphal quote from Uncle Joe Stalin was that artists in the Soviet Union should be the ‘engineers of human souls’. Hence the ubiquitous unreality of Soviet art and why Shostakovich cleverly sculpted his hidden messages into his symphonies.
Imagine making a drama about a vicious dog called Killer. During casting you select a French Pink Poodle.
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