Advertisers Deny any stance on modern Russia
When flipping through the New Yorker for cartoons, the ad above always gave us pause. Mikhail Gorbachev, aka birthmark head, was the last leader of the USSR. A Louis Vuitton bag is like the least communist object ever. Mikhail Gorbachev and Louis Vuitton are both too serious for irony, so what???s the deal?
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