From Moscow to Simferopol: How the Russian Cubo-Futurists Accessed the Provinces
Journal: Theatre history studies
Year: 2019

From Moscow to SimferopolHow the Russian Cubo-Futurists Accessed the Provinces Ryan Tvedt (bio) With their famous 1912 manifesto, "A Slap in the Face of Public Taste," the Russian cubo-futurists challenged what they derisively called the "common sense" and "good taste" of their audience. No more would they politely defer to the classics; even names such as Pushkin and Tolstoy felt suffocating, and the time had come to throw these writers "overboard" from what they called the "ship of modernity."