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But thats the beauty of the thing.
As in the most unnerving satires, the glibness adds to the horror.
Even the most absurd deaths have a sting.
Well, perhaps not one death, that of the big man himself: That ones a relief.
Plus, Moscows competent doctors are either dead or in the Gulags.
(In life, Beria was likely both a rapist and a murderer.)
He doesnt attempt to loosen the moorings and sail off intoDuck Soupy surrealism.
(Scottish humor leans toward the dry.)
Its the little things that eat into the mind.
In such small strokes,The Death of Stalintransforms the trivial into the tragic.
