If you are an observant person, then a strange tendency that has been observed lately cannot slip away from you. In some sections of the population, changes are taking place regarding speech turnovers. It is said that this came from a city on the Neva, in which the percentage of “intelligentsia - proletariat” was always significantly shifted towards the intelligentsia compared with the national average.
St. Petersburg is a city with a history. If I may say so, then with historical energy. Some tourists who have visited the Northern capital admit that impregnations of profanity, which were previously commonplace for them, upon arrival in St. Petersburg are somehow transformed into turns of speech that were in use before the “revolutionary advent”. And what is interesting: phrases, such as, for example, “neglect, waltz”, emerge from the depths of the subconscious in some inexplicable way. Let's talk about it.
Petersburg turns
The information field is a category proved by science, i.e., an axiom. Therefore, it is not surprising that lexical turns, which have become popular and in demand in some part of the country, spread lightning fast throughout the territory united by a common language. And if you take into account the factor of iPhones, the Internet and the same television, then there is no doubt that the propagation speed has crossed the sound threshold.
And here it is important to catch a glimpse: where was the pebble thrown, and where did the circles on the water or the information field come from?
So: for some time now instead of the usual “hello” or “listen” you can hear “heed” as a response to your call. Particularly artistic and witty subscribers will respond to you with the phrase: "Who needed me (needed)?" And if, for example, you begin to “load” your interlocutor with your complaints about the “surrounding abomination of the world”, then you may well hear something like: “Neglect, waltz” or similar phrases.
Connoisseurs attribute the epicenter of distribution to Peter, which is likely, given the linguistic culture of this city, including pre-revolutionary.
Being determines consciousness
So, there has been a turn in the "lexical" consciousness of the population. What is the reason for this? Perhaps with the inclusion of genetic "cultural memory." This raises two questions. For what reason? What was the trigger?
Let’s try to analyze the emerging trend in language culture using the example of the phrase “neglect, waltz”.
Let's start with the circumstances for which the individual could take advantage of this phraseological turn. They could be described as “reaching the heights of the London bottom” at once in all senses: material, emotional, everyday, existential; or in one of these areas. There is a more common expression describing "tragic life circumstances" - everything is "worse than ever."
Master class by Alexander Zbruev
Do you remember the episode from the film “Everything will be fine”, where a successful oligarch, performed by actor Zbruev, conducts a master class on the topic “How to let go of trouble”? This training consists of four points:
- raise your right hand up;
- sharply lower it down;
- lowering his hand, “with feeling” say: “Yes, it went to …!”
- then do what brings joy at the moment.
The premiere of the film took place in 1996, at the memorable moment of the presidential election, which was remembered by the people with the phrase: “Vote, otherwise you will lose!” At that time, this master class corresponded to the mentality of the population as well as possible.
Today, the mentality has changed, which means a way of responding to "life in shades of gray." And therefore, the person formulates the answer to the circumstances in a more sarcastic or ironic form, for example: "Neglect, waltz!"
Illustration for the topic
On March 18, 2018, the next presidential election in Russia was held, the results of which were a complete surprise not only for the country's inhabitants, but also for the world community. Yes, we know how to surprise!
Many "dear Russians" have formed an ambivalent attitude towards the prospects for Russia's development in the coming years: on the one hand, "if only there was no war", on the other hand, "where is the bright path?" And now back to the issue of the “trigger mechanism” of the process of “lexical reloading” in the context of the election results.
A new format response called “Neglect, Waltz!” the event called "Again elections" was offered by an artist from Yekaterinburg Slava PTRK.
The answer itself was a waltz of 50 pairs to the music of the USSR People's Artist Georgy Sviridov from the film version of the story by A.S. Pushkin's "Snowstorm". The collective performance of the waltz took place on the icy surface of the Verkh-Isetsky pond on March 19, 2018.
At "moment X" the music stops and the couples stop the dance. Above, the resulting figure is read as the phrase "Po ***, dance!", Which means "Neglect, waltz!"
Optimism rules!
No, this is not a political action, not a protest march or a demonstration of disobedience. This is a way out of reality, which has ceased to suit its, so to speak, recognition. The project proposes to replace the zombie version of Groundhog Day with something new, thus forming a different reality beyond the comfort zone.
So, "Neglect, Waltz" - what does it mean? The idea is that when you change your sluggish everyday life to something unusual for your consciousness, and therefore joyful for the unconscious part of your personality, then you expand the boundaries of your "I".
The glory of the PTRC, speaking of the creation of the performance, admits that the idea was prompted to him by the interview of the journalist and video blogger Dude, where the idea was expressed that even if things are not going well in the country, then you can just enthusiastically carry out your work and change the world inside and around.
Michelangelo once said that in order to create a genius sculpture, it is necessary to cut off all that is superfluous. The glory of the anti-tank systems seems to have done something similar: he placed 50 pairs on a white field under a pale blue spring sky. If you translate this into the language of symbols, then you can comment on it this way: forget about the surrounding negativity, go ahead with faith in yourself and hope for the best!
About 50 years ago, this sentiment was conveyed by the phrase “Po ***, dance!”, Hence “Neglect, waltz!”, Which has become relevant today.
