{"id":1321908,"date":"2025-11-18T10:44:54","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T08:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/its-not-funny-its-disgusting-why-we-should-boycott-kvartal-with-hryvnia\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T06:11:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T04:11:28","slug":"its-not-funny-its-disgusting-why-we-should-boycott-kvartal-with-hryvnia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/its-not-funny-its-disgusting-why-we-should-boycott-kvartal-with-hryvnia\/","title":{"rendered":"Enough of This Filth: Why \u2018Kvartal\u2019 Deserves a National Hryvnia Boycott"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Source: Author&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/iryna.gerashchenko\/posts\/pfbid02AWxbZYxqSPditWqc5Rwfdau4aetkD8o7fsZM2nB8CHvvvKC8kYCspseWxmw7vgeQl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a> page<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>More and more performers are refusing to share the stage with \u201cKvartal 95.\u201d It\u2019s a welcome sign that the cultural sphere is finally developing a sense of reputational accountability \u2014 but it\u2019s still nowhere near enough.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"420\">Viewers need to understand that for decades they have been supporting, with their own hryvnias, a sleazy, low-grade comedy machine that used its \u201chumor\u201d as a political weapon \u2014 harassing and publicly dismantling pro-Ukrainian politicians, distorting reality, and manipulating audiences. \u201cKvartal\u201d never mocked Yanukovych or Zelenskyy with the same venom; in those cases, their humor suddenly became gentle, even adoring.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"422\" data-end=\"538\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">And <strong data-start=\"426\" data-end=\"458\">Kvartal has never apologized<\/strong> to those it smeared and destroyed on command, without reason and without shame.<\/p>\n\t\t<aside class=\"shortcode-also\" data-title=\"Read also\" >\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/95th-quarter-of-absurdity-why-corruption-in-government-threatens-the-existence-of-the-state\/\">\u201c95th Quarter of Absurdity\u201d: Why Corruption in Government Threatens the Existence of the State<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"267\">Not even for their vile jokes about Yushchenko, their mockery of Andriy Parubiy\u2019s speech impairment, or the malicious attacks on Valeria Hontareva \u2014 whose home was torched by criminals after she saved Ukraine\u2019s banking system and prevented PrivatBank from collapsing.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"269\" data-end=\"490\">\u201cKvartal\u201d sneered at Yatsenyuk and Poroshenko, mocked Klitschko, and had no hesitation in dragging politicians\u2019 families through the mud. Today, they continue to giggle at our team, spitefully marginalizing the opposition.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"492\" data-end=\"633\">This is not humor. This is not satire.<br data-start=\"530\" data-end=\"533\" \/>It is <strong data-start=\"539\" data-end=\"553\">propaganda<\/strong> \u2014 political character assassination performed at the pleasure of their patrons.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"635\" data-end=\"920\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">And now, as \u201cKvartal\u201d nervously distances itself from its co-owner Mindich, they still lack the intellect, morality, or basic dignity to condemn corruption or apologize to Ukrainians \u2014 for the malice, division, humiliation, and years of poison they poured from their stage and screens.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"635\" data-end=\"920\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\n\t\t<aside class=\"shortcode-also\" data-title=\"Read also\" data-right>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/quarter-95-rats-don-t-drown-they-just-transfer-to-another-boat\/\">\u201cKvartal 95\u201d: The Rats Don\u2019t Sink \u2014 They Just Jump Ship<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em data-start=\"1\" data-end=\"10\">Kvartal<\/em> should be boycotted \u2014 with our hryvnia.<br data-start=\"50\" data-end=\"53\" \/>Because what they produce is not funny. It is <strong data-start=\"99\" data-end=\"113\">disgusting<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As a reminder, several Ukrainian artists in Kyiv<a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/boykot-cherez-skandal-iz-mindichem-zirky-masovo-vidmovliaiutsia-vid-vystupiv-u-novorichnomu-kontserti-kvartal-95\/\"> have pulled out of the \u201cKvartal 95\u201d New Year\u2019s concert scheduled for December 6\u20137<\/a>, following the corruption scandal at \u201cEnergoatom,\u201d in which the studio\u2019s co-owner Timur Mindich is implicated.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/nas-sotni-liudey-a-ne-odna-osoba-u-kvartali-prokomentuvaly-koruptsiynyy-skandal-z-mindichem\/\">the Kvartal 95 studio issued an official statement<\/a>, emphasizing that it does not engage in political activities and is not involved in the business dealings of its shareholders. The statement also highlighted that the team comprises hundreds of people and has been working for over 20 years, boosting the country\u2019s morale even during the most difficult times. The studio assured that public pressure will not affect its work.<\/p>\n<p>Also, follow <strong>\u201cPryamyi\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>\u2022 Materials published in the \u201cOPINIONS\u201d section reflect the opinion of the author of the publication, who bears full responsibility for the accuracy of the information.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>\u2022 The editorial staff of prm.ua may not share the opinions expressed in the author&#8217;s material.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>\u2022 The owner of the webpage in the \u201cOPINIONS\u201d section is the author of the publication.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Author&#8217;s Facebook page More and more performers are refusing to share the stage with \u201cKvartal 95.\u201d It\u2019s a welcome sign that the cultural sphere is finally developing a sense of reputational accountability \u2014 but it\u2019s still nowhere near enough. Viewers need to understand that for decades they have been supporting, with their own hryvnias, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":1321899,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76893],"class_list":["post-1321908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-thoughts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1321908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1321908"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1321908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1322320,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1321908\/revisions\/1322320"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1321899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1321908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1321908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}