True History of t.A.T.u. / 4

Esta es la 4 parte de "True History of t.A.T.u." puesta por Insider...

...yes, those of you, who wrote about a lot of work that's being done in t.A.T.u. now, are right. That's the reason my blog is updated with delays. By the way, the true history has not been completed. Its chapters are published as soon as they are written, just like hot donats. So, don't get down because of the delays.

Next year Shapovalov shot another video for R&K. The theme was space... Space missle taking off, "MIR" space station, mission control center etc. Renski didn't like the video, but nothing could be done. Money was spent, there was no time - so the ad campaign was launched (maybe some of you remember it). I also can't say I'm enraptured by this ad and don't see the point in showing it here (I forgot to mention one thing in the previous part: The music for Professor Wiener video as well as for space video was written by unknown composer Alexander Voitinsky).

In this one-year-long break between the first and the second commercials Renski and Shapovalov kept communicating informally. No, they were not friends, but there was definitely some kind of electricity between them.

Hereafter I'd like to make a little note not related to the subject, although... why "not related"? In my opinion, it all is directly related to the subject.

The bio of Ivan Shapovalov is quite known from his numerous interviews. And there's this myth, this journalistic cliché, "Shapovalov was pediatric psychiatrist. Who else could better know kid's soul?..."

Those who read not only "Zhizn" newspaper, probably know about the system of MD education in USSR (in today's Russia nothing has really changed) and understand that a person who graduated from medical school and worked as a doctor for one or two years can't seriously be recognized as "a general physician", "a surgeon", "a psychiatrist" etc.

Why?

Because in Russian medical school everybody learns the same fundamental things for the first 5 years, no matter what their future field is. The sixth - and the last - year is the called traineeship, or, in other words, a year-long medical practice in a certain field in a serious hospital. During this traineeship students are not allowed to treat patients on their own. The students follow every step of professional doctors who do not let them do anything serious - which is actually good.

After the 6th year and finals students are given a diploma on graduating a medical school. And then for 2-5 years more (depending on the field and traditions of a hospital where freshly made MDs are employed) the graduates are having an informal status of "young professional" who can't be responsible decision makers in treating patients. Older doctors check and recheck everything their young colleagues do. In short, one really should feel bad for the patients... Out-patients' clinic is another case. Nobody gives a shit there about anything... With few exceptions, the quality of the doctors there is very poor ...

I am writing this with such frenetic details to make the following statement: Shapovalov can't be called a psychiatrist after finishing medical school and working for a year or two in a out-patients' clinic. He could know psychiatry a little deeper than any other young professional with a diploma in any field - and nothing more. It takes years of practice, preferably not in out-patients' clinic, to become a psychiatrist.

Yet this fact subtract nothing from Ivan's merit. He understood both mature and young souls, but not as a psychiatrist, but as a talented and thinking person.

This story is called true because it dispels some myths about t.A.T.u. Mind you, any myths - big and little, important and unimportant, flattering and not so flattering... all myths that get under my wheels.

Next time I'm going to give you a little background on another person at the beginning of t.A.T.u. - Boris Renski, known only as a top-manager of computer company, i.e. capitalism tycoon. That's it.

But...

This story is written for you, guys (not for me - I know it). And since this is a real story, not my art, I wanna be sure that the majority of those, who read me, find this interesting. If not, I will skip this and some other parts in the future and stay very close to the topic. Let me know what you think in the comments.

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