G8 update: Sarkozy, Berlusconi seize Medvedev and drag him to jail, 1930s-style

by | Jul 9, 2009


What on earth is going on here?

The only reasonable interpretation is that our leaders are attempting to re-enact a scene from Michael Mann’s excellent 1930s gangster film Public Enemies (sample line: “how long does it take you to go through a bank?”).

Alex adds: well, given the gangsta hustla manner in which he arrived, it was clearly always going to end this way. I blame Putin.

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