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Front lines of humor: Dark humor voices Ukrainians’ hopes for victory

  • Written by Neringa Klumbytė, Professor of Anthropology, Miami University; Lithuanian Institute of History
Front lines of humor: Dark humor voices Ukrainians’ hopes for victoryA banner reading, 'Regrettably, Putin did not die today. We are waiting …' hangs in the City Garden of Odesa, Ukraine, on April 1, 2023. Viacheslav Onyshchenko/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images News

In 1991, a simple line appeared in Broom, a Lithuanian satire and humor journal. “A shortest joke: Communism,” it said. A...

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