Сенатор Торп отказывается от присяги

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В австралийском Сенате Лидия Торп поднимает кулак и отказывается безоговорочно повторять присягу на верность британской короне, пока председатель несколько раз требует зачитать текст с карточки. Комизм строится на столкновении антиколониального жеста Торп с формальной процедурой присяги монарху; напряжённую сцену сопровождают официальные женские и мужские голоса, повторяющие инструкции, и субтитры с ироничным монтажным комментарием. EN: In the Australian Senate, Lidia Thorpe raises her fist and refuses to straightforwardly repeat the oath of allegiance to the British Crown while the presiding officer repeatedly tells her to read the wording from the card. The joke comes from the clash between Thorpe’s anti-colonial gesture and the formal oath to the monarch, with official male and female voices repeatedly giving instructions and subtitles adding an ironic editorial comment.

Senator Thorpe, please come to the table to make and subscribe the affirmation of allegiance. Senator Thorpe, please recite the affirmation on the card handed to you. I sovereign Lydia Thorpe, who stubbornly and sincerely if I was a queen, that I would be faithful and I bear true allegiance to the colonising her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Senator Thorpe. I'm going to wait for quiet. Senator Thorpe, you are required to recite the oath as printed on the card, so please recite the oath. Senator Thorpe, Senator Thorpe, order. I, Lydia Thorpe, do solemnly and sincerely affirm and declare that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, her hares and successes according to law. Senator Thorpe, please sign the test roll and Senators roll.

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