The Red Army is coming! Actually, it’s the Red Army Chorus and Dance Ensemble, coming next month to DC and NY. The ad in today’s paper has a takeoff of the old Soviet coat of arms, hammer and sickle included, with the names of the songs they’re going to perform wrapped around the sheaves of wheat instead of “Workers of the world, unite!” in the 15 languages of the Soviet republics. I’m not sure how I feel about this — on the one hand, there’s an element of Prince Harry boorishness here, trading in the symbols of a demonic regime. On the other hand, what better way to bury the dictatorship of the proletariat than to trivialize it through commercialization?