V. The metaphorical model of "Life is theater" is widely used in various spheres of communication. Another hero of W. Shakespeare exclaimed: "The whole world is a theater. / In it, women, men are all actors. / They have their own exits, exits, / And each plays more than one role" (Jacques ' monologue; comedy "As you Like it"). The theatrical metaphor is used in the political speech of many countries, however, in Russia at the end of the XX century, this model has become dominant. In accordance with the model under consideration, in the last decade of the last century, comedies, tragedies and farces were played out on the political stage according to pre-developed scenarios and under the guidance of experienced directors, in which actors played their roles (sometimes at the prompting of prompters). Foreign guest performers attracted special attention of the audience. Sometimes the audience was also thrilled by provincial artists (for example, from Stavropol, Yekaterinburg and Nizhny Novgorod), who performed the main roles in the Bolshoi Theater. The pragmatic potential of this metaphorical model is determined by a bright conceptual vector of insincerity, artificial insincerity, etc.- * See: Russian speech. 2001. NN 3, 4; 2002. N 1 page 48 political actors do not live a real life, but rather fulfill someone else's predestinations against their will. Let us highlight the main manifestations of the metaphorical model "Political life is theater". 1. "Type of spectacle and genre of performance". The Russian political life of the last decade is often metaphorically characterized as one or another kind of entertainment arts. Accordingly, the concepts of "theater", "circus", "cinema", "farce", "stage", "concert" are distinguished: "I want the Duma to become boring, otherwise lately it has become more and more like a theater. However, does one Duma resemble a theater? Our whole political life is a theater "(S. Pankevich); "The activities of the council increasingly took place ... Read more