Ukraine: Going from satire to reality?
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Volodymyr Zelenskiy has no political experience, but that鈥檚 no problem for the people of Ukraine who have already seen that working for him.
In a striking example of fiction morphing into reality, the 41-year-old comedian and actor seems set to take the top office for real, following in the footsteps of the man he plays in a wildly popular television series 鈥 an ordinary teacher who becomes an unlikely president and succeeds in bringing the country together.
Zelenskiy took a commanding lead against the incumbent in Sunday鈥檚 presidential election, putting him in a strong position for the runoff in three weeks鈥 time.
鈥淭his is only the first step toward a great victory,鈥 Zelenskiy said after the vote.
His easygoing manner and snappy talk on the campaign trail strongly resembled his character in 鈥淪ervant of the People鈥 鈥 a schoolteacher catapulted into the presidential seat after a student鈥檚 video of him blasting official corruption goes viral. The TV series that premiered in 2015 painted a grotesque satirical picture of Ukraine鈥檚 officialdom, complete with easily recognizable parodies of serving politicians. It has been immensely popular, attracting up to 20 million viewers in the nation of 42 million.
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