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Surprising many, president Reiserová today appointed a fellow actor Karel Šín as the new minister of culture. Šín is not a member of any political party and was critical of the former prime minister Černá. Šín is best know for his role in the Spanish comedy show "Jersey". He was fired from the show after it's eight season due to complications caused by his drug addiction. He has since recovered from the addiction and now he advocates for alcohol and drug abstinence. Šín publicly declared himself a dedicated socialist just a week before being appointed the minister of culture. We bring you an interview our reporter Jílek had with the new minister Šín.
Jílek: "Comrade minister, thank you very much for coming here today."
Šín: "Thanks for having me."
Jílek: "I would like to know what persuaded you to enter politics?"
Šín: "I was approached by the great comrade president Reiserová directly with the request to join her cabinet as a minister of culture. I previously had no intentions of entering politics, I didn't ask anybody to be appointed minister, I was asked if I would be willing to be appointed minister. And I thought of the great Czech people and how they supported me for the entirety of my career, for which I am so grateful, and decided that I have to accept this great honor to be named a minister of culture and do my best for the people of this country."
Jílek: "Why have you decided to become a minister in a SRP government? You were previously critical of the government of former prime minister Slavomíra Černá. You accused Černá of not being born in this country, but instead hailing from Ruthund and her policies not being for the Czech people. Do you still maintain this position?"
Šín: "Well listen I know have reason to believe that at least one grandparent of comrade Černá was from Czech Slavia, and it is quite likely that two of them were in fact Czech. It is possible that she was born in this country. But she did hand the power to the former leaders of opposition parties, and they were most definitely of foreign origin. They no longer even live in Czech Slavia. And I am not saying that everything that comrade Černá did was bad, there were undoubtedly many great things, but this shouldn't have happened. And I would also like to clarify that I love the people from Ruthund and from the entire world. Now president Reiserová is, without question, Czech and does what is best for Czech people and that is a government that I want to be part of. But I am not a member of any political party, I am me, Karel Šín."
Jílek: "I understand. What are your plans for the resort of culture comrade minister?"
Šín: "My objective is to bring the art closer to the people. In painting the currently dominant realism is too detached from the people I feel. Normal citizen can't paint in that style, the households are lacking quality paintings, the realistic art style just feels so elitist, you know. That is something I'd like to change. There is a simple yet beautiful art style originating from Czech Slavia, sadly it is so small that it doesn't even have a name. Let me show you an example I painted personally.

Here "The people are welcoming the new minister" it is simple, positive, the characters have little detail, only some basic attributes are shown so everybody can relate to it. You just look at a painting like this and it is obvious to you that it is Czech. I've heard that the Archbishop of Inquista bought some painting in this style and that is something we should strive for. Having Czech glory being shared by our art across the Union. We should aim to have art like this displayed at the furniture expositions in Fremet, have them decorate the communal facilities in the Union of Syndicates as well as imperial halls in the Empire of Inimicus. And let every working person become an artist if they wish so, an art for the people by the people. Czech Slavia should be on a drug called socialist art, very available, if you try it once you want to try it again."
Jílek: "Fascinating, Now comrade minister since you are an actor are similar changes planned for that type of art as well?"
Šín: "Let's not get hasty now. If you want to create a good film or a play or a show you need the actors as well as directors to have a certain type of blood, a tiger blood. Without it our shows would look like "Jersey " past season eight, horrible. This goes to show you how important it is to have tiger blood, it was a great show up to season eight, then the incopentent director fires an actor with tiger blood, tries to replace him with much worse actor and the show becomes unwatchable, those were all my fans, not theirs. So we need to cultivate the tiger blood in our actors, not ignore it, that would result in catastrophe. I've lobbied to create a show similar to "Jersey", but better, in the past. Of course without the decadent influence of the capitalism, without any alcohol or drugs. It would also not treat women like objects. In "Jersey they were always portrayed as objects that the main character has sex with. But in the comedy show I wanted to create women would be portrayed as smart, strong and independent. And then the main character would have sex with all of them. Now this show will get approved by me, so that is my most imminent plan for this type of art."
Jílek: "Thank you for your time, I wish you all the best comrade minister."
Šín: "Thank you, take care. To an absolute victory on the cultural front."

Minister of culture, Karel Šín