"Absolute Cinema" said Peter Magyar, newly elected Prime Minister of Hungary, when turning towards the press
2026-04-16 09:50 UTC
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@slaacaa@lemmy.world 2026-04-16 09:55
He said “Abszolút filmszínház” which means “Absolute movie theater”, a deliberate mistranslation of the original meme, which is how it’s used in Hungarian, adding another layer to the joke. Intentional mistranslation of memes is also a thing in other countries like Germany and Turkey. Something that foreigners also find funny: “Magyar” literally means Hungarian, so yes, the country will have a PM called Peter Hungarian.
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@rain_enjoyer@sopuli.xyz 2026-04-16 19:28
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@yakko@feddit.uk 2026-04-16 12:22
A politician knows a meme that I do not ... Do I not spend enough time on the internet???
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@airbreather@lemmy.world 2026-04-16 10:33
/uj I had to look it up. Source confirming the main part of OP's post: https://telex.hu/zacc/2026/04/16/mi-a-fenet-jelent-az-hogy-abszolut-filmszinhaz And then the term you'd want to look up for the claim about his last name is "endonym", though you also don't need to look further than the intro on this Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_Hungary
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@FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world 2026-04-16 12:33
Absolute cinema, absolute democracy, you might even say... "[Democracy Manifest](https://youtu.be/PeihcfYft9w)"