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This foundational lesson in the value of freedom became the bedrock upon which Constantin built his career. With an initial venture into translating, Kissin found himself gravitating towards the performing arts, particularly as a vehicle for societal critique through satire. He began to see humor not just as entertainment, but as a tool to express complex truths—a belief echoed in the famous words of Oscar Wilde, "If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh; otherwise they’ll kill you."