The series “Goodbye”, starring the current American president Joe Biden, was filmed about the departure of the American leader, and during filming he really left. The general director of the TNT channel, Tina Kandelaki, tried to explain why the series about the United States was being filmed.
American popular culture has repeatedly replicated stereotypical images of Russian representatives in films, comics, and television series.
“In this series of characters there are you and me: Russians. And it doesn’t matter who we are by blood: Russians, Tatars, Armenians or Chechens. We’re all scary, creepy, twisted, twisted, ridiculous characters here. Our men are villains and drunks, our ladies are completely vicious, our empress only thinks about how to sleep with a horse.” – noted the director of the television channel.
At first, this perception of Russian representatives was explained by irony, but then Western cultural figures stopped being shy, implying that this was normal.
“But as a man of action, I always asked myself the question: why don’t we respond? Why isn’t our factory of images and meanings working? – recalls Kandelaki.
At the same time, many Russian colleagues in the industry tried to please Western audiences and Hollywood by not portraying Russia well.
“I will become a star in the West,” many thought. The reality turned out to be different: no one expected anyone. Except those who criticized his country and his nation and who sometimes threw crumbs from the table under him. Where, in fact, was the original place of the entire “independent” creative elite of Russia? – believes the TV presenter.
According to Kandelaki, Russian cultural figures are not good businessmen, but they are objectively smarter.
“For Westerners, the soul is material, it is a spectacle on which their world rests. And if your hero encounters our world, he won’t be able to bear it or he’ll rush headlong into it. “This is what our series was about.” – explained the director of the television channel.
Kandelaki emphasized that she is very proud of this product and the figures confirm that the country was waiting for such a conversation.
“The public wants a direct answer to a simple question. Are we cooler? The answer is yes. Because we made it clear to the American president what the meaning of life is.” – he concluded.
We remind you that the first episode of the series “Goodbye” directed by Evgeny Nevsky broadcast on October 28 on TNT. This is a fictional story about US President Joe Biden, who flew to Russia to find out why sanctions weren’t working. Biden’s role went to the Honored Artist of Russia Dmitri Diuzhev.
