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by weinzierl
2182 days ago
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"Mosfilm" is a good search term and for more lighter and fun content is "Soyuzmultfilm", which is kind of the Russian Disney. Especially the older children series like Cheburashka are interesting and contemporary Masha and the Bear is immensely popular. |
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Masha i Medved[1] have recently been running a series in which each episode focuses on a different country. Today's happens to be the US[2]:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5sMJtXcZTo
"Tell me Mr. Siberian Bear, where does power come from? The Hare says it comes from money. I say it comes from truth."
Getting things past the censors: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Файл:Sharik_Figvam.jpg
[1] itself a reference to a folk tale, while "immensely popular" means Masha has even been a guest on the same late night talk show frequented by better US ambassadors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmcHXt1va_c
[2] just in case any americans are curious about what what parts of their culture make it across the Bering strait.
"American Boy" (1991), a song by a late-soviet pop group, may also be of interest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7hAo28NCXc (Apina and Varum have gone on to lasting fame)