How Americans Look at Russia - Summary

[Harlow Robinson]

Margarita et al,

Yes, Warren Beatty does try some bad Russian in "Reds"--so does Diane K.,
especially at the end when he's dieing of typhoid.  And there's another
actor who is a native speaker who travels with them on the train from Europe
to revolutionary Petrograd.

And how about one of the worst of all the Americans-view-Russians films:
"Red Dawn" (1984), with Patrick Swayze as the heroic high school
jock-turned-guerilla leader who leads the small town folk of Colorado to
victory over the invading Soviets?

Prof.Harlow Robinson
Dept.of Modern Languages
Northeastern University

----- Original Message -----
From: Leslie D. Davis <serapion at UMICH.EDU>
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Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 10:38 AM
Subject: Re: How Americans Look at Russia - Summary


> Margarita,
>
> Thanks for sharing your film list.  I also wanted to add my two kopeks -
> how about _Reds_ (Warren Beattie, Diane Keaton)?  It's been years since
> I've seen it, but I seem to recall there was some Russian spoken in it.
>
> Also, consider the fact that, for many Americans of a particular age
> group,  Boris's and Natasha's were the very first Russian accents ever
> encountered.  What does this say about our collective psyche?
>
> Best,
>
> Leslie
>
>
>
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