Stills of "The Cultivation of Fighting Nation".

The last Russian drama I watched was the Soviet version of War and Peace in 1966, and it is simply two extremes from the recent Russian comedy The Formation of the Fighting Nation-the latter is bright and always summer; The characters inside don’t say that they are thinking inside, and they don’t even have daily life. They all have enough chicken blood to poke their jokes, and they even make people want to stop.

After watching this drama, nine times out of ten you will fall in love with this nation with a cold appearance and a delicate heart. Indeed, it is an out-and-out "Russian modern national spirit" propaganda film, and it also satisfies the curiosity of people who know nothing about Russia about this fighting nation, and can be regarded as a "Russian introductory manual".

However, it is because a targeted "propaganda" comedy is a pure comedy that is willing to put down its body and spare no effort to tickle you, so that you don’t have a little gloomy mood when watching the drama and don’t have to think about a little bit of your own shit.

Stills of "The Cultivation of Fighting Nation".

At the beginning of the story, alex, an honest and stupid young American journalist, was "sent down" to Russia by his boss for offending a member of parliament. His grandmother is Russian, so the young man speaks Russian so fluently that he even scolds "bastards".

After arriving in Russia, his good friend Rome has appeared in his life. Rome has a doctor sister who has a soft light effect and claims to sell his organs all day. Rome also has a girlfriend who is the daughter of an oligarch. Like many oligarchs in Russian dramas, the oligarch himself pulls out a shotgun if he doesn’t agree with a word. When chasing a girl, the whole bulb head will be slightly pink shyly. The girl pursued by oligarchs is the violent and courageous female editor of the newspaper where alex and Rome are located.

In the play, every character seems to have no need to live, just show the most "Russian" side. Therefore, oligarchs don’t have to talk about business and politics, but just parade through the city with two Mongolian-faced twin bodyguards; All members of the newspaper don’t have to go to work, painting their nails, playing games, talking on the phone, drinking and doing everything; In addition to driving in his own job, Rome spent most of his time blowing water and lying in a serious way, so that he only expected a sly smile behind him later; Only the doctor’s sister is always at work, but the patients in the ambulance seem to be all dummies, which does not affect her love to stop and buy a pack of chewing gum.

After watching six episodes, apart from the usual madness and small-space plot twists in comedies, there are nothing more than these four themes: self-darkness, black America, showing the power of the bear, and showing the gentle and meticulous heart of the bear.

Blackness is everywhere: the oligarch’s luxury car is crowded on the congested road, and he says, "Oh, our president took time to come to work today. Our life is better if he doesn’t go to work. "

Black America is a concentrated expression: in the first episode, when the hero wrote an article attacking the congressman in the United States, the editor-in-chief criticized him: "Can you stop writing these articles that will make these losers jump?" In addition, Americans with a smirk and rigid rules all day are as naive and helpless as primary school students in front of lazy and unruly Russian big brother, which symbolizes that inexperienced young people are a little immature in the face of experienced old people?

The power of the bear: in the first episode, the oligarch sits in a mansion full of specimens of beasts, and pulling out a shotgun is as casual as pulling out a toy. The spirits he provided knocked the hero to the ground in the first episode, and he began a wonderful trip to Russia.

Gentle Mao Xiong Xin: In an episode, the hero rented a room, but it was the grandson of the owner who rented the room for money while grandpa was away. Grandpa vowed to teach his grandson a lesson. When he came to make trouble, he took out a shotgun filled with salt, and with a bang, he looked smug: "You know what you’re doing, little rabbit!"

Just like our "Tiny Times", "The Cultivation of the Fighting Nation" is extremely glamorous. Where is this Russia in memory? What about the Soviet-era banlou? What about gray? Instead, there are brightly lit night scenes, long legs and pretty girls all over the street, Manhattan-style high-rise buildings, local tyrants’ houses full of hairy bear specimens, newspapers with modern design, and several sets of thick and exquisite apartments that can be called models of indoor green plants.

But it seems that this can also be understood as Russian self-mockery. After all, at the end of each episode, the protagonist will write several columns of Russian Diary. There are many good words in it, and occasionally there are a few truths.

Compared with Americans who believe in struggle by "living peacefully in friends’ land", the Russian nation believes not only in the ancient philosophy of "no matter how hard it is to come, fortune and misfortune depend on each other", but also in the negative survival philosophy of "sometimes doing nothing is better than fighting hard".

Just like this nation is addicted to alcohol, getting drunk for being wild is one thing, and it is more important to forget the miserable life. Russian-style survival thinking is far from American-style, and it is as difficult for young people and old people to understand each other.

As an ancient nation, the survival philosophy of Russians is similar to ours, and even some living habits make people smile.

For example, a shirtless man indoors! For example, a balcony full of sundries and even plastic bags are carefully collected! These habits are really not learned from the Soviet Union during the honeymoon period between China and the Soviet Union, but the embodiment of the ancient people who survived the disaster knowing the importance of nip in the bud. Bare-chested is not only cool, but also because the sauce will not stain the clothes when eating; The use of sundries can’t be said in a few words, and you must never throw them away casually. Do you not believe me, try throwing away your grandmother’s old sundries?

Therefore, although "The Cultivation of Fighting Nations" is not serious at all, and it can even be said that it is all a trick to make people happy, it is just like "War and Peace", and it can bump into its own life if it is not careful, and then laugh with the protagonists.

By the way, I recommend some Russian dramas that have been translated by subtitle groups in China. If you are tired of watching British and American dramas, you can also catch up with Russian dramas.

Chernobyl

According to the present scientific research results, the past cannot be changed. Even if you get enough energy to create a cavity and go back to the past, it will only fall into a cycle and cannot change history.

But time travel shows don’t see it that way. The second season of Chernobyl this year takes the protagonist back to 1986 to stop the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, thus rewriting history.

The drama is sought after not because it conforms to the scientific travel story, in fact, there are many loopholes in it, but because of the encyclopedic display of two eras and the thinking of the Soviet era and the Russian era.

What Russians miss still seems to be the Soviet era.

Dude

The story of the rich second generation young master growing up in the process of tracing old cases. It is said to be an inspirational drama, with a lot of handsome men and beautiful women. However, there is tragedy in the bones. The sentimentality and openness of the Russian nation coexist, and the dead people who followed each other in the process of investigating the case are also very artistic.

Hotel infatuation

Maxim came to work in a luxury restaurant opened by a celebrity in Moscow, with the heart of becoming a chef. Since its launch in 2012, it has become the most popular sitcom in Russia. It is famous for its high shooting cost and pure humor, and is now shooting the third season.

Intern

On the surface, it is serious medical drama, but actually jokes and spits off the charts, accompanied by Russian symphonies and spirits. Note that under the doctor’s white coat are a pair of strong flower arms, and the screenwriter also feels that there is no need to hide his contempt for women and homosexuals.

In short, the Russian people have no scruples about having fun, but the cultural background of the Russians appears from time to time, and the allusion to a joke is enough to make people gasp in admiration.

Physical education teacher

A sitcom as famous as Intern. The hero, Fuma, used to be the right-hand man of the gangster. In order to get back to the gangster, he did not hesitate to work as a physical education teacher at his daughter’s school.

Violence and spitting bear man’s iron man tenderness. This setting alone is enough. After all, the most concentrated producing area of this kind of bear man is in Russia.

Love in Petersburg

Lengthy love-hate entanglements, there are actually 127 episodes.

It was also broadcast on CCTV that year. Although Mandarin dubbing weakened the sense of court, there were no ugly and obscene characters among them, and the relationship and heart of the characters could make people who had seen it memorable for a long time, thus establishing its classic status.

Some people say that this drama has made them suffer from "Petersburg syndrome", and they will miss and watch this cold country’s love drama every winter, which shows charm.