The other day I was reminded of yet another Romanian in TV/film, in this case the 2006 movie Children of Men. If you’ve seen this film, the protagonists get inside the camp and are met with their “inside contact”, a lady whose name is Marichka. I might be wrong but I think she’s kind of portrayed as a gypsy. In any event, she doesn’t speak … Continue reading Children of Men
If you are at all a fan of this blog, you have to check out this hilarious videoclip. Best line ever: “It turns out it’s a real place with a language and a flag and everything.” DYLI? Continue reading Mandatory Viewing
I’m not going to lie. I saw the movie Borat when it came out and laughed like hell. It’s definitely a funny movie and being American myself, I loved it when Sacha Cohen’s character of a (supposedly) naive and clueless foreigner exposed a lot of real foolishness (and downright racism) of the various Americans in the film. What I didn’t find quite so funny though … Continue reading Romanians in TV/Film – Borat
I’m not going to lie. When I met my very first Romanians in the United States, I only knew of two things to talk about. One was Romanian gymnasts (especially Nadia Comăneci) and the other was Zamfir, Master of the Pan Flute. I “knew” of him only because during the 1980s he had a long-running series of commercials pitching his music, which you can see … Continue reading Romanians in TV/Film – Zamfir, Master of the Pan Flute
I was riding my exercise bicycle, watching a new (to me) show called Breaking Bad. It’s an American TV show about a lot of arguing and yelling and tragic faces and whatnot. (Ok actually it’s a little more complicated than that – LOL) But I almost fell off of my bike because a minor character that appears only in the first (pilot) episode was “Bogdan”, … Continue reading Romanians in TV/Film – Breaking Bad
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