Thread: Western Propaganda aka клюква lol

By the way, the "G.I. Joe" comic posted by BarraBa -- with the American soldier literally kicking ChiCom butt -- brings to my mind another very significant point about Hollywood (sometimes) demonizing Russians. Namely:

You guys (meaning ethnic Russians, not all Soviets) are WHITE*!!

And that made Russians highly desirable villains, especially in the second half of the 20th century, as social changes in America made Hollywood increasingly eager to show off its "progressive values", and to move away from the incredibly blatant racism of so many pre-WWII films. (See also: the evil kraut German person Hans Gruber in the original Die Hard, and the evil "Seth Effrikaan" in the second Lethal Weapon movie.)

* Well, of course, not counting space-Russians, who often have very dark complexions:



Гхапла!

Originally Posted by Throbert McGee

And that made Russians highly desirable villains, especially in the second half of the 20th century, as social changes in America made Hollywood increasingly eager to show off its "progressive values", and to move away from the incredibly blatant racism of so many pre-WWII films.

Т.е. например, если режиссер Lethal weapon не хотел снимать напарником негра, то что могло произойти? Меняли режиссера, или его убеждали? И кто вообще следил, чтобы в голливуде и на ТВ стало поменьше плохих цветных?

USSR General Election 1987 : Results and Analysis

Originally Posted by BappaBa

USSR General Election 1987 : Results and Analysis

Spitting image was a great programme

Anyone involved in politics at the time was fair game.Here's a few more:

George Bush on Mastermind (spitting Image) - YouTube - Bush snr.

The Two-Party System - YouTube - British parliment.