Russian Dolls

So Lifetime has a new show. Something like Jersey shore, it’s called Russian Dolls. It’s on every Thursday at 11:30. It airs for 30 minutes long and it is filled with excitement and true Russian flavor. There are various age groups in this show. There is a younger cast and an older cast. Personally I enjoy the younger cast because they have more drama between each other. Also I can relate to them more. They party, drink, shop and talk about their experiences. Diana one of the members of the younger cast had a Spanish boyfriend at the time. She was afraid to tell her parents about him because he wasn’t Russian so in the end she broke up with him for that reason.  The older members of the cast are all rich.  They all act as if they are too good for everyone else.
 -This is the younger cast.

This show shows how the Russians mostly immigrated to Brighton Beach in Brooklyn. It shows their everyday activities and how from nothing they formed everything. They made Brighton the way it is today, a Russian neighborhood.
Many of the Russian viewers believe that this show does not represent them correctly. It lowers them I agree with this in some parts of the show. For example, one of the girls in the younger cast named Anastasia called her mom a “Bitch” and kept yelling at her. Her mom just sat there and tried to calm her down and called her baby. The next day her mother came to her house to apologize, because she didn't support her daughter in changing her major for the fourth time. I am Russian and I don’t know any parent that will just sit back and call their child baby when the child is calling the parent a bitch. That is just not the why they are. However, others believe that this show is great and they are happy that Russians have a television show.





http://www.hulu.com/watch/269374/russian-dolls-tough-russian-love - This is the link where this is example is shown.

According to the show “Russians” mostly immigrated to Brooklyn from Russia. They like to drink vodka and fight a lot. Russian guys do not like to talk about how much money they have. You never insult a guy about how much money he has or makes because that lowers his manhood. It shows that a lot of the older cast is rich. Many Russian people are not rich as them. They do not own restaurants or jewelry stores, as shown in the show. Marina the member of the older cast is very rude to her mother-in-law. I think the way she acts towards her is just not right, especially if she helped started the company you and your husband run. In our culture we respect our elders we do not act the way she does.

Russian Dolls shows that Russians usually like to stick together. They do not date outside of their nationality and do not marry them. This is similar to other groups because that is what many people believe in, especially if you are older. Russians are different from other groups because they have a different culture and they do things differently.

This show is making the public believe that just because these people act this way the rest of the Russian community does as well. Even if it’s not true.   Hey will judge all of us just because of this one group of people. Just like people think that most Italians are guidos and guidettes as shown in the Jersey Shore. Even though this is an issue it has not stopped people from watching it. It is interesting to see how these people live, act and talk. Every episode leaves you wanting more.