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The Rules of Speaking Russian on The Americans
For a high-tension thriller about sex, spies, and audiotape airing on FX, The Americans spends a substantial portion of time translating complicated themes to viewers in Russian. As the saga of undercover agents Philip and Elizabeth Jennings slow-burns its way through its third season, how do the show’s writers decide when to use Russia’s mother tongue over English? And what is it like working so often in another language?
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"they're anti-twitter scenes."
i found that hilarious. seriously, how hard is it to just sit there and watch a damned show for an hour without madly tweeting about it at the same time?