SLAVIC 290 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Russian Culture, Historical Period Drama, Upper Middle Class
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Slavic 290 lecture 2 1980s soviet cartoons. Three from prostokvashino and the adventures of vasya kurolesov. 2 films: made in the 1970s and 1980s. Less censorship for children"s cartoosn: both based on books for teens. Characters in the movies are well known. Both made by the same artist and director: there is a title artist who makes an outline and a group of other artists that make all of the other frames. Harmony between the image and the voice: lots of work put into the voice acting. Simple text with subtle jokes thrown in. Cat characters usually sneaky and cunning: matroskin. Has a lower class, uneducated accent: not a good soviet character. Like a fairy tale with a grasp of soviet reality: period piece of urban and rural life. Uncle fedor named because he acts like an adult: shows children how to be independent. Mom/dad dynamic: upper middle class, fashionable family, strict and stubborn mom with pushover dad.
