tomos2019
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Oh some of the Icelandic accents were literally terrible! I must admit I did laugh when
the businessman tried to kill the guy saying Iceland couldn't afford it!
It was OK. I suppose it was mindless entertainment for me. The songs were fun what-ifs, though of course lots of things about the contest were inaccurate oddly some of the moments of the storyline and characters did slightly annoy me too.
A very very American film. I think I needed to have been very drunk to laugh at it. Also as much as I loved him as James Bond, Pierce Brosnan should never act as a character that isn't Irish or British, his accent travelled all over the British Isles
I know this isn't directed at me but I have to say that did raise an issue with me, the whole "Mother Russia won't let me be gay" trope. It's lazy and it reduces the entire country to one narrative that erases the experiences of queer Russians and just falls into an anti-Russian stereotype that has been a Hollywood staple since WWII which is nothing more than an extension of American propaganda. There are queer Russians, some openly queer. There are accepting Russians. Russia has a rich queer history. The laws and homophobic culture in Russia is abhorrent and suffocating but Russia, like all countries, isn't just a homogenous group of people that think the same. Just like the stereotypes of the contest being a wacky freakshow that informed the movie, including the evil closeted Russian villain who is repressed to the point of maliciousness is lazy, tired, and harmful.So you think certain existing laws and government goals in Russia are clichés?
I know this isn't directed at me but I have to say that did raise an issue with me, the whole "Mother Russia won't let me be gay" trope. It's lazy and it reduces the entire country to one narrative that erases the experiences of queer Russians and just falls into an anti-Russian stereotype that has been a Hollywood staple since WWII which is nothing more than an extension of American propaganda. There are queer Russians, some openly queer. There are accepting Russians. Russia has a rich queer history. The laws and homophobic culture in Russia is abhorrent and suffocating but Russia, like all countries, isn't just a homogenous group of people that think the same. Just like the stereotypes of the contest being a wacky freakshow that informed the movie, including the evil closeted Russian villain who is repressed to the point of maliciousness is lazy, tired, and harmful.
I didn't get those vibes from this movie honestly, I mean nobody said that all people are like that.The laws and homophobic culture in Russia is abhorrent and suffocating but Russia, like all countries, isn't just a homogenous group of people that think the same.
But it's not a stereotype. It's Kirkorov Thankfully even ESCUnited staff pointed that out.including the evil closeted Russian villain who is repressed to the point of maliciousness is lazy, tired, and harmful.