#russian representation

[nachoaveragejoe234]

Eastern European/Slavic Character Collage for all EEs to use. Because unlike what media will tell you, Eastern Europeans are people and more than just "barbaric villains", Eastern Europe is more than what you'll see in stuff like Taken, Orphan, Rocky, James Bond, The Simpsons, and Hostel. There are good people, bad people, and normal people, and media must show that and stop being anti-Slavic

CHARACTERS:

Danse (Croatian) from Jem, Abbey (Russian) and Draculaura (Romanian) from Monster High, Cinderella (Czech) from Three Wishes for Cinderella, Clara and Odette (Russian) from Barbie, Dracula and Mavis from Hotel Transylvania, Vampirina, Black Widow (Russian) from Marvel, Romania from Hetalia, Triss (Polish) from The Witcher, Dexter (Russian) from Dexter's Laboratory, Scarlet Witch from Marvel, Anastasia, Masha from Masha and the Bear, Terra from Teen Titans, Fievel from An American Tail, Odette from The Swan Princess, Viktor and Yurio from Yuri On Ice, Russia from Hetalia, Wazowski (Polish American) from Monsters Inc, Czech Republic from Hetalia, Bianca (Hungarian) from The Rescuers, Takeshi Kovacs (Hungarian Japanese) from Altered Carbon, Hungary from Hetalia, Duchess Swan from Ever After High

[rogerdeakinsdp]

“There are certain things in the movie that are very Russian that is difficult for an American audience to pick up on. Like when [Kirk and Sulu] freefall and I capture them and I say something in Russian….[says Russian phrase]…it means "Oh man!" basically, which is something I ad-libbed. Which goes back to what I was saying. Chekov never speaks Russian in the series, and that was Russian slang. And that that is something I decided to add just for the hell of it, because JJ [Abrams] said ‘throw in some Russian, let’s do it for fun.’ It was just a moment that needed some kind of reaction, and they loved it out there. It is one of those things that Russian people get. I think Russian people are very happy with Chekov because he is one of the few Russian characters in American pop culture history that is not the Red Dawn kind of Russians.” — Anton Yelchin

[acepolish]

Yuri Plisetsky and Victor Nikiforov are the greatest slavic/russian representation in any media, change my mind.

[madeleineengland]

Russian representation matters. White washing is bad and everyone knows it, but even though the actor is white and the role is for general white people, he can't represent every ethnicity. Russian/slavic people and its correct representation in cinema matter too. If the character comes from Russia and the actor/actress is american, but it's white and whatever, it isn't really fine. Especially because american movies represent a shitty and xenophobic stereotype on slavic people.