TMC
03-24-2015, 04:57 PM
http://www.vulture.com/2015/03/the-americans-russian-scenes.html
At first, producers didn't think American viewers would tolerate so much speaking of Russian. But they gave in, and established rules for speaking the language: "The rule is that whatever language they'd be speaking in reality is what they speak," says producer Joel Fields. Adds creator Joe Weisberg: "That's right. If they're two Russian speakers, they speak Russian. If there's a Russian speaker with someone who doesn't speak Russian, they have to speak English." PLUS: The Americans' bleakness (http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-americans-is-too-bleak-and-thats-why-its-great) is why it's so great, and Alison Wright was so excited (http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2015/03/19/the-americans-actress-alison-wright-on-martha-mail-robots-and-pen-maintenance/) by these past two episodes.
At first, producers didn't think American viewers would tolerate so much speaking of Russian. But they gave in, and established rules for speaking the language: "The rule is that whatever language they'd be speaking in reality is what they speak," says producer Joel Fields. Adds creator Joe Weisberg: "That's right. If they're two Russian speakers, they speak Russian. If there's a Russian speaker with someone who doesn't speak Russian, they have to speak English." PLUS: The Americans' bleakness (http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-americans-is-too-bleak-and-thats-why-its-great) is why it's so great, and Alison Wright was so excited (http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2015/03/19/the-americans-actress-alison-wright-on-martha-mail-robots-and-pen-maintenance/) by these past two episodes.