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oh yeah. ive heard a lot about the family itself bc ilyas dad is jackass who we are meant to hate, mother dies cuz her relationship w him is bad and she khs, brother is mooch who then goes on to hate on him when he comes out or whatever or refuses to send money back. so it’s like, kind of cartoonish evil but i didnt say cuz i didnt see the arcs, in general if that’s what the russian rep is like, almost unilaterally dickish except for ilya who chooses to leave russia and then goes on to hate on it (i think he says he doesnt want the passport wtf doe she mean) that’s pretty bad. aladdin levels of ‘subtle’ racism
didnt know he had dementia though so funny bruh. incompetent senile oriental despots!
the only other russian representation in the show is a woman who is his longstanding “deep friends with benefits,” but she’s played off as being more worldly and therefore less russian: she speaks english fluently, she travels to see him in various US/canadian cities, etc etc. otherwise yes, all of the other russians in the show are definitely cartoonishly evil lol
unrelated but her actress is unbelievably beautiful. also didnt know all that lmfao. just got told by a friend ilya apparently considers marrying her for citizenship or whatever??
yeah that’s true he does, i guess she must have dual citizenship that i forgot about too, making her even less russian haha.