Irony of Fate, Enjoy Your Bath Part 1

Hey, so the blog is up and running and I am just going to put the first assignment that we had on here as my first blog and as kind of a trial blog to make sure everything is working correctly.

One of my first impressions from this Russian comedy is that it is remarkably funny. Originally I didn’t think that I would find it as humorous as it actually is. I thought that it would be a lot different from our comedies. I thought this way only because people from different cultures have different tastes and behave differently. However, that is not so much the case with this movie. So far, it has been very interesting to me.

I think that this movie strongly resembles the types of comedies that the US was making in the 1970’s and 80’s. I can also easily relate this to sitcoms that we have in the US today. The family type atmospheres and intertwining relationships, along with all of the arguing and confusion are all typically found in US sitcoms. However, there is quite a difference between this comedy and the comedies that we have being made today in the US. The comedies today are a lot more liberal. I think that the conservatism of Russia held back their movies from some of the things featured in our films.

One thing I really like about this movie is that it contains a lot more than just jokes and comedy. It has a very good story built inside of it that keeps you very into the movie, whereas, some of the comedies here in the United States seem to be losing that great story underneath. One of the things that particularly stood out to me in the film that is peculiar to Russians is the housing arrangements. Even thought the coincidences of this story are already hard to imagine, it would be impossible to imagine if there wasn’t the extreme similarities that are present amongst the cities. With the street names and apartment building style being exactly the same, it makes it easier for this story to come about.

Overall I would say that the humor in this movie is very similar to the humor that I get out of older comedies in the US. It is a very entertaining film and I would actually watch it a second time if I ever have the chance, maybe suggest it to some friends as well. I can see why it is called one of the greatest Russian/Soviet comedies of all time.