Posted on 12/16/2017 9:03:28 AM PST by PJ-Comix
There is a lot of crap on TV to be avoided but there is one series that I found supremely entertaining (and educational). It is "Red Mafia." It is a Russian production from 2011 but now available via Amazon Prime as you can see HERE.
It is not to be confused with the Russian Mafia of current times. This series is about Party corruption during the Soviet Era. And there was quite a bit of corruption all the way to the top. What makes this series especially entertaining is that it has a lot of humor. For example, Brezhnev (in his later years) comes off as a bumbling fool who speaks in an extremely slurred manner). KGB head Yuri Andropov plays a wiley clever game with his enemy the head of the MGB who is so terrified of Andropov that he attempts to have him arrested (I don't want to give away what happens).
Stalin also makes several appearances in this series. A group of Army deserters during WWII escape punishment by setting up a fake engineering brigade and end up not only making lots of money, but are given high awards for their services.
Believe me, you won't be disappointed watching this series of six episodes. I enjoyed every minute of watching them!
Found it. The name of the documentary is The Keepers and it’s on Netflix. What I’ve seen of it was pretty good.
I love “The Crown” also.
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We just started watching The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. It is set in the 50s. A Jewish woman decides she wants to be a comic. It is very good.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5788792/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt
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