It may well be too old to available online anywhere, but there was a 1990s UK television programme on a working visit to Russia/Ukraine by the American comedienne Ruby Wax who's been based in the UK for many years.
Ruby was shown being typically big, brash and American, giving her perspective on what she saw and not getting many laughs from her audiences, but the most interesting bit was on her relationship with her female minder / translator.
She barely smiled, and it was clear that Ruby blamed her for her material going down badly - the translations and how they were relayed were the problem!! So at one point, Ruby in effect asked her why she was so fucking cold all the time. The reply involved telling Ruby about growing up somewhere where if someone said the wrong thing, they disappeared, many millions of people had been sacrificed in the Great Patriotic War and whole populations had been transported etc.
There is stuff they are emotional about, but both Philip and Elizabeth are cold. How could they not be?
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Date: 2014-03-14 11:29 am (UTC)Ruby was shown being typically big, brash and American, giving her perspective on what she saw and not getting many laughs from her audiences, but the most interesting bit was on her relationship with her female minder / translator.
She barely smiled, and it was clear that Ruby blamed her for her material going down badly - the translations and how they were relayed were the problem!! So at one point, Ruby in effect asked her why she was so fucking cold all the time. The reply involved telling Ruby about growing up somewhere where if someone said the wrong thing, they disappeared, many millions of people had been sacrificed in the Great Patriotic War and whole populations had been transported etc.
There is stuff they are emotional about, but both Philip and Elizabeth are cold. How could they not be?