Czarinas of Brooklyn

[Muzh]

Tacky new TV show is Brighton Beach's 'Shore'
 
News alert! Russian is the new Italian. And Brooklyn is the new New Jersey.
The next ethnic group ripe to be exposed on TV for its shamelessness, tackiness, cluelessness, bad manners and worst taste: Russian-Americans. Thank God!
 
Yes, TV execs, like strip miners who go in and exhaust all natural resources in a rural area before moving on to the next have, it seems, exhausted the once-rich New Jersey Italian-American cafone and are ready to dig for Russian gold.
 
Welcome the "Russian Dolls," Lifetime's upcoming reality show featuring tawdry, money-grubbing Russians living and spending big in Brighton Beach.
 
Billed as the "Jersey Shore" of Brighton Beach, the show's really more like a version of "Real Housewives" because there are older people who are featured as prominently as the tanned 20-year-olds.
 
Chosen for their lack of depth and good looks are:
* Eddie, 26, whose ambition is to be famous.
* His pal Albert, also 26, who aspires merely to be rich.
* Twenty-something babes Anna, an aspiring model; Anastasia, who is too busy getting tan to finish college; and Diana, who hopes to become the princess-wife to a rich Russian guy.
 
There are also three women in their 30s and 40s -- including Marina, who, along with her husband, owns one of the most famous clubs in Brighton Beach, Rasputin.
 
My favorite person in the whole deal? Marina's 56-year-old mother-in-law, Eva, who in the first episode enters a Russian grandmother beauty pageant.
 
She does a fantastic belly dance and brings the grandpas to their knees -- much to the humiliation of her daughter-in-law, who thinks it's all tacky.
 
It's like borscht calling the blini sour.


Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/czarinas_of_klyn_uX2taaC5xkAzYYbc1sH7cO#ixzz1TKS0agyP

[Boethius]

Isn't Brighton Beach primarily inhabited by Russian/Ukrainian Jews?   Their culture is a bit different from Russian/Ukrainian culture, though not Soviet culture.  Kind of ironic calling them "czarinas" when, during the Tsarist era, Jews were restricted from living outside the Pale of Settlement.

[tfcrew]

Not primarily Jewish but yeah Russian and Ukrainian.

[Muzh]

I believe the R/U Jewish population outnumber the R/U non-jewish in BB.
 
And Boe, look at the source: a Murdoch paper. 

[Faux Pas]

I believe the R/U Jewish population outnumber the R/U non-jewish in BB.
 
And Boe, look at the source: a Murdoch paper. 

Do you find a Murdoch owned Post less credible than an Sulzberger owned NYTimes?

[Muzh]

Do you find a Murdoch owned Post less credible than an Sulzberger owned NYTimes?

That's an affirmative. Whenever I go to my favorite joint to have lunch I ask the barmaid for the Post. The stuff that appears on this rag is unbelievable. NYT is not that far behind. At least the keep it a little cleaner on the conspiracies. Now, if you are referring to the Post's editorials, you know where I stand.
 
P.S. Their sudoku is the best.

[Faux Pas]

That's an affirmative. Whenever I go to my favorite joint to have lunch I ask the barmaid for the Post. The stuff that appears on this rag is unbelievable. NYT is not that far behind. At least the keep it a little cleaner on the conspiracies. Now, if you are referring to the Post's editorials, you know where I stand.
 
P.S. Their sudoku is the best.

I've never read the Post in my life. I have read the NYT (in fact I worked for them at one time) and I can tell you without hesitation it is likely THE least credible major newspaper in the country. For no other reason than pushing or attempting to advance a political leftwing agenda. It heavily effects their gather and reporting capabilities. Once a mighty powerful voice now, dwiddled to nothing. I'm not sure if it was Junior or Senior who sold their souls


The Post may well be a rag I don't know. However, the Wall Street Journal  is most likely the most credible newspaper in the country and is also a Murdoch publication

[Muzh]

I've never read the Post in my life. I have read the NYT (in fact I worked for them at one time) and I can tell you without hesitation it is likely THE least credible major newspaper in the country. For no other reason than pushing or attempting to advance a political leftwing agenda. It heavily effects their gather and reporting capabilities. Once a mighty powerful voice now, dwiddled to nothing. I'm not sure if it was Junior or Senior who sold their souls


The Post may well be a rag I don't know. However, the Wall Street Journal  is most likely the most credible newspaper in the country and is also a Murdoch publication

FP
 
The Post do the same as NYT for the right wing agenda.
 
I do read the WSJ once in a while. Not much has changed with them since Murdoch bought it for the exception that their editorials are a little more emphatic on the right wing agenda. Not by much from the original owners. Still good source for investment.

[Faux Pas]

FP
 
The Post do the same as NYT for the right wing agenda.
 
I do read the WSJ once in a while. Not much has changed with them since Murdoch bought it for the exception that their editorials are a little more emphatic on the right wing agenda. Not by much from the original owners. Still good source for investment.

Those on the right feel the editorials in the WSJ are left leaning. Which is actually the sign of a good balance and impartial publication. WSJ does lean to "pro business" and in doing so easily offends both sides of the political isle

[Muzh]

Those on the right feel the editorials in the WSJ are left leaning. Which is actually the sign of a good balance and impartial publication. WSJ does lean to "pro business" and in doing so easily offends both sides of the political isle

LOL
 
Those on the left think that Obama is a hardcore Right wing Conservative.

[Faux Pas]

LOL
 
Those on the left think that Obama is a hardcore Right wing Conservative.

Yeah, and there's a bunch of ya'll!


 

[tfcrew]

I like the NY post [got it bookmarked] Don't care too much for the Times.
 Today's article...........

The new series, set to debut next Thursday, mostly follows the lives of six luxury-loving women whose hobbies include jewelry and furs, wearing sexy lingerie, going to the local bathhouse, partying to techno music, cosmetic enhancement — and, above all else, a very naked form of narcissism. Billed as “Jersey Shore” set in Brighton Beach, the original casting call for the show asked the public, “Are you the Russian Snooki or The Situation?”

Read more [see video]: http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/tv/russian_revolution_5vAZNxszSmIU8ZRvZ1PmuK#ixzz1U5g6D5xq

The video of the peacock that got loose from the zoo is more interesting.