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Oscar Hackett is the only Englishman in the history of Club of the Funny and Inventive People (KVN). According to him, he is very happy that he is the first European who has managed to learn this amazing Russian game from the inside. Having achieved considerable success in the Higher League of KVN, Oscar Hackett decided to hold Russian-speaking comic evenings in London and European countries tohether with other KVN fans and Milo Edwards, a participant of Russian Stand Up TV show, England reports.
Oscar Hackett began studying Russian six years ago at British university. According to him, he wanted to learn some interesting language, and had an opportunity to attend Russian language classes for free. The lessons so fascinated Oscar that after graduation he moved to Moscow. A few years later, players from KVN team, which includes people from the CIS countries who lived in England. The team wanted to include at least one real British.
According to Oscar Hackett, Russian and British humor are very different. In England, people are mostly joking at themselves, and in Russia they joke at others. At the same time, British humor is much tougher. Oscar Hackett said that there are no restrictions on the use of certain words or jokes on English television; you can talk about everything in the evening air. On Russian television, obscene words are prohibited, and the public condemns them. This affects Russian humor, making it broader and more inclusive. According to Oscar Hackett, Russians have a good sense of humor, and they understand sarcasm perfectly.
According to the Englishman, the team does not bypass the issue of the complex relationship between Russia and England in its performances. But the jokes should be understandable in Russia. For example, attempts to joke about "Brexit" ended unsuccessfully; it turned out that Russians are not interested in this topic. Jokes about “strange Englishmen” failed, since there is no such stereotype in Russia.
Oscar Hackett also said that he likes Russian television series and Soviet cartoons, and, of course, Russian girls. According to him, they are much more caring than the British.
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