Word: misha
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...opening weekend, Russian Ragtime has perhaps the most tenuous link to Judaism of any film in the festival. It is suggested that the father of Misha, the protagonist, left Misha's mother because she was Jewish. That's it. Ragtime would fit more easily into a Communist or Russian Film Festival than a Jewish Film Festival, and any festival would be glad to have...
Russian ragtime is a type of Russian 70s music that, like its American counterpart, evokes nostalgia for a seemingly golden era which never actually existed. 1974 Russia indeed seems golden to Misha, a 20-year-old who dreams of living in New York, Misha starts working on the black market in an attempt to raise money for a black market ticket to New York. His work doesn't seem too taxing, and he spends most of his time cavorting exuberantly with his two best friends...
...gilt surface of Misha's seemingly charmed existence begins to corrode. The gangster whom Misha works for starts to threaten his life, and, even worse, Misha is captured by the police and urged to implicate his friends for tearing down a Soviet flag in exchange for a ticket to New York...
...event, which was founded by John Misha Petkevich '71, has raised more than $1.7 million dollars throughout its 28-year history...
...last Sunday's New York Times, the same is not true in Russia. Yes, Russia. According to the article, first-graders in Russia are being taught concepts such as profit, loss and capital accumulation. The article reports: "A new textbook published this year, Economics for Little Ones or How Misha Became a Businessman, tells the story of a simple but industrious bear who opens a...store in the forest. His sole competitor is described as Winnie the Pooh's Over-priced Golden Beehive Cooperative, and Misha soon trades his apron for a three-piece suit and a cellular phone...