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Tony Soprano's Russian girlfriend Irina
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Posted by: Virginiajoe

I think Russian women were portrayed horribly in the Sopranos as prostitutes,the line,"Tony will you be my night in shining armor?" was good though,I think she was viewed as very sleezy,not tasteful at all. What are your thoughts about the lady Irina on the show,he tried to break up with her during the second season by the way.

Posted by: Khashyar

I also noticed that Irina on the Sopranos was not a very positive portrayal of Russian women.

I know that there are some women like that in the West, but I think that viewers may adopt a negative stereotype of Russian women from that portrayal.

Khashyar

Posted by: Pawel_PL.USA

But you don't have to convince the convinced - some of them already believe in that stereotype and think of Russian women as "easy meat" ...

Posted by: Lonestar

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Originally posted by Khashyar
I also noticed that Irina on the Sopranos was not a very positive portrayal of Russian women...I think that viewers may adopt a negative stereotype of Russian women from that portrayal.

If I recall, the Italian community was aghast at the portrayal of it in the series.

Having known people from different cultures all my life, I can say that there is good and bad in any group.

Besides, American television seems to sensationalize things. I take with a huge grain of salt.

Not to worry, folks...several thousand years of the Rus' isn't going to be unraveled by some profane TV show on a cable network.

Posted by: AkMike

It's only Hollywood. All they do is slant perceptions to fit their needs. IE; Texas is full of cows and tobacco chewing cowboys and Alaska is a huge ice cube. I doubt anyone with 4 brain cells remaining takes it seriously

Posted by: Virginiajoe

The weird thing is though in season 4 Tony slept with the one-legged lady Svetlana,she was Irina's cousin. I do respect Svetlana for being strong and not letting her handicapp stop here,that I admire!