A series in which everyone recognizes themselves A brief background: In the early 2010s, the format "Long story short", translated here as "In short". According to the Internet, the format originated from the French TV series "Bref". The essence of such videos was that their characters told funny and ridiculous stories, which they got into and all this in 1-3 minutes. Soon, this format moved to the Russian YouTube and many people, successfully, were able to repeat it: Room Factory, Tim, OneTwo, Terrible Tuesday.
And in 2019. appeared in the same format "Short" on the channel "Super". And I think the series turned out very cool! The truth is, he's got sad thoughts.
Plot. "Short" is a sketch series and consists of short (1-3 minutes) videos dedicated to the life of the unnamed protagonist, performed by Boris Dergachev. We are shown his ordinary, unremarkable life: work, relationships with friends and girls, with parents, household problems, etc.
However, there is one drawback - this is the bad acting of Dergachev himself. Of course, he looks organic in this role. After all, his role is a cowardly man, and judging by his filmography, this type is his role. So he looks good and sounds good, but when he speaks during the rollers, I feel like he's filming after a visit to the dentist, where he had facial anesthesia and now he's paralyzed. Otherwise, how to explain what he says without clenching his jaw and looks like this, something like this: "I am we-we-we." I’ve seen him in other movies, and he says that.
But if you do not find fault with it, then the rest of the series is super. The main advantage of “Short” is that it is funny. And the main merit, I think, is that the humor in the series is as realistic as possible and reflects Russian realities. There are episodes here as Glavger talks about his chat rooms in Watsap; how he tries to correlate the prices of dumplings with the dumplings themselves; how he tries to seem successful in the eyes of relatives. And you realize how vital it is that you directly do not know how to cry or laugh.
Overall, “Short” is very funny. This is the case when you watch one episode and watch the whole series in one night, unable to come off. And this is the merit of the whole team series. By the way, among the friends of the Glavhero you can find recognizable faces: his best friend Tolik is an adult and bald Roma Bukin from Happy Together; his friend Leha is a Gopnik from Univer. The new dormitory; his father is a security guard from Ranetok.
In short, you can talk a lot about the beauty of the series, but it is better to see for yourself. I would rather describe the top 10 of my favorite series:
1) Everyone has such a friend. The series tells about the "all-knowing" friend Lehu, who can answer absolutely any question. Does he know everything or is he just confident? As one commentator wrote: “On such Lekhs and holds our country.”
2) I was in the hospital. Hospital life is depicted megagaric.
3 Grandma's birthday. Not to say that the series is particularly funny and so touching and shows how little it takes to make Grandma happy.
4 I had to work. Here everyone knows himself when you need to work, but you are attacked by Mrs. Procrastination.
55) I decided to change jobs. The series shows the difference between different jobs.
6) What we fear. It seems to me that the creators were following me differently how did they recognize all my phobias and put them in the Glavhero? Especially about the mark "maximum" in the kettle.
7) Moving to Moscow. The scene with a girl and a Tajik is just magical.
8) It's about your family. Family as it is.
9> Cat. A chic series about the thoughts of a cat and his care for a person.
10) It's the boss' birthday. It's just very funny.
The series lasted about a hundred episodes, and then the first season ended. Then, in 2021, the second season was filmed, but now the main character is the girl and her life. I really enjoyed the second season and it was just as fun. However, judging by the number of episodes, most do not.
But why did I say that the show evokes sad thoughts? Because of your mega-realism, at some point you can stop laughing and think, “Am I not like the main character?”
So if you look at the Glavhero without humor, who is he? He is about 30 years old and has no special achievements in life. He's got a belly, he doesn't look well. He wears the same family pants. By nature he is a mummy, a rag and a weak-hearted, infantile mattress.
No wife, no family. He lives in an apartment and is largely dependent on his parents. He doesn’t have any hobbies or hobbies other than going to the bar. There were a lot of episodes where he just sat on the couch from doing nothing.
He works as an office plankton, a plastic window sales manager. And he hates his job. He is not a lawyer because he has a law degree. At work, he does everything: talk, play, eat, but not work. His salary is 35t. He has no career or life prospects.
And when you do, you think about it. Aren't you? Will you be like him by 30? Of course, Dergachev’s character is not all bad: at least he has friends and is lucky with girls, but in general he is a complete loser. Are you going to become one?
Conclusion: As I said, Short is an example of a great Russian comedy. It is funny that when Russian filmmakers shoot full-fledged comedies, they do not succeed, but a short sketch show turned out. The series is very funny, vital and watching it you will recognize yourself and your problems.
Although, as I also said, the fact that you see yourself in the hero of Dergachev may indicate unpleasant.
10 out of 10