A “grimm” assumption on language
One of my biggest disappointments with movies, TV-series and any other artistic or cultural form is bad or incorrect representation. On...
Romanian Instances in US TV Series – NCIS: Los Angeles Part 1
Hollywood has always seen and portrayed Eastern Europe as rather backwards and dark, metaphorically speaking. If it is not the case of...
Romanian Instances in US Animations: Scooby-Doo Part 1 - What’s New, Scooby-Doo, Season 2, episode 5
Usually, the instances of Romanian presence in cartoons, not necessarily the one I am talking about, are mainly those of Dracula and...
Romanian Instances in US TV Series – NCIS: Los Angeles Part 2
In the first part of my attempt to discover and show Romanian instances in American television, I pointed out the TV series called NCIS:...
Relic Hunters (S2Ep6 – Gypsy Jigsaw)
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h63iuxzP10 Relic Hunters : Brief encounter with the Romanian land The series centers on Sydney...
Criminal Minds
Season 4, Episode 13, "Bloodline" The episode focuses on the case of a murder, carried out by a family of Romanian descent, who maintains...
Desperate Housewives
Ivana, a Romanian house maid Ivana (no last name) worked as a maid for Gabrielle Solis, until Carlos, her husband, decided to fire her....
The X-Files
Season 2, Episode 21 - ""The Căluşari" The episode begins by investigating the murder of a toddler, Teddy, the youngest son of the Holvey...
Breaking Bad
Bogdan Wolynetz, a recurring character (seasons 1, 3 and 4) Bogdan Wolynetz (perhaps an Americanized version of the Romanian Volineț),...
Iron Fisting
Iron Fisting is a comedy series that is being produced by actor Channing Tatum and his production company, Free Association, as a fake...