{"id":7081,"date":"2015-09-28T06:43:43","date_gmt":"2015-09-28T13:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/dodge\/2015\/09\/28\/blaustein-creates-runaway-tv-success-in-russia\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T16:34:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T16:34:33","slug":"blaustein-creates-runaway-tv-success-in-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/dodge\/2015\/09\/28\/blaustein-creates-runaway-tv-success-in-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Blaustein Creates Runaway TV Success in Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Though he speaks no Russian, Professor Barry Blaustein helped create the most successful TV show in the history of Russian television. Though he\u2019s had great success as a screenwriter in Hollywood, Blaustein had never worked on a sitcom \u2013 the form of the Russian comedy <em>Fizruk<\/em>, or \u201cGym Teacher,\u201d which he traveled to Russia over two summers to help create.<\/p>\n<p><em>Fizruk<\/em> features Foma (played by Dmitriy Nagiev), a low-level enforcer for the Mob who loses his job and decides to become a gym teacher. Stuck in a 90\u2019s Russian mindset, Foma believes racketeering is still the currency of the country and struggles to adjust to a society that has changed. While he teaches, he also uses the school as a front for activities like blackmail and prostitution.<\/p>\n<p>Blaustein also left one job \u2013 as a screenwriter in Hollywood \u2013 to become a full-time screenwriting professor. While visiting a friend in early 2013, he was introduced to a television writer who had consulted on Russian versions of American sitcoms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought I would like to do something like that, because I love to travel and experience different cultures,\u201d says Blaustein. \u201cSo I asked him if he thought they might be interested in using someone like me,\u201d says the veteran writer of Saturday Night Live and of such Hollywood comedies as <em>The Nutty Professor<\/em> and <em>Coming to America<\/em>. \u201cLittle did he know I had little experience writing sitcoms.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7082\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7082\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/dodge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2015\/09\/11760076_10153526320338872_5872643935670207894_n.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7082\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7082 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/dodge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2015\/09\/11760076_10153526320338872_5872643935670207894_n.jpg\" alt=\"Barry and his Taffy Award\" width=\"580\" height=\"773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/dodge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2015\/09\/11760076_10153526320338872_5872643935670207894_n.jpg 720w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/dodge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2015\/09\/11760076_10153526320338872_5872643935670207894_n-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7082\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Barry and his Taffy Award<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After a successful Skype interview with GoodStory- Media, a Russian Production Company, Blaustein was hired to develop story-lines for an original sitcom for four weeks with an option for another four. Russian sitcoms air four episodes per week, with a season lasting five weeks, unlike their American counterparts which typically air one episode a week over 20 weeks.<\/p>\n<p>To prepare for his new foray into sitcoms, he taught a semester in TV Writing (Comedy) shortly before traveling to Russia, which he says contributed to his success working on the show. With one exception, Blaustein\u2019s Russian colleagues didn\u2019t speak any English. Yet, working with a translator, they were able to create story lines for 20 episodes. After the first season aired, the show\u2019s popularity escalated, quickly making it the most successful TV show in the history of Russian television. It brought on the creation of a second (currently airing) and third season, which Blaustein collaborated on over the summers of 2013 and January 2014, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>It also earned Blaustein a Taffy Award for Best Show (the Russian equivalent to the Emmy\u2019s), making him the first American to ever receive one.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Blaustein has a few irons in the Hollywood fire, but he is primarily focusing on teaching, which he finds incredibly life-affirming. \u201cI get so much satisfaction out of seeing a student have a breakthrough \u2013 it\u2019s a tremendous high, as a professor.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Though he speaks no Russian, Professor Barry Blaustein helped create the most successful TV show in the history of Russian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":526,"featured_media":7083,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"custom_author_name":"Meagan O'Shea","chapman_pin_hero_slider":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,395],"tags":[595,596,597],"class_list":["post-7081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beyond-dodge","category-faculty-spotlight","tag-barry-blaustein","tag-russia","tag-taffy-award"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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