April 28, 7:30 pm: Free Screening: Exporting Raymond- SOLD OUT
Everybody Loves Raymond was a phenomenally successful sitcom, and now, in syndication, it is still enormously popular. The growing Russian television industry smelled potential as well, and invited Phil Rosenthal, the show’s wry creator, to come to Russia to discuss adaptation for a Russian audience. Sitcoms cross borders all the time. Some adaptations succeed abroad, others not so well. Phil Rosenthal narrates this really funny documentary about taking an essentially American family sitcom to another culture, to a country so hungry for pop culture that…