Ruby laments about her USSR shows with interpreter Anna

Clips from East Meets Wax (1989)

[@123tylerman]

awww this part was soo sweet

[@delilahmcdonnell6638]

Russian reserve seems reminiscent of the old English reserve, she's not so alien in her composure and stoicism looks like an interesting series. full episodes are sadly nowhere to be found on KZbin.

[@jflan92]

I remember that Anna was pregnant during this filming and Ruby mentioned that Anna had an abortion afterwards although Anna wasn't married at the time of the filming.

[@Sylvia44now]

I'm really disappionted by the way Ruby Wax treats her Russian interpeter. You can be a bitch to Madonna or Joan Collins, but there is really no need to humiliate people who are already humiliated enough by comminism.

[@kyriljordanov2086]

Slavic people tend not to smile unless they have a real reason. Anna obviously didn't find much of Ruby's antics funny.

[@calebcostigan2561]

Anna and Ruby are acting for most of the documentary. They had met months before while setting up for it. It was actually Anna that gave them access through a professor of hers. This documentary also help to get the people you see interviewed in it out of the USSR. Like Anna and Sergei.