Sasha and Sirozha
Sasha and Sirozha (Belarusian: Саша i Сирожа, Russian: Саша и Сирожа) was a Belarusian multimedial comical duo formed musician Siarhei Mikhalok and artist Aliaksei Hatskevich. Later their team included Matvey Saburov (Матвей Сабуров) for technical support. Their activities range broadly: TV series, radio series, comics, and music albums. In 2008 Mikhalok put the project on hold, to focus in the work in the rock group Lyapis Trubetskoy.[1]
"Sasha" is a diminutive from the name Aleksandr (Alexander), Sirozha is a trasianka corruption of "Seryozha," a diminutive from the name Sergey (Sergius, Serge).
The images of Sasha and Sirozha are stupid folks, compared to Beavis and Butt-head.[2]
History
Miklalok described the origins of the project as follows. "Long time ago we drew comic strips with characters which were two real Belarusian guys, Sasha and Sirozha, which were already not country hicks, but not yet city bums. They are versed in music, know rap and metal, can discourse on serious issues of modern times. The friends roam around Minsk in fall into various comical accidents". Some TV people from First Musical Channel noticed these as suggested to put this on film, which have led to their first TV series, Kalykhanka ("Lullaby"). [3]
Since 2000 Kalykhanka was produced by the Belarusian First Musical TV Channel, since 2004 it was produced by TV channel M1, Kiev, Ukraine. In 2006 it was ranked third in nomination "TV Series" for the prize "Teletriumph" by the Ukrainian National Council on TV and Radio.[4]
References
- ^ Саша и Сирожа (retrieved May 16, 2015)
- ^ "Саша и Сирожа: Многие говорят, что мы обкуриваемся перед эфиром"(retrieved May 16, 2015)
- ^ Саша и Сирожа возвращаются на Беларусь, Muzykalnaya Gazeta (retrieved May 16, 2015)
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