Mikhail Taratuta: I terribly wanted to leave America

Mikhail Taratuta

Our correspondent Yule Taratut often comes letters with questions about dad Mikhail Taratutut. Why did "dad" switched to RTR? Why doesn't it work in America anymore? Whether the “dad” did the “daughter” thought to go to journalism, and if “dad”, then why is the “daughter” in the newspaper, and not in the TV, dear fans of Mikhail! Our Taratuta is not a daughter with a television taratut. The daughter of Taratututa is called Ekaterina Smirnova, she really works on television-a correspondent in my father's new program “Russian Gorki-2”. With Julia Taratuta, Mikhail Taratuta has only the surname and alien life. Julia has a gentle Ukrainian accent. Mikhail’s fans find a “charming American”. Taratutet - they understand what to be a stranger among their

- I am a television outsider. I was in America when a television system was formed. I did not become part of it, I did not enter any of the established television groups. And the chances of survival in a person who exists outside the system is small.

- So your program has replaced the channel again, and now you are working on state television. Is there a difference between the work of Dobroduev on NTV and he - on the RTR? - On the RTR, I got only a few programs. So far, no specificity has manifested itself.

With a change of places, everything is simple. When I arrived in Russia, the “Russian slides” had to go to Ort. But the crisis erupted, and the money ended. Then the program switched to NTV and went out there for six months. I went to the money of international funds. Then this money ended and the transfer ended. At this time, Oleg Dobrodeev, with whom we worked together in the International Panorama, switched to RTR. Dobrodeev is the only person who is deciding today on the TV I am familiar with. And I proposed the RTR program.

-You have already worked for the state once ...- Yes, I started on an alien. Between themselves, the journalists called him the "grave of an unknown journalist." There has always been a specific structure. You work on abroad, a minimum of emotional return, no audience assessment. I was kicked out of the monastery for the "loss of political vigilance."

- How did you manage such an important thing to lose? - Associated Press came to a closed party meeting. At that time - the end of the seventies is a terrible crime. And to me, party organizer, they instructed him to gently expose him. And I decided to put it illogical. Well, what is such a secret at the meeting “On the Communist’s responsibility for the guided party task”? Boredom was incredible. The correspondent called for about ten minutes and left. Twenty minutes later, they knew about the incident in the party committee. The next day, the editor -in -chief and I was called to "party responsibility." The editor lost his chair, and I escaped with the "loss of political vigilance." And then I terribly wanted to leave all this.

- And you, "non -proper", were released abroad? - Suddenly, the only correspondent of GOSTERARIO in America Vladimir Dunaev died. And I was sent to America!

I did not have our school, fortunately. I studied, looking at American television.

At first it was difficult. It was assumed that the foreign correspondent is AS. And I knew how to very little. I remember the script is written, the material is shot, it remains only to fold. The American-Montainer asks: "What does Sir want?" And Sir has no idea what he may be on ...

I was terribly envious of my American colleagues that they could do programs about their country. The main emphasis on the television there is made on documentary. We have practically no similar programs. "Profession of a reporter" and other special portions - this is not enough. It is difficult to find a good story, but it’s easy to tell about it. And Americans know how to tell ordinary stories.

- It is generally accepted that American television is entirely entertaining ... - Oddly enough, American television is not as entertaining as ours. There are a lot of smart programs. And it is not true that there are a lot of them only on the public channel. They are used to saying that the Americans are "stupid." But in fact, they are a curious people. Discovery programs are trying to satisfy this curiosity. This is an exact hit.

Here, say, “60 minute” is a regular documentary about life. For example, a correspondent explores the issue of female equality. Two heterosexual people go to work with a hidden camera. The first plot is a conversation with a woman. The next is a conversation with a man claiming the same position. The conversation is already completely different. Next is an attempt to understand the reasons.

In Russia, such material will be immediately called a “jeans” or incriminating evidence for this company. There can be no accusations in America: the journalist, being convicted of it, will instantly receive a “wolf ticket”. Therefore, a sane journalist will never risk a career. True, journalists in America get completely different money ...

There is no order for entire programs. The existence of a particular transfer is exclusively dictated by the market. Americans are very serious about the rating, each item is the cost of your advertising. And in Russia, personal ties are sometimes made above the rating. We can not guarantee one hundred percent that the rating program will survive.

- In our country, many rating programs suffer from bad snop. What do you think at first - the audience demand for a consumer goods or a television proposal? - Cheap television is a guarantor of cheap taste. But domestic television channels have no money for the production or purchase of a quality product. And still what our television with its audience has done is scary.

Making “America with Mikhail Taratututa” then “Russian slides” now, we went along a difficult path. It is easier to tell “female stories” - a large audience is guaranteed such programs. But there is a dream to do well that is difficult.

I wanted to make a program explaining what capitalism is. Speaking about the economy in an accessible language. After all, our compatriots can hardly imagine how the normal capitalist society functions. It seems to me that such a program should be insanely interesting.

I was already trying to do something similar in the framework of America. He told, for example, how the system of financial pyramids operates in America and what to expect from them to Russia.

Unfortunately, so far there is no money for such a program ...

- Well, if there is no money for new programs, you can probably withdraw America again? - I really wanted to leave America. Just tired of this country. In general, oddly enough, now in Russia interest in America is falling.