Filmed last year on location in Eastern Europe, the show is purportedly «a gritty, sexy,
communist buddy cop show» popular in Romania in the 1980s — a conceit the producers maintain by dubbing English dialogue over lines delivered by Romanian actors.
Not exact matches
The premise provided the show's creators with a target - rich environment: The show is able to ridicule simultaneously the
buddy cop genre,
communist propaganda, and communism itself.
The miniseries Comrade Detective ridicules the
buddy cop genre,
communist propaganda, and communism itself.