So first off, that was an ending that I would have never expected during the viewing of this film; it felt like it was just thrown in there to appease the government.
Secondly, I always just assumed that Russia's government, during that time, hated foreigners and was isolated from the rest of the world- How did she even get into the country? And all this talk about being tolerant of different nationalities (black, purple, red, whatever) through the black child, I'm confused.
What I found to be believable was the fact that she had to flee from America. Having a mixed child back then would be disagreeable and frowned upon by white citizens. Because of this discrimination, it's understandable why Marion Dixon was driven out. She had the choice of giving up the baby or moving to a new location.
I feel that this film was pure entertainment, except for the ending of course. The jokes were good, I laughed, and this humor would have helped Russians, of that time period, to sit back, relax, and get away from the serious troubles of their lives.
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There definitely some stretches of the imagination and suspensions of disbelief in order to absorb a lot of the movie's story--especially, as you point out, her getting from the US to the USSR with a couple simple spins of the globe! :>)
It's not clear by any means that the baby would have been viewed as tolerantly or embraced as wholeheartedly by Russians at that time as this film proposes. Nonetheless, its message is a good one.
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