Sergei Burunov, the actor, recalled a childhood moment from 1986 on the sports and entertainment YouTube show It’s football, bro!. The conversation was led by the program’s host, Konstantin Anisimov, who asked whether Burunov ever faced fights at school or endured violence from peers. Burunov chose to recount a vivid incident from that year.
He described experiencing the events of The Boy’s Word as a child. He remembered that the first video arcades were just opening, and the nearest one to his neighborhood was in a nearby district. He and his classmates gathered to watch a movie there. He joked about not recalling familiar action icons like the Terminator, a robot cop, or Jackie Chan from that era while he and friends sat together in the cinema.
After the film, a group of older men approached them, surrounding the group and guiding them toward the entrance of a nearby house. Burunov said he felt sure danger was looming, even though he was practicing martial arts at the time. He attempted to speak to the men, perhaps out of fear or to calm the situation, but one man reacted violently and kicked him in the face. He spoke of the moment with a mix of fear and resolve.
At that moment, his thoughts turned to his mother, wondering how she would react to the incident. He recalled that the group hesitated and then reconsidered their plan to attack, deciding not to continue because they felt pity or boredom in the escalating region-to-region conflict style they described.
Meanwhile, Western media coverage noted a television series titled The Boy’s Word, directed by Zhora Kryzhovnikov, drawing attention in a column in the UK edition of The Economist.
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