The return of “Daddy’s Daughters”: Will the sitcom’s sequel repeat the success of the original?

“Daddy’s Daughters” appeared on the screens for six years, during which time it managed to become not only one of the most watched series on television, but also a real cultural phenomenon. They still joke on social networks: she dreamed of growing up and becoming Masha, but she became Tamara. In fact, the modern generation, just over 20, grew up with literally two heroes – Harry Potter and Buttons – and alternately dreamed of a magic wand, then a “crocodile” ready to solve any problem on call. But now other jokes are circulating on the Web – that the overgrown Button turns into a Button and a Vacuum Cleaner becomes a Vacuum Cleaner. And for this it is worth thanking STS and Start, who decided to find their place in the sun in all waves of remakes and started the sequel “Daddy’s Daughters”, where the curse of the Vasnetsov family passes. adult daughters of a psychotherapist. So, on the eve of the wedding anniversary, Dasha runs away from home, leaving her husband a farewell letter, an engagement ring and four daughters.

Liza Arzamasova (Galina Sergeevna), today’s birthday girl Miroslava Karpovich (Masha) and Ekaterina Starshova (Buttons), as well as Andrey Leonov, Nonna Grishaeva, Olga Volkova, Alexander Oleshko and Tatyana Orlova – the legendary Tamara Kozhemyatko will return known. their role in the project, who could easily bring a case of wine to work. But Daria Melnikova (Zhenya) apparently refused to participate in the sequel – at least, Mash writes that the actresses in the new “Daddy’s Daughters” should not be expected. The fate of another heroine – Dasha (Anastasia Sivaeva) – is still unknown, and in the same introduction only a quote from the original of her voice was used.

Meanwhile, the sitcom returns to screens at a round date – ten years after closing, and Maxim Rybakov, one of the series’ producers, directly says it’s a bet on nostalgia “as well as the desire to tell a contemporary story to a new generation of viewers.” “So those who once grew up on the first “Daddy’s Daughters” can watch the sequel with their children.” True, in the case of “Daddy’s Daughters” this story just doesn’t seem to work as well as with “Friends”, “Harry Potter”, “Sex and the City” and even the record-breaking “Cheburashka”. for the domestic box office. Just because Daddy’s Girls was the perfect product of its time, there was no broadcast yet, and thousands of schoolchildren rushed to finish their homework before the conditional 6:00 p.m. when the sitcom began on TV.

And now Galina Sergeevna’s dancing is just as good as memes with Dasha’s caustic comments or Tamara Kozhemyatko, who does nothing but work (sorry, the author is her fan). There was no “Difficult Teens”, “Wednesday”, “Knock My Door”, even Instagram, now recognized as extremist and banned in Russia, appeared only three years after the premiere of “Daddy’s Daughters”.

Alexander Zhigalkin, the director of the series, who worked on the original and is now returning to the sequel, says: “A lot of people shoot about extended families – it’s been a trend for a long time. But “Daddy’s Girls” was the first, and although he was right about it, the number of such shows has increased significantly over the past decade, depriving the audience of the previous deficit as to what to watch for the evening.

However, “Daddy’s Daughters” still have a chance of success, and they are pretty big ones. For example, the project’s creative producer, Aslan Guguaev, shares that in the sequel, the writers will combine nostalgic notes with a “modern reading of the series,” considering the fundamentally new level that the Russian TV series industry has reached in the past. After a few years, anything can be expected from such a formulation. “This is not your typical sitcom with a static camera and behind-the-scenes laughter, it’s going to be a dynamic, funny and sometimes touching series,” says Aslan Gugkaev. And we can wait to see what this shiny packaging will turn into in practice. See you this year!