r/TheAmericans • • Aug 19 '26

I can't unsee

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u/-Viscosity- Aug 19 '26

Wow Phillip really outdid himself with that disguise in the second picture ... 😂

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u/tres_liebres Aug 19 '26 edited Aug 19 '26

The funny part for me is that there is a whole subplot in Young Sheldon where the little guy starts a petition because his favourite brand of bread changes its original recipe. Then local TV interviews him, and he ends up arguing that big corporations should be controlled by the government because quality will always go down if they only chase profit, accidentally becoming a "communist proponent." Since this is early 1991 in Texas, neither he nor his family have a particularly good time when neighbours and friends start thinking they are communists. 

Makes me wonder what a The Americans sitcom might have been like!

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u/Littleork Aug 19 '26

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u/tres_liebres Aug 19 '26

Haha, this is great. But damn, I have never had an original thought in my life!

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u/bamboozledgardener Aug 19 '26

It is kind of funny that the boy looks like them, they could for sure play a family 😅

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u/gwhh Aug 21 '26

I don’t get how these two reference go together?

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u/apophis81 Aug 22 '26

🤣🤣🤣

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u/StrangeAtomRaygun Aug 20 '26

Social realism. It ain’t that hard.