Writers from former Eastern-bloc countries—Milan Kundera, for example—have often asserted that laughter and mockery were ways of saying no to that world.
As the largest former easternbloc country, its clear view may also have an impact on others in the region.
作为前东欧集团最大的成员,该国的态度无疑会影响同一地区的其他国家。
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Despite the Cold War, the western was a strong influence on EasternBloc cinema, which had its own take on the genre, the so called 'Red western' or Ostern.