How did the new generation film critic Evgeny Bazhenov, aka BadComedian, start? Video blogger biography

Biography

Internet users often joke that some Russian films are made in order to get into the reviews of film critic Yevgeny Bazhenov. Indeed, the videos of a guy with the sarcastic pseudonym Badcomedian (“bad” is “bad”, and the Comedian is Zhenya’s favorite character from the film “Watchmen”) can compete with full-fledged films in terms of plot.

Evgeniy Bazhenov

For example, in a review of the horror film “Dislike” with Maria Wei and Anastasia Akatova, the guy successfully got used to the images of a maniac and a victim. Therefore, it is not surprising that in 2020 the Bedcomedian channel has more than two million subscribers.

Notes

1. ↑ 1 2 3 Butorin, Artyom.
   Evgen BadComedian: “Capello is the Italian Mikhalkov.
   Both make bad films for a lot of money” (unspecified)
   .
   eurosport.ru
   . Eurosport (June 7, 2015). Retrieved March 1, 2020.
2. Kremer, Lika;
   Sevryugin, Victor. BadComedian: “Only vulgar comedies and government contracts will win.”
   About quotas for Russian films (unspecified)
   .
   tvrain.ru
   . “Rain” (October 8, 2015). Retrieved March 1, 2020.
3. ↑ 1 2 Neumann, Anna.
   Evgeny Bazhenov, film critic of BadComedian: “In Russia, everything is very strange with copyrights”
   (unspecified)
   .
   afisha.74.ru
   . 74.ru (May 22, 2014). Retrieved March 1, 2020.
4. ↑ 1 2
   Evgeny Bazhenov - biography and how much BadComedian earns
   (unspecified)
   (inaccessible link).
   yakonkurent.com
   . YaKonkurent. Retrieved March 1, 2020. Archived March 2, 2017.
5. Shilina, Victoria.
   5 YouTube channels about cinema that you should subscribe to
   (unspecified)
   (inaccessible link).
   playfactor.ru
   . Playfactor (September 5, 2016). Retrieved March 1, 2020. Archived March 2, 2020.
6. Taraban, Sophia.
   BadComedian released a devastating review of “Dislike”
   (unspecified)
   .
   ellegirl.ru
   . Elle (November 1, 2016). Retrieved March 1, 2020.
7. Anton Lyadov
   . The main meme modeler of the Internet spoke at Vidfest // Vesti. Ru", September 10, 2017
8. ↑ 1 2 Nastya Berezina, Pavel Karasev.
   Agent of influence: how the most popular film critic in Russia works // RBC. — 2020. — No. 9 (143) (October).
9. ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Vyacheslav Polovinko, Anastasia Torop.
   The YouTube jokes are over
   (undefined)
   .
   www.novayagazeta.ru
   . Novaya Gazeta (March 1, 2019). Retrieved May 11, 2020.
10. About Bazhenov (undefined)
    .
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    . Bad-Comedian. Retrieved March 12, 2020. Archived October 15, 2020.
11. Events of the week. August 19-23, 2013 (unspecified)
    . Vesti.ru (August 24, 2013).
12. Events of the week of July 23-27, 2012 (unspecified)
    . Vesti.ru (July 29, 2012).
13. ↑ 1 2 Svirina, Olga.
    BadComedian: “I hate all my reviews”
    (unspecified)
    .
    ellegirl.ru
    . Elle (March 8, 2015). Retrieved March 12, 2020.
14. BadComedian: I work on the channel RUSSIA 24
15. Korikov, Sergey.
    One of the most popular Russian video reviewers, BadComedian, will perform in Omsk
    (unspecified)
    .
    mc.bk55.ru.
    _ MS² (April 30, 2014). Retrieved March 1, 2020.
16. BadComedian will stir up interest in Asian cinema (undefined)
    . Around TV (April 9, 2014).
17. Sat on pepper. Hungry bloggers have found a way to get rich. They were ruined by money (undefined)
    . Lenta.ru (June 1, 2018).
18. The son of Andrei Makarevich will laugh at the Internet (unspecified)
    . Komsomolskaya Pravda (November 27, 2014).
19. Korotkin, Alexey.
    Film with Internet money
    (unspecified)
    .
    gazeta.ru
    . "Gazeta.Ru" (June 13, 2015). Retrieved March 1, 2020.
20. Tomsk residents are offered to undergo a casting in front of famous actors (unspecified)
    .
    tomsk.ru
    . Tomsk.ru (April 11, 2016). Retrieved March 1, 2020.
21. VERSUS X #SLOVOSPB: Oxxxymiron VS Glory to the CPSU (Gnoyny)
22. Bulanov, Alexey.
    
    The
    pilot episode of the comedy show “BadTrip” has been released
    . sub-cult.ru
    . "Subculture" (September 28, 2015). Retrieved March 1, 2017.
23. Bannikov, Igor.
    Mikhail Galustyan: “I wrote text messages without mistakes - this is very important for girls”
    (unspecified)
    .
    maximonline.ru
    . Maxim (April 2015). Retrieved March 2, 2020.
24. Nikitin, Andrey.
    "Kremlin?
    Just for rent": how the most successful rapper in Russia lives (unspecified)
    .
    afisha.ru
    . "Poster" (April 20, 2016). Retrieved March 1, 2020.
25. Vorobyov, Alexey.
    Alexey Vorobyov
    (undefined)
    .
    vk.com
    . Alexey Vorobyov (November 19, 2013). Retrieved March 12, 2017.
26. Okulova, Elizaveta;
    Raevskaya, Victoria; Nelidova, Elen. Evgeny Bazhenov about the meaning of life
    (undefined)
    .
    kinopoisk.ru
    . “KinoPoisk” (October 20, 2014). Retrieved March 1, 2017.
27. 5 questions BadComedian / Dozhd TV channel
28. Yuri Bykov - about “Method”, Khabensky and BadComedian / vDud
29. Dmitry Puchkov. Couch conversations starting at 4:37
30. Axler, Alex.
    "Prisoner of the Caucasus!"
    (undefined)
    .
    exler.ru
    . Exler.ru (April 4, 2015). Retrieved March 12, 2020.
31. Andreasyan, Artashes.
    Badcomedian's reviews in theaters could make more $ than the films themselves.
    (undefined)
    . Facebook (April 20, 2017).
32. Sat on pepper. Hungry bloggers have found a way to get rich. Money ruined them // Lenta.ru, June 1, 2018
33. BadComedian responded to Mikhalkov’s reproach for misunderstanding the film “Burnt by the Sun 2” (undefined)
    .
    govoritmoskva.ru
    . Moscow speaks (November 28, 2018). Retrieved May 12, 2019.
34. Nikolai Kubrak.
    Khovansky is right – BadComedian went on the theme of the USSR.
    And it's disgusting (Russian). click-or-die.ru
    (November 26, 2018). Retrieved June 1, 2020.
35. Mikhailov, Artyom.
    “These people poured shit on the history of our country”
    (unspecified)
    .
    mn.ru.
    _ “Moscow News” (August 8, 2013). Retrieved March 1, 2017.
36. Witty;
    ASTRO ZOMBIE; Polyakov, Alexander; Champ. Company of Heroes 2. Special investigation
    (unspecified)
    .
    kanobu.ru
    . "Kanobu" (August 6, 2013). Retrieved March 1, 2020.
37. Colin Campbell.
    Why gaming's latest take on war is so offensive to Russians (English).
    polygon.com
    . Polygon (25 July 2013). Retrieved March 1, 2020.
38. Eddie Makuch.
    Company of Heroes 2's Russian distributor suspends sales (English).
    gamespot.com
    . GameSpot (August 5, 2013). Retrieved March 1, 2020.
39. David Scammell.
    Company of Heroes 2 distributor suspends sales in Russia following complaints.
    videogamer.com
    . VideoGamer.com (August 5, 2013). Retrieved March 1, 2017.
40. Mat Growcott.
    Company of Heroes 2 an “Insult to Russian History” (English).
    gamesreviews.com
    . Gamesreviews (1 August 2013). Retrieved March 1, 2020.
41. Medinsky, following BadComedian, criticized the film “Hack the Bloggers” (unspecified)
    .
    lenta.ru
    . "Lenta.ru" (January 23, 2017). Retrieved March 1, 2020.
42. Koroleva, Olga.
    How we assessed the effectiveness of the Cinema Fund and won the hackathon of the Ministry of Culture
    (unspecified)
    .
    vc.ru.
    _ vc.ru (February 13, 2017). Retrieved March 1, 2020.
43. Egorov, Alexey.
    Where does our money go?
    BadComedian against the Cinema Fund (unspecified)
    .
    kanobu.ru
    . "Kanobu" (January 25, 2017). Retrieved March 1, 2020.
44. Khachiyan, Narina.
    “Haters brought down the ratings”
    (undefined)
    .
    360tv.ru
    . “360° Moscow region” (January 24, 2017). Retrieved March 1, 2017.
45. Katerina Fladung.
    BadComedian's criticism of the film "Moving Up" sparked a war on the Internet
    (unspecified)
    .
    ridus.ru
    . Reedus (June 13, 2018). Retrieved May 26, 2020.
46. Kuzmin, Zhenya
    .
    “Moving Up” was massively downvoted on KinoPoisk after the release of the review by BadComedian, TJ
    (May 31, 2018). Retrieved December 2, 2020.
47. Maria Kuvshinova about the review of “Moving Up”: Bad Comedian did all the work for the critics, RTVI (June 1, 2018). Retrieved June 5, 2020.
48. BadComedian reviewed Moving Up. The film's rating on Kinopoisk (Russian) dropped sharply, Afisha
    . Retrieved December 2, 2020.
49. BadComedian responded to criticism of his review of “Moving Up” (Russian), Afisha
    . Retrieved December 2, 2020.
50. The son of coach Kondrashin thanked BadComedian for “rebuffing the slanderers” (Russian), REGNUM news agency
    . Retrieved December 2, 2020.
51. KINODANZ filed a lawsuit against the author of the Youtube channel BadComedian (Russian). www.silver.ru. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
52. “One more complaint and the channel will be closed” (Russian). Lenta.ru. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
53. BadComedian announced the possible closure of its YouTube channel (Russian). Russian newspaper. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
54. Evgeny Bazhenov may close the BadComedian YouTube channel due to a lawsuit - News on KinoPoisk (unspecified)
    . www.kinopoisk.ru. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
55. Subscribers created a petition in defense of the blogger BadComedian (Russian). Moscow's comsomolets. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
56. Vitaly Ryzhkov.
    Producer Rodnyansky called the situation around BadComedian “cowardice and censorship”
    (undefined)
    . Federal News Agency No.1. Retrieved June 5, 2019.
57. ↑ 1 2 ntv.ru.
    Russian directors stood up for BadComedian (Russian). NTV. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
58. “Learn self-irony”: How the film industry stood up for BadComedian - Articles on KinoPoisk (unspecified)
    . www.kinopoisk.ru. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
59. Sobchak commented on the situation with BadComedian (unspecified)
    . www.aif.ru (June 4, 2019). Retrieved June 5, 2020.
60. Kandelaki challenged Medinsky - the journalist threatened Kinodanz with the purchase of BadComedian (unspecified)
    . Version - news agency. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
61. Garik Kharlamov dedicated a “post without humor” to BadComedian (Russian). NEWS.ru. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
62. Rapper Basta stood up for blogger BadComedian (Russian). NEWS.ru. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
63. Milonov called on Medinsky to defend BadComedian (Russian). NEWS.ru. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
64. Urgant defended BadComedian, who claimed censorship, and ridiculed his enemies (Russian). Lenta.ru. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
65. Dud stood up for the blogger BadComedian (undefined)
    . life.ru.
66. The head of Roskomnadzor hopes that the BadComedian channel will continue to operate (Russian). TASS. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
67. Vladislav Pasternak.
    Blogs / Vladislav Pasternak: BadComedian - the tip of the iceberg (Russian). Echo of Moscow. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
68. Varlamov: The lawsuit against BadComedian will destroy the reputation of Kinodanz (Russian). www.silver.ru. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
69. The director, producer and presidential candidate came out in support of BadComedian (unspecified)
    . https://svobody.pl.+Date of access June 5, 2020.
70. "Vile and stupid revenge." Celebrities did not give BadComedian offense (Russian). 360° TV channel. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
71. Did you give me the back one? The scandal surrounding the blogger BadComedian received a bright continuation (Russian). Show. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
72. The Ministry of Culture responded to the lawsuit against the blogger BadComedian (Russian). RNS News Agency (June 4, 2019). Retrieved June 5, 2020.
73. The deputy asked the Prosecutor General's Office to check the film company, which is suing BadComedian (unspecified)
    . www.znak.com. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
74. Kinodanz is ready for a settlement agreement with BadComedian // Kommersant.
75. BadComedian called the film company's statement about refusing to go to peace (Russian) a lie. Lenta.ru. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
76. The film company made a statement regarding the conflict with BadComedian (Russian). Gazeta.Ru. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
77. The film company Kinodanz announced pressure from blogger BadComedian (Russian). www.kommersant.ru (June 7, 2019). Retrieved June 7, 2020.
78. The film company that sued BadComedian revealed the terms of the reconciliation (Russian). Lenta.ru. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
79. “I don’t understand the logic of these people, I’m not from their world”: BadComedian against the Russian film industry | ForbesLife (English). Forbes.ru (6 June 2019). Retrieved June 7, 2020.
80. BadComedian and Kinodanz entered into a settlement agreement regarding a claim for ₽1 million (unspecified)
    . RBC. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
81. Glamor Influencers Awards 2020 (unspecified)
    .
    Glamor.ru
    .
    Retrieved May 15, 2020. Winners of the Influencers Awards 2018: Marie List, Natalya Osmann, Laysan Utyasheva and others (unspecified)
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    (April 15, 2018).
    Retrieved February 11, 2020. Influencers Awards 2020: highlights and winners of the Glamor Award (unspecified)
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    (May 16, 2018). Retrieved February 12, 2020.

Childhood and youth

There is very little information about Zhenya’s childhood and youth. It is known that the future blogger was born on May 24, 1991, in the city of Sterlitamak, which is located in the Republic of Bashkortostan. When the boy was 12 years old, he, along with his parents and older brother, moved to the very heart of Russia, where he graduated from high school. It is also known that from early childhood Evgeniy became addicted to computer games, reading and films by well-known directors.

Evgeny Bazhenov in childhood

Having received a certificate of secondary education, Bazhenov continued to study and his choice fell on the Russian State Trade and Economic University: Zhenya was a student at the Faculty of Commerce and Marketing. Perhaps Badcomedian (the pseudonym of a blogger), who defended his thesis on the topic “Viral Videos,” would have become a successful marketer, but the guy did not work a single day in his specialty.

But Bazhenov decided to try his luck in the journalistic environment. Initially, the young man worked for a whole year as an editor on the Rossiya 24 TV channel, despite his “bad Russian”: Zhenya admitted that he adores literature, but often makes mistakes in his words. Then Evgeniy decided to throw in his lot with video blogging and devote his life to reviews.

Blogosphere

Inspired by foreign bloggers Spoony and Nostalgia Critic, Evgeny Bazhenov began his creative biography on the YouTube video hosting site on March 28, 2011. In his debut video, Evgeniy told viewers about the Indian film “Mahakaal” (1993), which is more reminiscent not of the declared genre of a horror film, but of an absurd comedy with a reference to the classic “Nightmare on Elm Street.”

Author of the BadComedian blog Evgeniy Bazhenov

It is noteworthy that in his first video, Bazhenov did not appear in person, so viewers could be content with only the voice-over of the young man, and in the video, which was released on June 25, 2011 under the title “Nevsky Drift [Da Vinci’s Fast and the Furious],” Evgeniy showed his face.

By the way, actor and director Alexander Nevsky is Evgeny Bazhenov’s favorite object of ridicule. The films “Moscow Heat” (2004), “Treasure Hunters” (2007), “Murder in Vegas” (2010), “Black Rose” (2014) and “Showdown in Manila” (2016) fell into disgrace. According to Badcomedian, Alexander’s films contain plagiarism and cliches from classic action films with Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Nevsky himself completely lacks acting talent.

Evgeniy Bazhenov

Next, Evgeny Bazhenov touched on the work of Nikita Dzhigurda, who directed the film “Reluctant Superman, or the Erotic Mutant,” and in 2013, having honed his skills, the guy criticized Nikita Mikhalkov’s directorial skills, releasing a review of the war film “Presentence” (2010) and “Burnt the sun - 2. Citadel" (2011).

“If Tarantino shot his “Inglourious Basterds”, initially showing that he was fooling around, then Mikhalkov shot the domestic version of “Inglorious Basterds” with an absolutely serious expression on his face,” Badkomedian said in the review.

Evgeniy Bazhenov’s channel enjoys unprecedented popularity among Internet users: loyal fans are waiting for new reviews, and many of Zhenya’s expressions have become quotable and have become catchphrases “for important negotiations.” Such fame of the blogger is due not only to merciless and reasoned criticism, but also to the charisma of the young man.

Evgeniy is not deprived of a sense of humor, and his videos are accompanied by “on-topic” clips from famous films. Badcomedian also often transforms into funny characters: a gopnik, a schoolboy, Jesus, a lover of alcoholic beverages, a bandit from the 90s and other heroes who have become local memes.

Images of Evgeny Bazhenov

In addition, Evgeniy has professional editing skills, so, according to fans, the young man could easily work on the set of Hollywood films. Bazhenov’s channel often criticizes the work of directors Zhora Kryzhovnikov, Sarik Andreasyan and the Russian film company Enjoy Movies, which holds the record for the number of reviews of Badcomedian.

But sometimes Zhenya also criticizes foreign films: the young man reviewed “Divergent” by Robert Schwentke, “The Hunger Games” by Gary Ross, “Terminator. Genesis" by Alan Taylor and "Alien. Testament" by Ridley Scott.

On his channel, a tall YouTuber (Bazhenov’s height is 183 cm) expresses dissatisfaction with the work of the Cinema Fund. The guy is indignant because the state cultural institution does not sponsor talented directors (Zhenya often mentions Yuri Bykov and his film “The Fool” (2014), but, according to him, finances mediocre filmmakers.

There is a known case when Bazhenov received a response from Vladimir Medinsky after a review of the film “Hack the Bloggers” (2016) by Roman Karimov and Timur Bekmambetov, where “Internet” stars Maryana Ro, Ivangay and Sasha Spielberg played.

Evgeny Bazhenov at the Vidfest festival

In an interview with the Dozhd TV channel, Evgeniy stated that the film with a budget of 35 million rubles looked like 100 thousand, when in his own review he himself paid only 2,000 rubles for the same computer animation as in the film. It is noteworthy that the Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation ordered an investigation into the feasibility of financing the film “Hack the Bloggers.”

In addition, Zhenya entered into an agreement with the entertainment site CarambaTV.ru, where at the same time he hosted the “Heroes of the Internet” program with Maxim Golopolosov, invented the “BadTrip” section and took part in Ilya Naishuller’s film “Hardcore” (2015), playing the fleeting role of a cyborg.

Lawsuit by film company Kinodanz

On June 3, 2020, Evgeny Bazhenov posted a video on his main channel where he talked about the lawsuit that the film company Kinodanz filed against him at the beginning of 2020[51]. The plaintiff stated that in his review of the fantasy film “Beyond Reality,” Bazhenov exceeded the “permissible volume of quoting original material,” and also accused the critic of “damaging his reputation” and sued him for one million rubles[52]. Bazhenov himself called this an attempt to “censor criticism” and said that he was thinking about closing the channel before they did it for him[53]. The blogger drew special attention to the fact that films produced by this company, which were also reviewed, are financed by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation[54].

The public reacted very quickly to the situation. Particularly active subscribers organized a petition on the Change.org website in defense of Bazhenov[55]. Famous people also spoke out in support of the film critic, including those whose work was criticized at various times on the BadComedian channel, among them: producer Alexander Rodnyansky[56], directors Fyodor Bondarchuk[57], Vladimir Bortko[57], Sarik Andreasyan [58], Ksenia Sobchak[59], Tina Kandelaki[60], Garik Kharlamov[61], rapper Basta[62], deputy Vitaly Milonov[63], TV presenter Ivan Urgant[64], journalist Yuri Dud[65], head Roskomnadzor Alexander Zharov[66] and others[67][68][69][70][71].

The Ministry of Culture, commenting on the situation, noted that they welcome “constructive film criticism, which is lacking in our country,” and also “do not support any film companies in legal proceedings”[72]. State Duma deputy from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Valery Rashkin sent a parliamentary request to the Prosecutor General, in which he asked to check the Kinodanz company for compliance with the law when the Ministry of Culture allocated funds to this film company[73].

On June 5, 2020, a representative of Kinodanz stated that the company was ready to reach a settlement agreement with the blogger; the terms of this agreement were not disclosed. Producer Evgeny Melentyev also complained that “the situation was turned to the plane of freedom of speech,” although the lawsuit was a claim for copyright infringement and damages associated with the release of the review, which amounted to much more than one million rubles. It was separately noted that the Ministry of Culture allocated 6 million rubles for the production of the film “Beyond Reality,” which is 5% of the film’s total budget[74]. BadComedian later commented on this statement, calling it a lie, since the film company did not make a single attempt to meet and peacefully discuss controversial issues[75]. Representatives of Kinodanz, in turn, accused the blogger of pressure due to the fact that he made the details of the claim public, and noted that reconciliation is now possible only in the public field[76][77][78]. According to Bazhenov, the disclosure of the details of this conflict and the resonance that arose in this regard will allow “to calmly count on a trial that will not be under pressure, mythical or real”[79].

On June 17, 2020, Bazhenov’s lawyer, Sergei Panchenko, announced that the parties had reached reconciliation. The terms of the agreement are not disclosed; on June 24, 2020, at a court hearing, the settlement agreement will be formalized procedurally[80].

Scandals

According to rumors, Bedkomedian was repeatedly threatened with lawsuits by the film company Enjoy Movies, director Maxim Voronkov and actor Mikhail Galustyan, who on his Twitter spoke unflatteringly about Bazhenov’s works and stated that Zhenya “insults individuals, violates copyrights and expresses unconstructive criticism.”

Alexander Nevsky, in turn, spoke of the guy as a “mediocre hater,” and according to Bazhenov, a friend of one of the directors called him on his mobile phone, threatening him with physical harm.

Evgeniy Bazhenov (Badcomedian)

Ultimately, at the request of the owners, some reviews that used scenes from films that violated the copyright of the creators were deleted, as a result of which Badcomedian created a new channel “BadNotDead”, where he re-uploaded the blocked videos.

But there are cases when media people spoke positively about Bazhenov’s work. His reviews with his own participation were praised by Basta and Alexey Vorobyov, and publicist Dmitry Puchkov noted that Bedcomedian has surprisingly deep views on life for his age.

Filmography and dubbing

In addition to the YouTube channel, BadComedian starred in several famous films, such as:

• 2015 - “Hardcore”;
• 2016 - “Friday”.

But a better known fact is that Bazhenov gave his voice to certain characters from the following films:

• 2012 - “Ninja in Action”;
• 2014 - “I wish I was here”;
• 2014 - “Tusk”;
• 2016 - “Complete sausage.”

The career of the young comedian and blogger is at the peak of popularity, and you can be sure that dozens more reviews will delight our quiet evenings.

Personal life

In life, Evgeniy is a cheerful guy, accustomed to delighting his subscribers with sparkling humor. For example, when Bedcomedian gave an interview to the Dozhd TV channel, the journalist who introduced Bazhenov to the audience accidentally made a mistake in the blogger’s last name. Thus, a new character has been added to the heroes that the film critic loves to impersonate: journalist Evgeniy Batikov.

Evgeny Bazhenov and Evgeny Batikov

It is worth saying that Zhenya is open to communication. He often answers questions from subscribers in his group on VKontakte and on the official page on Instagram. As for amorous relationships, Bedcomedian does not like to advertise this information, but fans of the blogger suspected that the film critic was dating his colleague Katya Klap. The fact is that Katya mentioned a trip to Japan with her boyfriend, while Bazhenov was also spotted at the airport while checking in for a flight to Tokyo.

Evgeny Bazhenov and Katya Klap

In addition, Katya and Evgeniy do not refute the guesses of their subscribers, fueling public interest in their persons, and Zhenya “likes” posts about their romance. When Yuri Dud asked Bazhenov directly whether it was true that Katya Klap was his girlfriend, the blogger answered ambiguously.

It is also known that in his free time from work, Zhenya enjoys reading books, watching films and his favorite TV series “Scrubs”, in which Zach Braff, Sarah Chalke, Donald Faison and Ken Jenkins played.

Evgeny Bazhenov now

Zhenya continues to delight his subscribers with new reviews, for example, in 2017, he talked about Andrei Kravchuk’s film “Viking,” which is positioned as the most expensive film in the history of Russian cinema. Bazhenov criticized the script, which did not correspond to real historical facts, the scenery, editing, as well as the acting of Danila Kozlovsky and Alexandra Bortich. The review itself received more than 6 million views.

Evgeniy Bazhenov

Among other things, in 2020, Zhenya announced his stand-up tour of Russian cities, appeared in Sergei Druzhko’s entertainment program “Druzhko Show” and judged the battle between Oksimiron and Slava CPSU.