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We didnt need twitter, mainstream TV series (subs, alternatywy 4) and movies (mis, co mi zrobisz jak mnie zlapiesz) pretty much celebrated Polish ingenuity in t

by rasz_pl 10y ago

We didnt need twitter, mainstream TV series (subs, alternatywy 4) and movies (mis, co mi zrobisz jak mnie zlapiesz) pretty much celebrated Polish ingenuity in the face of economic reality :/ examples: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qWnnuaSS4k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qWnnuaSS4k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37A9YAhNPyI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37A9YAhNPyI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqiXby24Yvo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqiXby24Yvo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57r5dqtnyAU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57r5dqtnyAU You can even play a monopoly inspired board game designed to educate about life with constant queues https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolejka_(game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolejka_(game)

effie 10y ago
Thanks, those videos are really bewildering. Were they commonly watched by Poles back then? Weren't such direct depiction of how things were opposed by the establishment?
- rasz_pl 10y ago
  There was extreme media censorship (GUKPPiW 1946-1990), but directed almost exclusively towards dissident political statements and praise of western prosperity. You were still allowed to show foreign wealth as long as you showed for example how easily Polish creativity fleeced westerners out of it. Labelling everything as a comedy also helped, still for example 'Alternatywy 4'(same director as the clips below) spend 3 years being edited/censored. Those were prime time TV shows broadcast couple of years before fall of the Iron Curtain, maybe even slightly contributing to the growing unrest and eventual Polish exit from the Eastern Bloc. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5MXX_n0pfQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5MXX_n0pfQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThD7AmKQkjg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThD7AmKQkjg https://youtu.be/_nmGi757fyo?t=5m1s https://youtu.be/_nmGi757fyo?t=5m1s TV was not allowed to show anything celebrating western lifestyle. We didnt get Miami Vice, Wonder Years, MacGyver, A Team or Dynasty until ~5 years after kicking Russians out of our country. Instead foreign tv shows we had were 'Escrava Isaura' and some old chestnuts from the fifties like Zorro. Cinema was a lot better, scifi movies had little trouble with censorship, we got 'New Hope' in 1979, 'Empire Strikes Back' in 1982, 'Terminator' in 1985. Toho Kaiju movies came out same year as in the west. Of course you could get censored for something entirely not in the movie. 1984 'NeverEnding Story' was delayed into 1987 because of directors earlier work 'Das Boot'.

by rasz_pl 10y ago

effie 10y ago

Thanks, those videos are really bewildering. Were they commonly watched by Poles back then? Weren't such direct depiction of how things were opposed by the establishment?

rasz_pl 10y ago
There was extreme media censorship (GUKPPiW 1946-1990), but directed almost exclusively towards dissident political statements and praise of western prosperity. You were still allowed to show foreign wealth as long as you showed for example how easily Polish creativity fleeced westerners out of it. Labelling everything as a comedy also helped, still for example 'Alternatywy 4'(same director as the clips below) spend 3 years being edited/censored. Those were prime time TV shows broadcast couple of years before fall of the Iron Curtain, maybe even slightly contributing to the growing unrest and eventual Polish exit from the Eastern Bloc. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5MXX_n0pfQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5MXX_n0pfQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThD7AmKQkjg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThD7AmKQkjg https://youtu.be/_nmGi757fyo?t=5m1s https://youtu.be/_nmGi757fyo?t=5m1s TV was not allowed to show anything celebrating western lifestyle. We didnt get Miami Vice, Wonder Years, MacGyver, A Team or Dynasty until ~5 years after kicking Russians out of our country. Instead foreign tv shows we had were 'Escrava Isaura' and some old chestnuts from the fifties like Zorro. Cinema was a lot better, scifi movies had little trouble with censorship, we got 'New Hope' in 1979, 'Empire Strikes Back' in 1982, 'Terminator' in 1985. Toho Kaiju movies came out same year as in the west. Of course you could get censored for something entirely not in the movie. 1984 'NeverEnding Story' was delayed into 1987 because of directors earlier work 'Das Boot'.