Freedom requires hard decisions, independent and critical thinking, and there may be problems with this after years of life in tyranny.
In Russia, communism lasted almost twice as long as in Poland and developed a fresh kind of human homo sovieticus. The russian man believes propaganda, is raised in the cult of power and uniqueness of his own state, and even if he starves or stands in line for hours after scraping food, he is glad that the planet trembles in front of Russian tanks and falls a pastry with delight in front of Moscow ballet.
The destiny of russian people in Gorbachev's time, or disintegration of the erstwhile USSR, is described by the master of the reportage, Nobel laureate Svetlan Alexievich in his book “Times Secondhand. The end of the red man.” Czech author Daniel Majling on the motifs of this book built theatre art. Now in Och-Teatra she was exhibited by Krystyna Janda in a sensational cast.
The art of Majling, and especially its ending, differs a lot from the book Aleksievich, but perfectly reflects the essence of these reports. This is simply a shocking analysis for Western people of the Russian soul, Russian attitudes and Russian thinking. They utilized to say to realize Russia, you request vodka. It's not adequate vodka today. You'd gotta have a bucket of spirit, and inactive small is known.
The russian man is simply a born slave, convinced that he lives in paradise. This paradise is surrounded by enemies, whom, by spreading planet peace, must be killed. Although there are no shortages of those who want actual freedom there, society is kept under constant strain. The state resembles potatoes constantly cooked in a pot. From a tiny age, children have been stuffed with bloody stories about heroes and older stories about the uniqueness of their own nation.
What the book Aleksijevich looked like an epitaph for the outgoing propaganda, heroism and Russian pride of homo sovieticus, present in the light of the achievements of Putin's government becomes highly recent. The red man survived, only alternatively of portraits of Stalin worshiping another idol today.
In the play there is simply a crucial sentence: “Russia cannot be given freedom, due to the fact that the Russians will screw everything up.” Unfortunately, in the context of the last Polish peripeties, erstwhile our country turned out to be a prey for political shrewds from Ziebra and Kaczyński, it sounds very warning. A strong, large performance to see.
