Abstract
The article looks at Andrzej Kondratiuk’s film Hydrozagadka as a parody of stories about superheroes. An analysis of the construction of the film’s characters, plot, rhetoric, ideology and use of space reveals a parodic transformation of the original model. Also analysed is the comic effect achieved by placing an American pop culture icon in a foreign cultural context – Poland in the early 1970s. The parodic nature of Hydrozagadka is analyzed in the context of Polish propaganda art from the period of communism.
Highlights
Zmęczeni upałem siadamy przed telewizorem, licząc na chwilę wypoczynku
superbohater made in poland
Wyrazista poetyka historii o superbohaterach i ich ogromna popularność zadecydowały o tym, że często stawały się one obiektem parodystycznych przekształceń
Summary
Zmęczeni upałem siadamy przed telewizorem, licząc na chwilę wypoczynku. Pojawia się Kondratiuk ze swoim filmem, robi miny, przedrzeźnia, żongluje nonsensami i wymęczonym widzom każe domyślać się, do kogo robi miny, kogo przedrzeźnia, skąd czerpie nonsensy...[6].
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