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title = "The Rise and Fall of The Witcher"
author = ["Michał Sapka"]
date = 2024-07-05T11:23:00+02:00
categories = ["blog"]
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weight = 2001
image_dir = "blog/images"
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abstract = "A short, 3-hour long video essay"
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I have only recently [finished reading the _Witcher_ series](https://michal.sapka.me/brain-rot/fantasy/witcher/), which removed on the biggest stains on my honour.
It was political, it was intelligent - sure.
But I am used to it, as basically every important Polish work of fiction is full of them.
Most of this is the sub-context, as the goal was to raise our spirits, not the oppressors.
Note, that recent Polish history is quite short.
First we start with 100 years of Partitions, then we've got 20 years of Poland exiting.
After that, The Second World War started, and Poland ended under Soviet option for the next 50 years.
There is the saying, that when western countries were developing their culture in the open, we were locked in dark rooms thinking of how to harm yet other oppressors.
Most of our education is this: we read old books (mostly: boring books), which are full of allusions and subtexts.
One of those that are like that, but not taught in school, is the Witcher series.
Inis Vitre released a short, 3-hour video essay about that and the anti-intellectualism of Netflix's adaptation.
It's sure worth watching!
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The Rise and Fall of The Witcher (Essay & Deep Dive)
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