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This column is a response to the broadcasting on the ABC of a 1990 BBC documentary about life in post-communist Poland by Witold Starecki, 'Pears on a Willow Tree'. The author is critical of the documentary and regrets the impression of Poles that it will give Australian viewers.
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English translation of the title: Pears on a Willow
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Editor's note: 'Tygodnik polski', Melbourne, 27 April 1991.
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The column includes a cartoon illustration depicting anthropomorphic pears in a willow tree.
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The Polish phrase 'gruszki na wierzbie' (pears on a willow) means something like 'pie in the sky'. The title of Starecki's documentary implies that Poles in post-communist Poland have been given unrealistic promises; the title of Gawroński's column implies that Starecki makes Poles look absurd.
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Gruszki na wierzbie
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cPoland,cEastern Europe, Europe,
- 1981-1990
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