Into the Writers’ Room: Looking at Polish Characters in Contemporary Dutch-Language Audiovisual Fiction Through the Lens of Production Research
Into the Writers’ Room: Looking at Polish Characters in Contemporary Dutch-Language Audiovisual Fiction Through the Lens of Production Research

Summary/Abstract: This article looks into the genesis and development of Poland-related subject matter in foreignaudiovisual media. It does so by adding a production-oriented perspective to the scholarly debatesurrounding the appearance and instrumentalization of Polish characters in non-Polish TV shows.While pointing to the contingency – rather than the inevitability or the complete arbitrariness – ofcertain representational practices, this research draws on a series of samples and examples takenfrom the media landscape that the author is most familiar with, namely, contemporary audiovisualfiction produced in the Dutch language. The article is largely based on a range of semi-structuredinterviews conducted with Belgian screenwriters who have been closely involved in the creation anddevelopment of Polish characters for Flemish TV and film over the past three decades.

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