Młodzi niezdolni. Poszerzenie pola kompromitacji
Young without talent – falling into incompetence

Summary/Abstract: The key thesis pursued in the article is that the artistic work of a number of young Polish theatre directors (Michał Borczuch, Krzysztof Garbaczewski, Marcin Cecko, Wiktor Rubin, Jolanta Janiczak, Monika Strzępka, Pawł Demirski and Michał Zadara) develops in more or less overt relation to Krzysztof Warlikowski’s theatrical style. “He is the one who established a sort of benchmark for the younger generation of theatre artists in Poland. The young upcoming artists either are very critical of Warlikowski’s contribution to theatre aesthetics, or openly resent his achievement feeling what Harold Bloom called the “anxiety of influence”. Consequently, they may not have the abilities to emulate the achievements of the more experienced college or simply chose not to do it, but in either case his presence gives them a sense of unfulfillment.” Niziołek describes a new territory on the theatrical map of Poland occupied by the young generation of artists who are likely to be characterised by a new set of categories: weakness, abortive theatre, performance of disappointment, emancipated viewer, overpowering disgrace.

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