OSWAJANIE STAROŚCI W GANGU ZIELONEJ RĘKAWICZKI
TAMING OLD AGE IN THE GREEN GLOVE GANG

Summary/Abstract: The Green Glove Gang is an interesting series due to its numerous references to other cultural texts.Intertextuality is revealed on many levels of Tadeusz Śliwa’s production. The protagonists resembleAmerican superheroes (but also the protagonists of Sylwia Chutnik’s novel Cwaniary [The Hustlers])fighting to defend the defenceless and the marginalised. The interventions they undertake are a clearexemplification of the problems faced by elderly people exposed to dishonest entrepreneurs, pawn-shop owners or self-proclaimed healers. Śliwa’s series is an important contribution to the discourse onthe place and role of pensioners in today’s consumerist world. The showrunner breaks with commonstereotypes about old age, but also familiarises viewers with the inevitable ageing process. The prota-gonists of the Green Glove Gang prove that old age does not have to be a passive period; it can also bea time for discovering and developing new passions — which one is often not able to pursue due to thelack of time inherent to being professionally active.

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