Bitnik, hipster
The Beatnik, the Hipster

Summary/Abstract: Writing about Howl (Teatr Łaźnia Nowa, prem. 11 Jun 2015) directed by Maciej Podstawny, Beata Kustra focuses above all on the facts about the Beat Generation referred to by the director. The author praises him for a solid account of the main assumptions of the movement and notices the association between the beatniks and contemporary hipsters, emphasised in the performance According to Kustra, the actors try on the ideas of Beat Generation and check whether they are still relevant. Balancing between the notions of “hipsters” and “beatniks” becomes the key point of the review.

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