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The Chairman's Ear

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The Chairman's Ear
GenrePolitical satire
Created byRobert Górski
Written byRobert Górski
Mikołaj Cieślak
Country of originPoland
Original languagePolish
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes45
Production
Executive producerRobert Górski
ProducersRobert Górski
Mikołaj Cieślak
Izabela Dąbrowska
Production locationsWarsaw, Poland
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running timeVaries from 9 to 17 minutes
Original release
Network
ReleaseJanuary 9, 2017 (2017-01-09) –
January 31, 2019 (2019-01-31)

The Chairman's Ear (Polish: Ucho Prezesa) is a Polish political satire web series broadcast since 9 January 2017 on YouTube, and since 15 February 2017 on Showmax.[1] It was created by Robert Górski, the lead member of the Kabaret Moralnego Niepokoju comedy group.[2]

Plot

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The series follows the chairman of the ruling political party in Poland (Mr Chairman). The narrative takes place primarily in his office where, joined by his assistant Mariusz, he hosts numerous visitors, including government officials and other public office holders. While Mr Chairman does not hold any elected office himself, it is clear that key political decisions are made in this office, and not in the Chancellery of the Prime Minister (who herself frequents the office). The plot is deeply rooted in contemporary Polish politics, with each character having a real-life counterpart, with whom they share first names (their surnames are never revealed). The titular character of Mr Chairman is based on Jarosław Kaczyński, the leader of the governing Law and Justice party.

The Chairman's Ear is a continuation of a series of cabaret scenes named Government meeting (Polish: Posiedzenie rządu) in which Robert Górski and other cabaret artists impersonated the members of the Civic Platform and the Polish People's Party.

Cast

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Actor Character Episodes Archetype[3]
Robert Górski Jarosław, Mr Chairman since 1 Jarosław Kaczyński, chairman of the Law and Justice party
Mikołaj Cieślak Mariusz since 1 Mariusz Błaszczak, minister of the interior
Izabela Dąbrowska Basia, secretary since 1 Barbara Skrzypek
Paweł Koślik Andrzej, president of Poland (often called Adrian by other characters) since 3 Andrzej Duda
Michał Czernecki Jacek 2, 5, 14 Jacek Kurski, chairman of the public television (TVP)
Robert Majewski 2 Krzysztof Czabański, head of the National Media Council
Wojciech Kalarus Antoni, minister of war 3, 9 Antoni Macierewicz, minister of national defence
Grzegorz Ciągardlak Misio, Antoni's assistant 3, 9 Bartłomiej Misiewicz
Sebastian Stankiewicz Tomasz, Basia's son 4, 10, 12 Marcin Skrzypek
Sebastian Konrad Mateusz 4 Mateusz Morawiecki, deputy prime minister
Katarzyna Żak Jola, nurse 5, 14 Jolanta Szczypińska
Agnieszka Wosińska Beata 5, 14 Beata Mazurek, spokesman for the Law and Justice party
Adam Krawczuk Adam, PR specialist 5 Adam Bielan
Magdalena Smalara Ania 6 Anna Zalewska, minister of education
Weronika Wachowska Monika, Basia's daughter 6, 10
Łukasz Lewandowski Marek, Marshal of the Sejm 7 Marek Kuchciński
Jarosław Boberek Janek, chairman's cousin[4] 7, 14 Jan Maria Tomaszewski
Anna Karczmarczyk Malwina, Janek's girlfriend 7 Beata Fido
Anna Smołowik Agata, first lady, Andrzej's wife 8 Agata Kornhauser-Duda
Antonia von Romatowski Angela 8 Angela Merkel, chancellor of Germany
Magdalena Kacprzak Krystyna 8 Krystyna Pawłowicz, deputy to the Sejm
Tomasz Drabek Manfred, Angela's bodyguard 8
Agnieszka Pilaszewska Beata, prime minister 9, 14 Beata Szydło
Waldemar Czyszak Edward, Beata's husband 9 Edward Szydło
Sylwester Maciejewski Jan 10 Jan Szyszko, minister of the environment
Paweł Tucholski Father Tadeusz 11 Tadeusz Rydzyk
Ewa Konstancja Bułhak Beata 11 Beata Kempa, chief of the chancellery of the prime minister
Zbigniew Waleryś Krzysztof Penderecki 11 Krzysztof Penderecki, composer
Arkadiusz Janiczek officer of the Government Protection Bureau 11 Tomasz Kędzierski
Roland Nowak Witold 12 Witold Waszczykowski, minister of foreign affairs
Agata Wątróbska Małgorzata 12 Małgorzata Wassermann, lawyer, deputy to the Sejm
Robert Górski Donald from Brussels 12, 14 Donald Tusk, President of the European Council, ex-prime minister
Tomasz Sapryk Grzegorz 13 Grzegorz Schetyna, chairman of the Civic Platform party
Lesław Żurek Rysiek 13 Ryszard Petru, chairman of the Modern party
Bartłomiej Magdziarz Władysław 13 Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, chairman of the Polish People's Party
Wojciech Mecwaldowski Paweł 13 Paweł Kukiz, leader of the Kukiz'15 political movement
Jan Aleksandrowicz Scyzoryk 13 Liroy, rapper, deputy to the Sejm
Paulina Holtz Aśka, Rysiek's girlfriend 13 Joanna Schmidt, deputy to the Sejm
Rysio-Pysio 14 Ryszard Czarnecki, Member of the European Parliament
Przemysław Borkowski Piłsudski (in Mr Chairman's dream) 14 Józef Piłsudski
Adam Krawczuk Mussolini (in Mr Chairman's dream) 14 Benito Mussolini
Tomasz Drabek Goebbels (in Mr Chairman's dream) 14 Joseph Goebbels
Rafał Zbieć Napoleon (in Mr Chairman's dream) 14 Napoleon
Ryszard Kluge Gomółka (in Mr Chairman's dream) 14 Władysław Gomułka
Robert Górski Good Donald 16 Donald Trump

References

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  1. ^ "Nowe odcinki Ucho Prezesa ShowMax YouTube" (in Polish). Wirtualnemedia.pl. 2017-02-15. Retrieved 2017-03-21.
  2. ^ "Ucho Prezesa - Kabaret Moralnego Niepokoju przygotowuje internetowy serial satyryczny (wideo)" (in Polish). Wirtualnemedia.pl. 2017-01-03. Retrieved 2017-03-21.
  3. ^ ""Ucho prezesa" parodiuje PiS i Kaczyńskiego. Niestety władza sama dostarcza większej rozrywki" (in Polish). Polityka. 11 January 2017.
  4. ^ ""Ucho Prezesa", odc. 7. - kuzyn, sypnij groszem". wyborcza.pl. Retrieved 2017-03-06.
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