Republic of Peščenica
Republika Peščenica is a satirical-parodical project of dictator-ruled republic by famous Croatian maverick traveller Željko Malnar. It is named after the Zagreb neighbourhood of Peščenica.
Events are aired on anti-TV-show Nightmare Stage or Noćna mora, Saturdays from 22:00-04:00 on Z1, and transmitted via satellite (a pause during the summer). Events are described in short version in Malnar's column in the Globus magazine from Zagreb.
For a short period of time, shortened (and censored) versions of previous shows were aired on Croatian national TV in May 2007 (as "Privremeni tjednik"; only five episodes).
It is located in Peščenica working-class neighbourhood in Zagreb. The neighbourhood is on the northern part of the city (northwards from Sava river), southeastwards from very city center.
Anthem is Danijela. Željko Malnar & Soma Dollara: Dobro jutro, Peščenico (Anthem 2?).
Personalities
- Željko Malnar, the President
- Zvonimir Levačić - Ševa, Minister of Defense
- Braco Cigan, "Cro-Rom", fighter for the rights of Roma people in Peščenica. "Cro-Rom" is a parody of the name of worldwide known Croatian MMA superstar Crocop
- Cezar Legenda, singing legend
- Jajan, newspaperman and TV-news speaker (pronounce: "yayan"). He has a speech problem when pronouncing "r", instead, he says "y", so "Jajan" is the way he pronounces his nickname, Jaran (pron: "yaran"; meaning friend or buddy in Bosnian slang), but may also designate a person with large testicles (Croatian "jaja" = eggs, balls).
- Stankec
- Tarzan
- Laki, dancer
- Anđa, singer
- Slađa
Cultural manifestations
- Dora Noćna mora, song contest (parody on Croatian Eurovision qualification contest Dora; name is rhyming, made of Dora and Noćna mora, title of the TV-show)
Famous actions
- Voluntary surrender and extradition of Malnar's generals and ministers to the Hague and ICTY ("You go there, so I don't have to go."), a parody on the same events from reality.
- R. Peščenica's (military) returning of Savudrijska vala and giving it back to Croatia ("Because our friendly neighbor Croatia doesn't have balls to do it herself."). Parody on Croatian-Slovenian border dispute about Savudrijska vala (Bay of Savudrija).
- Involving Peščenican personalities into Croatian political life (elections). Includes Jajan's political plan: forming of Flašistička stranka (parody to Fascist (Croatian: Fašist) -> Flašist, originating from German: Flasche, bottle: "bottleist", "drinkers' party") and leading of Croatia into Vrapče (a parody on paroles "leading of Croatia into EU"; Vrapče is a neighborhood in northwest Zagreb known for its psychiatric hospital)
Literature
- Željko Malnar: Filozofija Republike Peščenice, Birotisak, Zagreb, 2004., ISBN 953-6156-31-8
References
External links
- (Croatian) Noćna mora
- (Croatian) Index.hr Junaci Malnarove ulice na HTV-u - Showbiz - XMag
- (Croatian) Index.hr Dora Noćna mora: Ševina pobjeda u sjeni skandala sa Jaranom - Zanimljivosti - XMag
- (Croatian) Online TV-edition
- (Croatian) Index.hr Kurcolovcem i generalom Prkačinom na njemačke pljačkaše i goste u studiju (Braco, Jajan and Malnar are in the top picture)
- (Croatian) Index.hr Jajan osniva Flašističku stranku i vodi Hrvatsku u Vrapče
- (Croatian) Javno Snalažljivi predsjednik: Malnar nažicao Mercedese od ruskog tajkuna
- (Croatian) Vjesnik Opet zakazala organizacija Mesićeva stožera (Mesić, Malnar and gas supply)
- (Croatian) Vjesnik Malnar grdi Hrvatsku i Hrvate, jer želi da im bude bolje i ljepše, želi ih popraviti, nema mržnje