Kuba is an adult guy with intellectual disabilities. His dreams are simple. For everyone to be "gud". For the world to be more comprehensible and easier to understand. The text, which could become a banal story about the noble naivety of the protagonist from the underprivileged group, quickly reveals the traps set for the reader.
In the justification of the verdict, the Chapter of the Gdynia Drama Award writes:
"Malina Prześluga used her experience as an author for children, but in order to write an uncomfortable play, definitely for adults. The fairy-tale frame of the Hundred Acre Wood, which forms the framework of the protagonist's imagination, is cleverly disassembled here to reveal the danger and false infantilisation in our approach to intellectual disabilities. The author precisely and quite cruelly pushes the viewer (and perhaps herself) out of the comfort and easy empathy zone, constructing a character that is neither wise, nor nice, nor pretty, nor good. He does not dish out morals or simple solutions, he does not allow his character to be liked easily and does not succumb to the pressure of political correctness. The play resonates on several levels, it can also be read as a political text, about class resentments, about the fantasies of excluded groups, about the false protectionism of privileged groups, about the sources of violence, and finally about helplessness [...]".
The author uses very different rhythms and registers (everyday language and the language of political populism intertwine with the poetic and prose-inspired language of A. A. Milne). Prześluga creates a story which is an expression of frustration growing in the face of deepening inequalities. At the same time, it avoids the temptation to design a social utopia. Kuba does not agree with the world that he does not understand, a world that limits him - but his opposition is a spark that quickly turns into an unmanageable fire. The hero, having gained total power in his fantasy, takes revenge on random people and does not avoid violence. The words of the jury become extremely important in this context: Retard "from a simple story about a man excluded turns into a disturbing parable about the birth of evil". After all, the 20th century history has shown that the roots of evil are not at all obvious.