A review by marcuschoo
Dancing Bears: True Stories of People Nostalgic for Life Under Tyranny by Witold Szabłowski

3.0

A pretty parable of the post-Soviet bloc (with detours to Cuba and Greece), although it doesn’t go far beyond surface-level descriptions of the travails of the people, and is a little condescending at times through the belaboured comparison with literal imprisoned animals. The actual ‘dancing bear’ part goes on for a weirdly long time, too.