Pyta.pl

Bojówka pacyficzno-reporterska Pyta.pl is Polish group of reporters and performers founded in 2005 by Mikołaj "Jaok" Janusz, Piotr "Koza" Kozerski and Rafał Grad. It conducts reports on public political events asking controversial questions to participants of these events.

In 2006 Pyta.pl members established a channel on YouTube. In the years 2012-2013 the reportages of the group were first broadcast on RBL.TV, and only later posted on the Internet. In 2013, the performers also recorded some reports under the program Dzięki Bogu już weekend (lit. Thank God It's Weekend) on TVP2.

The greatest aggression against Pyta.pl is found among demonstrators from extreme-left politics.

Name

Originally, the band was called Rogale Michała Białka (lit. Michał Białek's croissants). The name Pyta.pl is a word play. It is misinterpreted as reference to word pytać (to ask). In fact, it refers to a male member.

Its full name is bojówka pacyfistyczno-performerska Pyta.pl. Its alternative names are bojówka pacyfistyczna and antyestablishmentowe komando.

Description

Pyta.pl publishes on its YouTube channel video recordings which consist interviews, comments, reports, street probes and columns. The most famous publications are reports of protests the authors took part in as reporters asking controversial questions.

The goal of Pyta.pl is to act against to blinkered thinking and political correctness and to show how bad is each kind of radicalism. The activists think that their publications are the most objective because they do not prepare them for any thesis.

History

A similar activity against to blinkered thinking and political correctness in Poland was performed by Zespół Filmowy Skurcz formed in 1988. Accoriding to Jaok, the range of Pyta.pl activity has increased thanks to the internet.

The originator of Pyta was Piotr "Koza" Kozerski . In his opinion the activity under the name Pyta.pl initially was only for fun . Koza was inspired by Yucko the Clown and he went to one of the demonstrations to insult its participants. After that he made contact with Mikołaj "Jaok" Janusz via suchar.net and started a cooperation with him. In 2005 he registered a domain name set up a website Pyta.pl. On May 4 2006, Pyta.pl founded a YouTube channel called pytadotpl.

In September 2006 the band gained notoriety in connection with hitting Koza by provoked Kazimiera Szczuka. In 2007 the magazine Przekrój recognized the video as one of the three best films that are worth watching on the Internet

Pyta.pl also prepared some street surveys for Tele5, conducted weekly program "PTOK" on Radio TOK FM and then worked with RBL.TV. In 2014-2015 the group hosted the program Pyta Not For Breakfast (Polish: Pyta nie na śniadanie). In addition, Pyta.pl recorded some videos commenting on the current events under the program Dzięki Bogu już weekend (lit. Thank God It's Weekend) on TVP2.

In the middle of 2016 internal conflict led to the Pyta.pl band's break-up. Janusz informed about leaving the Pyta group, on July 2, 2016. The next day Jaok decided to continue the group's activity and created a new YouTube channel called pyta.pl. He provided archival recordings to which he had copyrights. The new Pyta.pl team was completed by Marcin Drabek and Piotr Dejneko.

Musical carrer

In 2013 Pyta.pl founded its own musical representation called Pytong (the original Krwiokał). It is considered to be a precursor of Pop Grind in Warsaw

One of the band's most popular songs are: „No i chuj” (as a paraphrase of „Let It Be” – The Beatles), „Wymasuj mi drąg” („It Must Have Been Love” – Roxette), „Gej-czarodziej” („Light My Fire” – The Doors).

Reception

In 2007, the weekly Wprost mentioned Pyta.pl among the five potential stars of the Polish Internet. Radio Medium Publiczne characterized the program as a piece of Polish Internet history and even journalism. In 2012, the portal gazeta.pl described the channel's creators as the best provocate in Poland, who "likes to bring shame to both those who defend TV Trwam and those who fight for gay's right to adopt a child". In the same year, the weekly Newsweek mentioned about Pyta.pl as a controversial video blog. In turn, the magazine CKM described them as the authors of "the cult video website".

In September 2006 the daily Życie Warszawy stated that Pyta.pl sympathized with the right-wing politics in Poland, specializing in provocations directed against the left-wing politics. In turn, in 2013, magazine Komputer Świat wrote that its films "masterfully expose the naivety and complexes of some social groups, mainly locating on right-wing politics".

Legacy

Pyta.pl created the foundations for successes of subsequent Polish artistic groups e.g. AbstrachujeTV. Moreover its original format (going to demonstrations and trying to ridicule their participants) is also used by other Polish youtubers.

According to Jaok Pyta.pl is a group that performs in a style that the group pioneered.