Pole Wakes from Coma to a New World
In a real-life version of Goodbye, Lenin, a Pole who suffered a coma 19 years ago has woken to a new, free world. When he was struck by a train in ’88 Poland (and the rest of Eastern Europe) suffered under the Soviet boot—and now it’s free. How wonderful for him, and what a great bit of perspective for the rest of us: he points out that he doesn’t see what all the kids complaining into their mobile phones are whining about: the world is pretty good from where he’s standing.
