#KaranGill

2024-08-08

The Decameron review, silly uninteresting people stuck in a villa

In the Decameron by Boccaccio, ten people flee Florence during the Black Plague. They hide out in the countryside and amuse themselves by telling 100 stories during the long nights. In this TV version of the story, we don't get much storytelling but plenty of exploration of characters.

This version of the Decameron is about personality. Very few characters in the story had personalities worth knowing about. The nobility were entitled, whining a**holes. The servant class were more grounded [...]

oldaintdead.com/the-decameron-

Lou Gala and Karan Gill in The DecameronTony Hale, Zosia Mamet, Jessica Plummer, Tanya Reynolds, and Saoirse-Monica Jackson in The Decameron

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