Adaptations have always been all the rage across film and TV, and texts already in the public domain have granted creators freedom at low cost.
You can add “medieval black comedy” to Netflix’s expanding list of programming they hope will make a splashy hit;is set to be a rude, soapy, and satirical look at sex, class, and power in the Italian Dark Ages, just under a century before they exploded with a renaissance of art, culture, and all that good blasphemic stuff.
Creative liberties have been taken from the source text, a collection of stories by Renaissance writer Giovanni Boccaccio—trying to explain what Netflix is and why it’s got such a cursed stranglehold on production in the entertainment industry might give Boccaccio a heart attack. Although maybe not, he seemed like a smart and funny guy.
The world of copyright-expired literature and buzzy streaming hits seem so alien to each other, but that hasn’t stopped creative writers taking a spin on the delights of the literary public domain canon. To commemoratehas either 20 half-hour episodes or 10 hour-long episodes) likely contributed to this never becoming an international hit, but the ambition of this Charles Dickens shared universe crime drama still feels admirable nine years after its premiere.
Rory Doherty is a screenwriter, playwright and culture writer based in Edinburgh, Scotland. You can follow his thoughts about all things storiesJuly 25, 2024 | 4:29pm
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