Zosia Mamet screaming at Tony Hale in The Decameron
The Big Picture Netflix's adaptation of The Decameron starts out like your traditional, irreverent dark comedy — think of it as Saltburn meets The Great while taking place against the backdrop of the Black Plague. It's 1348, and a group of nobles in Italy have just received an invitation from the mysterious Lord Leonardo to stay at his grand countryside estate, Villa Santa.
There were a couple of thinkpieces that came out and said specifically, “Is this the death of celebrity? Is influencing over now that we all have the same stakes in our lives and are fighting the same battle of just staying in our homes and waiting for this pandemic to be over? Because everything is equalized, and there's nothing to aspire to in an influencer's feed because they're inside too?” I was trying to find a way to talk about that and take that apart in writing.
I thought that was fun, but then also, there's so much biting commentary about gender and sex. It's a whole collection of little morality tales, and what I like about those is they're all almost cautionary tales, as well. I like the idea of stories having real meaning and purpose. That definitely influenced how we thought about the characters in the writers’ room.
Infusing More Drama Into 'The Decameron' Felt Like "Second Nature" On the other hand, this show goes to some intense emotional places. Maybe some of that is a little obvious, given that it's set against the plague as a backdrop, but it's not all fun and games.
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