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The drama series The Decameron has caused a stir on social media. The series’ theme of class struggles during the pandemic has thoroughly intrigued viewers. As the show has finally dropped today ...
Saoirse-Monica Jackson as Misia and Zosia Mamet as Pampinea in "The Decameron." (Courtesy of Giulia Parmigiani/Netflix) Here & Now's Scott Tong talks with Kathleen Jordan, creator and executive ...
Canada raised its travel alert for Haiti late Thursday, ... cut off a group of about 100 Canadian tourists staying at the all-inclusive Royal Decameron Indigo Beach resort from the airport on Sunday. ...
The Decameron costume designer tells IndieWire about making Dioneo the "sexy beauty" of the story, the difficulty of properly aging clothes, and more.
Society The Decameron review: 14th-century romp is a veiled satire of today. Netflix's adaptation of The Decameron adds style and literary tropes to a licentious Renaissance classic.
It’s Italy in the year 1348. The bubonic plague is sweeping Europe. And in “The Decameron,” Kathleen Jordan’s black death black comedy, Misia (Saoirse-Monica Jackson), a doting lady’s ...
The Decameron gives the show the perspective of the characters by leaving out many fascinating and more modern details about the Black Plague. Set in 1348, Netflix's newest period piece, centered ...
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How ‘The Decameron’ Showrunner Kathleen Jordan Found the Right Tone for the Plague-Set Comedy. The Netflix dark comedy is loosely based on Giovanni Boccaccio's short story collection set ...
The Decameron, Netflix’s new show about a group of 14th century Italians—both nobles and working class folk—who are hunkered down together at the fancy countryside Villa Santa to wait out ...
Away from The Decameron, you'll likely have seen Zosia in a slew of other shows including Lena Dunham's Girls where she plays Shoshanna Shapiro. Plus the Flight Attendant as Annie Mouradian.
Where The Decameron does succeed is in its exploration of class and privilege. As we’ve witnessed recently, times of crisis can lead to larger class disparity, and that issue is what gives this ...