Giacomo Ciarrapico, Mattia Torre and Luca Vendruscolo's groundbreaking slice of life on the set of a shoddy Italian TV drama leads Francesco Pannofino (René Ferretti) and the entire cast of Boris to create something memorable. In this regard, the quotes remain milestones of Italian comedy over the years.
This series was indeed a panacea for the questionable palates of the mediocre Italian audience, which in this case nevertheless fully understood the harsh but hilarious criticism that was being made of the whole rotten TV industry.
The characters are simply spot on; there is no star more of a star than Stanis, no slave more of a slave than Lorenzo, no "cursed b*tch" more of a "cursed b*tch" than Corinna. Some of the gimmicks are then ingenious: stupid and absurd but, alas, feasible ideas.
The direction of the series (the real one, not of "Eyes of the Heart") is, perhaps deliberately, quite crude and "Italian"; but all in all it's okay. The dedication in the season four finale, on the other hand, is touching, and brings to fruition the path that leads us to empathize with those slackers of the screenwriters (the directors themselves).
To them I say: thank you for this gem, albeit too "Italian".
