I was hopeful for this new version. And the costumes, set and camerawork are all on-point.
I wasn't expecting anything approaching Pasolini's standards but am disappointed that the way this production is presented with the same values as Bridgerton, aimed at the same audience.
It is a cheap pastiche made palatable to a mass market by filling the script with slap-stick gags and nods to modernity, at the expense of deftly exploring the human condition, which is what justifies the book's masterpiece status and why it is worth bringing to our screens in the first place.
The writers had the opportunity to give the audience something they didn't know they wanted but they took the easy route and gave them what they've always had.
I wasn't expecting anything approaching Pasolini's standards but am disappointed that the way this production is presented with the same values as Bridgerton, aimed at the same audience.
It is a cheap pastiche made palatable to a mass market by filling the script with slap-stick gags and nods to modernity, at the expense of deftly exploring the human condition, which is what justifies the book's masterpiece status and why it is worth bringing to our screens in the first place.
The writers had the opportunity to give the audience something they didn't know they wanted but they took the easy route and gave them what they've always had.