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Pop Culture Happy Hour

In The Decameron, the Black Death makes for black comedy

Pop Culture Happy Hour

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4.510.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2024

⏱️ 20 minutes

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In Netflix's weirdly compelling dark comedy The Decameron, the bubonic plague is ravaging Florence in 1348. A group of rich nobles and their servants decide to retreat to a picturesque villa in the country to wait it all out. The large ensemble includes Tony Hale and Zosia Mamet. Every character is hiding something, and those secrets get revealed — and more than a few uglies get bumped.

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In the weirdly compelling dark comedy series,

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the Decamarin,

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the Bubonic Plague is ravaging the city of Florence, so a bunch of rich nobles and their servants retreat to a picturesque villa in the country to wait it all out.

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The ensemble includes Tony Hale and Sasha Mamet.

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Every character is hiding something and by the time the Netflix series finishes its 8 episode run,

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those secrets get revealed, and more than a few uglies get booked.

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