The lewd and crass series is very loosely inspired by the 14-century story collection The Decameron, and is described as a soapy dark comedy. When The Black Death strikes hard in the Italian ...

Viewers will be able to relive the highs and lows of lockdown from a 14th-century Italian perspective in this dark comedy, loosely based on Giovanni Boccaccio’s short-story collection.

The show, set in 1348 as beautiful nobles and their servants quarantine themselves on the grounds of a rural Italian villa, gave itself the task of finding dark humor in the chaos wrought by a ...

“The Comedy has been egregiously underserved by modern language ... The final product, “Divining language: Unearthing medieval Italian through natural language processing (NLP),” contributed to his ...

Netflix's synopsis for the series reads: "You are cordially invited to a wine-soaked sex romp set in the Italian countryside. The Decameron is a soapy dark comedy that examines the all-too-timely ...

June 10 (UPI) --Netflix is giving a glimpse of the new series The Decameron. The streaming service shared a teaser for the show Monday featuring Zosia Mamet, Saoirse-Monica Jackson and Tony Hale.

It will include several actors from "Sopranos" and "Goodfellas" plus comedy, music and more. Paisan Con, a three-day celebration of Italian heritage and pop culture, is set to return for its ...

Now, a medieval comedy routine has been found in the pages of the Heege manuscript, a 15th-century text housed in the National Library of Scotland. “It gives us a glimpse into live comedy ...