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Watched this on a connection flight which passed through Rome, and at some point it surprised me. The movie is a typical comedy about a group of girlfriends, their relationships and mid life crisis. It replicates the hollywood formulas with italian elements, offering a portion of italian humour to everyday themes. Reinforcing some common race stereotypes, the movie takes the chance to include a black man in the position of a sex worker, in a typical voersexualizing of black bodies and racist jokes that were hardly necessary. Some people seem to think that as long as you make it clear that it is a 'joke', than there is no problem in being racist. Obviously white people and especially christians love the idea of justifying themselves and asking for forgiveness, so they can continue to sin endlessly. Recreational racism is still racism. Regrettable.

An italian adaptation of classic hollywood blockbuster comedies, this movie simply utilizes the same USA formula for not very intelligent movies, that thrive on polemical topics, edging the limits of what kind of joke is acceptable or not. Turns out the movie itself is actually a good example of italian society, in which even the most ridiculous and stupid characters in a story can become heroes if the enemies happen not to be white. The racism against chinese people in this movie is so bad and offensive, that is in fact a good analogy of how european people would actually hate themselves if they could not find a common enemy with dark skin or slandered eyes. Another gem from Italy.

I started watching the Boys since the first season, which got me hooked right away. I love the general idea, the critic and the politics involved. Even the acting is great although some characters are somewhat boring, the plot makes it pull though and makes it exciting. The reflections that the series can bring are great, and it is an important piece for americans to have a glimpse on what the rest of the world thinks about them.

That said, it is awfully unpleasant to watch due to exagerated vilence and the really unnecessary disturbing sex content on it. Some of it might be necesasry to get the point accross, but the was done for in the first season. It's like the writers and showrunners write an episode and then go back on it and say "Wait, we need some disturbing violent weird sex happenning here, because our viewers are mentally and spiritually ill people." I get that it's all intentional to make an analogy of the american media consumerism, but it simply gross us out and often you think and that kind of content simply was not necessary to get the message accross. Why are the showrunners pushing these images into the viewers?

I'm no puritan or nothing, but I found myself wishing for a censored version of the series. For that reason I give it a 5.