Le indagini di Lolita Lobosco

Don't be fooled by the somewhat corny plot gimmicks and romantic entanglements, Italians are speaking out about the oppressive government they have endured for more than a hundred years! In between the lattes and gelato desserts, this show and "The Mafia Only Kills In Summer" let us see that it's nearly impossible to investigate a government official, women police officers are just getting a foothold, and to get a good government job or a good apartment, you have to pull some strings! It's just a fact of everyday life in Italy! The church still holds sway in all parts of Italy though! You can still hear references to God, Christ and the Virgin Mary at almost any time of any day!

Lolita Lobosco 6.3 and Imma Tataranni 5.9??? Imma Tataranni is an unconventional and funny series with a really good actress. Lolita Lobosco is a banal series full of stereotypes. Who did rate it? Montalbano/Luca Zingaretti (Luisa Ranieri's husband) :D.

Lolita Lobosco is brilliant, kindly, empathetic and unbelievably perceptive about people and every detail she looks into. She had no oppositional "boss' like so many detective shows do and the show depicts a city without the hierarchical social order so many others take for granted, e.g., when the superiors tell a detective to go easy on prominent rich people. Bari is enormously egalitarian, democratic and joyful and its total absence of puritan attitudes is a breath of fresh air.

The acting is amazing as well, and the romantic and domestic relations depicted seem very genuine. Each person who appears, whether a suspect or a grocer, a grieving mother or a decent father is among the most skillful actors I've ever seen Ten stars.

This lighthearted series is done in typical Italian style. The detective and police work take second place to the usual Italian themes of love, food and family. There is the usual older woman, younger man dynamic. A lot of crying and histrionics and constant reference to foods and cooking in the region. The lead character goes to work always dressed fashionably. Every now and again issues of women's rights and their treatment is alluded to in the various episodes. The first season is better than the second as the dialog in the latter seems to be more improvised. Watch it for what it is, light entertainment along the lines of the French counterpart, Candace Renoir!

This has everything: murder mystery, sunshine, beautiful surroundings, humour and pathos. It's great entertainment and deserving of a far better score than the 6.9 it has.

Each episode is practically the length of a movie and is self contained in its own right; each having its own murder mystery plot whilst carrying an underlying plot continuing throughout the first two series.

The humour that punctuates the seriousness is at times almost English, which is why it works so well to an English audience.

The visual landscape of Bari is stunning in itself and is worked very well into the stories.

Bellisimo!