{"id":253446,"date":"2024-08-12T09:33:10","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T09:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/12\/the-decameron-review-14th-century-romp-is-a-veiled-satire-of-today\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:12:33","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:12:33","slug":"the-decameron-review-14th-century-romp-is-a-veiled-satire-of-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/12\/the-decameron-review-14th-century-romp-is-a-veiled-satire-of-today\/","title":{"rendered":"The Decameron review: 14th-century romp is a veiled satire of today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"ArticleImage\">\n<div class=\"Image__Wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" alt=\"THE DECAMERON. (L to R) Tony Hale as Sirisco, Karan Gill as Panfilo, Lou Gala as Neifile, Douggie McMeekin as Tindaro, Saoirse-Monica Jackson as Misia, Zosia Mamet as Pampinea, Tanya Reynolds as Licisca, and Amar Chadha-Patel as Dioneo in Episode 103 of The Decameron. Cr. Giulia Parmigiani\/Netflix ?? 2023\" src=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/06112552\/SEI_215072875.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1288px) 837px, (min-width: 1024px) calc(57.5vw + 55px), (min-width: 415px) calc(100vw - 40px), calc(70vw + 74px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/06112552\/SEI_215072875.jpg?width=300 300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/06112552\/SEI_215072875.jpg?width=400 400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/06112552\/SEI_215072875.jpg?width=500 500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/06112552\/SEI_215072875.jpg?width=600 600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/06112552\/SEI_215072875.jpg?width=700 700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/06112552\/SEI_215072875.jpg?width=800 800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/06112552\/SEI_215072875.jpg?width=837 837w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/06112552\/SEI_215072875.jpg?width=900 900w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/06112552\/SEI_215072875.jpg?width=1003 1003w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/06112552\/SEI_215072875.jpg?width=1100 1100w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/06112552\/SEI_215072875.jpg?width=1200 1200w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/06112552\/SEI_215072875.jpg?width=1300 1300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/06112552\/SEI_215072875.jpg?width=1400 1400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/06112552\/SEI_215072875.jpg?width=1500 1500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/06112552\/SEI_215072875.jpg?width=1600 1600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/06112552\/SEI_215072875.jpg?width=1674 1674w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/06112552\/SEI_215072875.jpg?width=1700 1700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/06112552\/SEI_215072875.jpg?width=1800 1800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/06112552\/SEI_215072875.jpg?width=1900 1900w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/06112552\/SEI_215072875.jpg?width=2006 2006w\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-image-context=\"Article\" data-image-id=\"2442804\" data-caption=\"What to do when plague calls? Retreat to a country mansion and party\" data-credit=\"Giulia Parmigiani\/Netflix\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"ArticleImageCaption\">\n<div class=\"ArticleImageCaption__CaptionWrapper\">\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Title\">What to do when plague calls? Retreat to a country mansion and party<\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Credit\">Giulia Parmigiani\/Netflix<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/gb\/title\/81417084\">The Decameron<\/a><\/strong><\/em><br \/><strong>Kathleen Jordan<\/strong><br \/>Netflix<\/p>\n<p>The influential thinker and writer Douglas Rushkoff was once summoned to an audience with five Silicon Valley billionaires. As he recounts in <a href=\"https:\/\/wwnorton.com\/books\/survival-of-the-richest\">Survival of the Richest<\/a>, their concern was impending apocalypse \u2013 not how they might prevent it, but how to outrun it. The preppers quizzed Rushkoff on threats to humanity and where to build their bunkers. But most crucial was how they could stop their hired security, required to deal with angry mobs storming the proverbial gates, from\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg26335030-600-the-decameron-review-14th-century-romp-is-a-veiled-satire-of-today\/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=home\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] What to do when plague calls? 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