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The Decameron review: 14th-century romp is a veiled satire of today


Netflix's adaptation of The Decameron adds style and literary tropes to a licentious Renaissance classic. But it keeps the original's attacks on class and power, while also providing food for thought about today's elite tech preppers, says Bethan Ackerley

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