There’s an old adage about boiling a frog.
Surely you’ve heard it.
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Son of the Century’ About?
Adapting the novel byAntonio Scurati,M.
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Son of the Century, putting the audience deep inside the fascist mindset.
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Luca Marinelli Is Excellent as Mussolini in ‘M.
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The fourth-wall breaks are key here to set Mussolini’s fascistic mindset.
Whether we like it or not, movies and politics will always be connected.
At times, the series is a little too stylish for its own good.
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Elements like these rarely detract fully from the series’ power, butit’d be better here with restraint.
Altogether,the series is a strong showcase of how democracies die in the face of fascism.
As he puts it, “I believe that categories no longer exist.
Socialist, Catholic, Bourgeois.
M. Son of the Century’s most powerful legacy is to show that Thrasymachus' ethos fuels fascist movements.
Fascism, Mussolini explains towards the end, is “the rule of force.
Its the will of a few imposed on the will of many.
Its free will, its the law of the strongest.”
“Democracy is beautiful,” he says, here.
“It gives you a lot of freedom, even the freedom to destroy it.”
M. Son of the Century is a bleak but engaging warning about the perils of failing to stop fascism.
The series explores the political, social, and personal dynamics that shaped Mussolini’s ideology and influence.
