Just read what innerbrat has written about 'Leonardo'. I have nothing to add, apart perhaps how much I love the way they show wipes the floor with some of the genre's most sacred tropes.
I love how the actor isn't playing his part straight but in a comedic manner, unlike the other three 'teenage' characters. Lorenzo is over the top, and meant to be that way.
And the wrongness is probably intentional. It's positively Asterixian at times.-
Is that the show Lorenzo or the real Lorenzo? There's a lot to be said for either option.
I haven't seen the show at all yet. I suspect it's on either while I'm at work or during that time when I'm just home and everyone's whining about wanting dinner.
Show Lorenzo, but my view of him tinged with the knowledge of who he is going to become. I start his user profile with that and then turn to the show.
When I was thirteen or fourteen, I read a historical novel from the fifties about Lorenzo and the murder of his brother Giuliano by the rival Pazzi family, written from the POV of Lorenzo's young wife Clarice Orsini. I don't remember the title or the author's name, just that it was written by a woman. It was written in German, too, so Haye-on-Wye won't be able to help. Anyway, I liked it a lot, and I really liked Lorenzo in that book. So when Debi came pimping this show, I remembered and sort-of went 'Oh, of course, hello again Lorenzo, it's been many years'. The more I watched the show, the more I liked him, especially as he's not played straight.
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and I LOVE Lorenzo!
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And the wrongness is probably intentional. It's positively Asterixian at times.-
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I haven't seen the show at all yet. I suspect it's on either while I'm at work or during that time when I'm just home and everyone's whining about wanting dinner.
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When I was thirteen or fourteen, I read a historical novel from the fifties about Lorenzo and the murder of his brother Giuliano by the rival Pazzi family, written from the POV of Lorenzo's young wife Clarice Orsini. I don't remember the title or the author's name, just that it was written by a woman. It was written in German, too, so Haye-on-Wye won't be able to help. Anyway, I liked it a lot, and I really liked Lorenzo in that book. So when Debi came pimping this show, I remembered and sort-of went 'Oh, of course, hello again Lorenzo, it's been many years'. The more I watched the show, the more I liked him, especially as he's not played straight.