The Little World Of Don Camillo

Bummed, but DNFed this at ~25%. I just couldn't mesh with it. The stories were repetitive. I feel so sad. My dear beloved nonna LOVED the Don Camillo series. She would often tell me, chuckling, about it. I can see why. This was 100% her speed of Catholicism - humane, human, funny. But Don Camillo's “little world” was too little for me. I tired of the macho heroics of Don Camillo and the Communist mayor, Peppone, each described as having big hands, big heads and (implicitly) big hearts. There's lots of humorously outrageous violence that I just found weird and outdated. This is Italy right after the war, shit has been real for a while, I guess folks are much more inured to daily violence. e.g. Don Camillo using a machine gun to argue over some town resources. Sigh. Just not my speed. I spent most of the stories wondering what everyone else - especially the wives! the nonnas! - were doing in the village.

Eh beh, non e' per tutti.