this world won’t make me badnew series of void limestone on Netflix, these days it’s being appreciated for its political potential and both ironic and profound With which this author, as always, tackles the subjects that are most endearing to an entire generation, but also those that divide it most strongly. However, along with a truly enviable stratification of meanings ZeroCalcCare gameAs is often and willfully done in his comics as well, bundling countless references and quotes into a single scene, above all pop culture from the eighties-nineties, Here’s a quick guide to locating them:
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don mateo
One of the most eloquent quotes, even though never underlined, remains under everyone’s nose Most of the scenes where Zero makes his confession to the police: on the bulletin board behind of the protagonist, in fact, we see a signed photograph of the detective priest don mateoJoe actually congratulates his police “friends”.
netflix series
Can’t miss the countless references to series hosted on the same streaming platform: ranging from the Ultra version of bridgerton on the scene stranger things in which Will bemoans his friend Mike for bickering (used to poke fun at Seko’s jealousy). The bizarre serial catalog in previous episodes was already seen in tiers along the edges, with titles such as Crown ,Crown, want story ,want, Corn Snacks ,narcos) and so on. The reason for so many Netflix Easter eggs was confirmed by ZeroCalcCare himself in an interview: “At least they don’t give me crap about rights,
…and others
Obviously there’s room for other serialized quotes as well: Let’s go by Maggie Smith Downton AbbeySymbol of an elderly and inflexible woman who would like to end it by throwing her down the stairs, a game of Thrones told by the character of jeffrey baratheonused as the top of the scale of intolerability peaky blinders (When Seiko blew up a church!). here and there even late movie quotes such as The Molasses World of Amélie, while the armadillo at a certain point becomes a men in Black To remove from Zero’s memory the accusations of bad eloquence. could not leave out references to star warsLike when a teenager at a party feels trapped like Zero Carbonite Luke Skywalker,
television program
In this series, Zero has a tough task to caress the world of television. when he visits both talk show writers Posters of various events in which they are invited can be seen on the walls, such as not live drusio, primates and primates (From Men and women, Tales of Immaculate Conceptionsin a flash you can also see Paul Bonolis lead the game of parcels at that time, your business,
Video game
There are some flashback scenes where Zero plays video games, in a real (and now archaic) game room: There are references to it in various cabinets Street Fighter And metal Slug,
Cartoon
Can’t remember references to past cartoons heidi (to which Tor Staceppa’s librarian is compared) a Doraemon And holly and benji, A special place is the popular series on anatomy this is how we’re doing, when we see the armadillo suggesting ways to escape the void throbbing within his brain. also place for teenager (one of the guests of the biased talk show is dressed like this) Spider Man And Arm wrestling, Even the most observant person would have noticed that in one scene a little boy is passing fleetingly, just like a child Russell’s Above Pixar’sWhile at one point the two different versions of Zero come together following a specific ballet of fusion Dragon Ball,
sailor uranus
maybe it’s one of the references Thin But only fans of the ’90s cartoon can understand this (as well as the most diligent readers of his comics): friend sara’s girlfriendIn fact, denoted with Le Features of Helensbetter known as by sailor uranus sailor Moonwhich is one of the earliest – albeit censored – examples of homosexual characters ever seen on Italian TV.
Myth of Orpheus and Eurydice
Not only pop quotes, but also references to classicism In the first episode of the series: The Greek myth of the poet and musician is quoted in context Orpheuswho tries to get back his beloved from the underworld Eurydice, died of snake bite; Thanks to the sweet hypnotic sound of his lyre, Orpheus manages to reach Hades and persuades the lesser gods to give him back to his wife, on the condition that he return her to the world of the living without ever looking at him again. which he does instead. this is the one for zerocalccare great metaphor of insensitivity and about the irreconcilable difference of intentions that dominate human relationships.
comics
In a super-metanarrative key, i References to the world of comics He knows ZeroCalcCare very well: at a certain point you can glimpse the stand of Meow Publishing House, a clear reference to this author’s publisher, Bao Publicationsand we see a certain Officer De Niro, made in the likeness Michael Foschini, Bao’s co-founder and creator of the series. If you squint, you’ll see that Zero’s phone screensaver is a cartoon macole and mirko, with the typical red background. Even the various publications that can be glimpsed are parodies, such as ck extension (From PK: papernik) Or groove men (From watchman, Speaking of self-references, there’s always a Post-it on the police bulletin board. abbreviation SLIBshort form of tear off the edges,