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giuseppe podestà's avatar

In order to achieve commercial success, the musical inevitably offers a partial vision of what Berlusconi represented, favoring the sensationalistic aspect and postponing the positive effects to Italian families, from an economic point of view too, of his entrepreneurial success. Were it up to his detractors, Italians would still be at TV primitive level for years.

Personally I have never been ashamed of Berlusconi. Human weaknesses will be judged by God, certainly tons of mud have been thrown on Berlusconi, as dishonest behavior were others.

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Liam's avatar

I haven't seen the show but I'm thinking that there will be many who go in the smugness that thank God they don't have such a leader. But (and I'm no fan of Berlusconi) he had Bunga Bunga while they destroyed Libya which Berlusconi didn't want. Without such recklessness we wouldn't have the refugee crisis that we have in the Mediterranean. Also Syria was not rightly so black and white for him saying all Syria's enemies are not our friends. The real truth about Syria is still to come out. Also had he been prime minister perhaps the Ukrainian situation may never have got to where it is today. So while we laugh at Bunga Bunga, his hair transplant, gaffs and pretty girlfriend's his foreign policy and caring about Italy was a damm sight better than many reverted politicians who do the bidding of foreign interests. So for me the musical no matter how it is means we never took him seriously.

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