New Italian dramedy series. Season one dropped yesterday.
Sconfort Zone, the new series by Maccio Capatonda on Prime Video from March 20, will make you uncomfortable because the comedian himself is. Marcello Macchia, the birth name of the actor and author from Chieti, is experiencing a creative block while he must deliver a project to an important producer. He decides to think outside the box to complete his work. The show is different from what Maccio has offered his fans and enthusiasts so far because he metaphorically kills off the characters that made him famous, just as he demonstrated in the promotional trailer with his usual sharp irony. In the series, the protagonist-showrunner agrees to follow the unconventional advice of a well-known therapist, played in fiction by Giorgio Montanini. To regain inspiration, Maccio must do everything he was never used to—or rather, things that even scare him. From the idea of death to failure, from professional disappointment to sentimental disillusionment, the psychologist urges the character/real person to step out of his placid and cushioned existence in order to rediscover, indeed, discomfort. The only and authentic fuel for the comedian’s artistic sustenance, which he will do anything to regain.
