Acting ruins the entire show
Tom Fontana has done some great things for TV (Homicide, Oz, The Wire_. Visually speaking, Borgia is terrific. costumes, scenery even ceilings are detailed and thorough. The real story is compelling (picture the Sopranos set 500 years ago). The problem is in the casting and the acting. John Doman does such a terrible job as Rodrigo that it distracts from the narrative of the story. There are scenes in which he simply reads the lines of dialogue without inflection or emotion. It sometimes sounds like he is a casting director that is reading lines for the other actors' audition. Then there's Mark Ryder who plays Cesare. I'm sure he was cast because he is physically similar to the historical Cesare Borgia. Watching the show, Mark Ryder overacts the part to the point of being reminiscent of a high school drama production. He comes across as an amateur that is trying hard to be discovered. As a quick side note. What's with all the breasts? I find it insulting when show think that it's realistic to have boobs popping out everywhere. We get it, you're not subject to broadcast network restrictions, great. Just tell the story and leave the boobs to the teenage boys that have never seen one before. If anyone watches this show it's only because they thought they were watching the Showtime production (The Borgias not Borgia)score 3/10
erich-krems 26 February 2013
Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw2759802/14578
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