The Degenerates
They always go down to the lowest depths of human sensuality!
ComedyDramaHistorybased on novel or bookroman empiretransvestismtransvestitepoetbanquetancient romemale homosexualitycross dressingancient worldsatyricon
A bawdy, episodic satire of Roman decadence that prioritizes transgressive humor and spectacle over narrative coherence or emotional depth.
A series of bawdy and satirical episodes written during the reign of the emperor Nero and set in imperial Rome. Like the more famous version made by Federico Fellini, an adaptation of Petronius' Satyricon.
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