Yellow taxis, telephone booths, sandwich bars, advertisements and period kiosks attract the curiosity of tourists and Milanese: since yesterday, in the Lombard capital, a strange atmosphere has passed through the city.
From today, in Italy, '
Stranger Things 4
' is finally available on
Netflix
.
VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN IN SERIES, NETFLIX RUNS FOR SHELTER
The series, however, starts immediately uphill.
In the first episode of the new season, in fact, 'Stanger Things' opens with scenes of the massacre of children for this Netflix ran for cover by adding warnings.
Due to the proximity to the shooting at
Uvalde
Elementary School in
Texas
and the presence of raw scenes, the US giant added a warning to the first episode to report to the public the presence of violence against children.
The warning is for American audiences only: "We shot this season of 'Stranger Things' a year ago - Netflix explained - but due to the recent tragic school shooting in Texas, audiences may be distressed by the opening scene. of the first episode. We are deeply saddened by this horrible violence. Our hearts are for every family that suffers the loss of a loved one. "
THE WELCOME OF THE FANS
Last night thousands of fans attended in Piazza Duomo, on a large screen set up under the Palazzo dell'Arengario, the preview screening of the first episode of the new season, online from this morning at 9 on the platform.
Shortly before the start, Palazzo Carminati, in front of the Duomo, was completely illuminated.
Images of the past seasons have been projected, with the countdown returning to 'Milan 1986', the year in which the series is set.
Games of light and animations accompanied by the roars of the public, especially when the red writing 'Stranger Things 4' illuminated the square just before the start of the screening, preceded by a video in which the actors of the series greet Milan.
Fan-acclaimed characters from Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown),
Michael (Finn Wolfhard) and Max (Sadie Sink).
Crowds also cheer when Will's mom receives a doll with a message in it: "Hop (Jim Hopper, Hawkins Police Chief, played by David Harbor) is alive."
Among the guests of the evening several influencers and the radio host Nicola Savino.
"They say that Hawkins is cursed. And perhaps it is not the only city to be", wrote Netflix on social media to present the evening in Milan.
The platform had organized an event in the city in 2019 also for the return of the 'La Casa di Carta' series, when a large screen was set up in Piazza Affari for the projection of two episodes, in the presence of some leading actor.
The fourth season of Stranger Things, at first glance, presents itself as even more horror.
It will come out in two parts:
the first volume - in 7 episodes - will be released on May 27th and the second volume - 2 episodes - on July 1st.
Stranger Things is among the backbones of the Netflix catalog, with five Golden Globe nominations and 41 Emmy nominations.
On May 27th and 28th, Piazza Duomo will continue to come alive with the 80s atmosphere that characterizes the series.
Because "the Upside Down can't wait any longer".