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In the Showtime version, a stabbing is a plot point. In Borgia , it’s a crunch of bone and a wet gasp. The show does not flinch from the brutality of the Renaissance. The infamous "Banquet of Chestnuts" (the alleged sex party) is depicted not as a decadent orgy, but as a bleak political demonstration of control. It’s horrifying.

where Rodrigo Borgia uses political manipulation and bribery to be elected as Pope Alexander VI. The narrative follows his efforts to expand the Vatican’s territories while using his children— Cesare, Juan, Lucrezia, and Jofré —as pawns in his power games: Political Marriages the borgia 20062006 top

is used to cement alliances through various political marriages. In the Showtime version, a stabbing is a plot point