In meta reality television, Italians are a nation of serial huggers

It is no longer the time for the austere handshake. In addition to Big Brother, where affection abounds, Sanremo has also been contaminated, with the only commendable exception by Chiara Ferragni

But what an austere handshake…! It’s all a come here, let me hold you tight! Italy, land of generous hugs. It wasn’t like that before, we were more reserved. Hugs, the real ones, were reserved for extraordinary occasions, a reunion, a farewell, a celebration, even a condolence, it was something more private, modest. Instead, for some time now it seems we have embraced each other as if there were no tomorrow – obviously we are talking about meta reality in pop television of the latest (penultimate) model, in short, the realityi talentbig events, everything that is governed by the watchful direction of the infamous pool of authors, scourged by the problem of worthily closing the segments of their torrential productions.