What is considered unspeakable in Italy often differs sharply from English-speaking norms.
This comedy about unemployed academics becoming drug dealers uses intellectual irony mixed with low-brow insults. The taboo of insulting Italy’s police ( “poliziotti di merda” ) or political figures is softened in English subs to “useless cops” or “idiots in parliament,” making the critique less personal and more palatable for international audiences unfamiliar with Italy’s specific institutional reverence. Taboo 1980 ITA-ENG Sub ENG - Classic XXX