Sorry, Bart, it *is* a comedy, not a romance with violence and comedy. It was supposed to be light, happy, funny. The lighting needs to be amped up: it's *daytime* for most of this or it doesn't make sense. He stole the pasta idea from Cenerentola (nothing original in any of his productions; you can usually figure out where he steals stuff from easily enough). Too much ego and misguided interpretation, not enough originality. And get rid of the hat.