Wanna is a crime docu-series that is set to be released on Netflix, this month. It is filled with pop culture references, that explore the known and unknown elements of Wanna Marchi and a historical moment in the history of Italian TV. Its official trailer has been released which tells the incredible story of Wanna Marchi, the biggest scammer in the history of Italian Television, and her empire of money and lies.
The official synopsis of the series reads, “Savvy saleswomen or devious scammers? Wanna Marchi and Stefania Nobile became the undisputed queens of Italian TV shopping — until they went too far.” It is directed by Nicola Prosatore and the screenplay for the series is written by Alessandro Garramone.
The four episodes series will tell the story of Wanna Marchi, a very famous and discussed Italian television personality in the Eighties and Nineties, who was also one of the first TV sellers of Italian private TV. She sold what she called slimming products but also, later on, esoteric products, lucky numbers to play the lottery and magical rituals to ward off the evil eye.
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The trailer shows how the 80s was the time with booming telemarketing shows and hosts who would scream, shout, sing and dance to get viewers’ attention and sell the product, they are advertising. Cut two Wanna Marchi who would straight away call out viewers as fatty or chubs and mocks them by saying they’ve eaten their neighbours as well.
But no matter how she did it, they made 12 to 15 billion a month and became so confident that she could even sell luck, which means absolutely nothing. But eventually, she ended up with her daughter Stefania Nobile in serious legal trouble and then in prison for fraud and extortion, which labelled her as a scam artist.
The trailer also shows how the people who actually believed in things she was selling and bought them, came forward and tell how they spent all their money on it. And if she ever felt that she was doing something wrong? And the swindler queen has a perfect response to it now, she says that she doesn’t consider it a fraud because idiots deserve to be conned. Oh well!
Watch Wanna Trailer
Wanna is set to release on 21 September 2022 on Netflix.
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