We’ve talked about “italsimpatia” often in this column, yet this is the first time we’ve stopped to appreciate it in the media, in this instance on the online streaming service by production company Netflix. Master of None is unique in the italianità of the second season’s trailer: set to Peppino di Capri’s “Il nostro concerto,” it opens in black and white, and our hero Dev Shah (actor and series co-creator, Aziz Ansari) is riding a bicycle on cobblestone streets.

Reminiscent of De Sica, no? We’re very aware of the Italian setting, then suddenly, we’re transported to New York, then back to Italy, then New York, then in some scenes the two seem to meld and you’re not clear as to where you are yet you’re immersed. There’s beauty and friendship, family and love: the passion for all things Italian is sublimely interpreted on screen.