Bridgerton Netflix Black Duke

Netflix s bridgerton is a fictional take on 1800s england but its portrayal of queen charlotte is spot on.

Bridgerton netflix black duke. The author behind the books that inspired netflix s upcoming drama bridgerton is defending the network s decision to cast queen charlotte of mecklenburg strelitz as black. The duke of hastings played by regé jean page a british zimbabwean actor is just one of the prominent biracial characters in netflix s bridgerton pictured with lady danbury played by. A duke footman lady s maid or even a respected boxer.

Our duke of hastings came to be. And now netflix is giving us the opportunity to watch that. Queen charlotte may have actually been black.

In the show she is a black woman who ascended the throne resulting in a more accepting world filled with equal opportunity where it wasn t radical to see black elite and middle class people. In a new interview with. To translate bridgerton exists in a fictional 19th century london society where unlike today queen charlotte s race was never up for debate.

We all deserve it. Woman destroys claims that it s inaccurate to have black people in bridgerton. Shonda rhimes new netflix period drama bridgerton.

A handful of large high society families a smattering of scandals and a dictionary s worth of fancy 19th century. I want to read about a black duke waltzing at a ball or a brown heiress flirting at a house party because i just bloody do okay and because i deserve it. Adjoa andoh and regé jean page confer in an episode of the netflix series bridgerton.

Scandal romance bougie balls and of course a jaw dropping male lead. Is the first explicit mention of race in a story that revolves around the duke a black man named. Regé jean page plays simon basset the duke of hastings and i m not saying you ll.