Bridgerton Review Black

Bridgerton is a sparkly period piece with a difference the first netflix series from shonda rhimes s company updates the genre with modern race and gender attitudes and lots of skin.

Bridgerton review black. High society is full of people of color and the most powerful person in bridgerton s social order is a black woman queen charlotte played with haughty gossipy. The scandalous and sexy romantic fantasy lives up to the hype plus the color blind casting comes as a welcome surprise. For readers around the world julia quinn s bridgerton saga is something of a.

The los angeles review of books is a 501 c 3 nonprofit. Queen charlotte is played by british actress golda rosheuvel. As it happens that good friend is also a foremost scholar on race and british romanticism.

F or seven years or so now my friend and i have been dishing about why so many black women love regency era romance. Anthony benedict colin daphne eloise francesca gregory and hyacinth. Adoja andoh as lady danbury and regé jean page as simon duke of hastings in shonda rhimes bridgerton for netflix.

The author of the books which inspired new netflix drama bridgerton has backed the decision to cast king george iii s wife as black. Bridgerton is pride and prejudice meets gossip girl based on the eight novel series by julia quinn bridgerton is a period drama ish taking place between 1813 and 1827 about the eight children of the late viscount bridgerton. Rege jean page the black and impossibly.

This is a spoiler free review of the new netflix drama series bridgerton which was released on december 25th.