Bridgerton Review Race

Bridgerton takes on race.

Bridgerton review race. 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. But its core is escapism. While most zeroed in on the show s tricky handling of race.

Race is rarely mentioned in bridgerton as the white bridgerton family seeks to marry off their debutante daughter daphne phoebe dynevor to simon bassett rege jean page the black and. And perhaps this is me expecting too much but the show s reluctance to acknowledge race is odd. It was almost like they were scared to say it out loud.

Regé jean page and adjoa andoh in bridgerton liam daniel netflix the following contains spoilers for bridgerton season 1 including the ending. But while the show depicts a number of interracial couples which isn t inherently an issue as most of the shows produced by rhimes feature many interracial couples it refuses to address race at all. Bridgerton did a lot of hinting or winking at race without actually ever going there.

At a time when i m longing to escape the real world few fantasies are more inviting. For a non spoilery read check out salon s review. Bridgerton s end result is a heady cloud of pleasure and true love set in an idealized more inclusive milieu.

The netflix hit departs from the homogeneous casting of most period drama imagining a 19th century britain with black royalty and. Bridgerton is almost but not quite an alternate. Bridgerton initially drew mostly rave reviews from critics who praised.