does bridgerton like, do novel unique things or does it play it totally straight? it seems more popular than i would expect if its latter
I have no idea but god I’ve seen so much discourse about “is this historically incorrect thing in bridgerton due to carelessness or are they doing a bit” discourse
ok honestly I think what they did with Bridgerton is kind of brilliant:
> want to make a high-production-value Netflix miniseries based on a pure guilty pleasure romance novel, the kind whose appeal is ultimately premised on sexism, classism, etc
> remember that it’s 2021 and that might be a problem
> so you make some of the main characters black
> and have one throwaway line in like episode 3 about how by the way King George declared racism over so that’s not a thing anymore
> this is kind of absurd but doesn’t actually detract from the story
> and meanwhile you can still offer pure soap while getting glowing reviews for being progressive
but yeah aside from that conceit there’s really nothing novel. imo it’s just quite well-executed fluff; reminds me of Gossip Girl.