Bridgerton Review: Very Average and Problematic!

The Netflix period-drama, Bridgerton, based on Julia Quinn’s novels, explores the journey of an affluent family from England who is ready to introduce their eldest daughter into society. Produced by Shonda Rhimes, and set in the competitive world of the Regency era, the show stars Regé-Jean Page and Phoebe Dynevor in the lead roles.

Alright, so the first few episodes of Bridgerton made my blood boil, they were all about getting the daughter ready to be married, and everything revolved around that. It’s like preparing a lamb for slaughter. You feed it and groom it so that you can get rid of it. However, the story did progress a little, and while it was super problematic some parts made it an average show to watch.

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First off, the protagonist’s sister, Viola, was the only sane character in the whole show who realizes that there is more to life than getting married and having babies, but the state of society is such that women don’t get to make that choice.

Another aspect I liked about Bridgerton was the way conversed and the dialogues. They were gentle, and everyone seemed very intelligent. Also, I appreciated the underlying message in the last few episodes where it is very apparent that the writers are encouraging mothers to have THE TALK with their daughters rather than leaving it on them to discover things on their own.

But that was almost all there was that I liked. What I hate was the fact that the primary character was shallow and simple-minded. She forces her husband to have kids that he clearly states he doesn’t want due to childhood trauma, and then she forces herself on him. Amongst all the other idiosyncrasies, this was the one I hated the most.

Overall, I found Bridgerton very average, and I don’t get what all the hype is about, but if you want to watch it, it’s up to you. The only good thing about the entire series was the fact that the way the people talk in that era was very intriguing. They were super polite and their body language was very appealing. The whole air of sophistication that the characters had around themselves were trademarks of the nineteenth century. The whole series was just very problematic. Watch ‘Bridgerton’ on Netflix here.

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