AIBU to be disappointed in Bridgerton?

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I love costume dramas and was excited when I heard there was a new one on Netflix. But it’s awful! I can’t watch it- the costumes, the dialogue, the plot are all completely implausible and unconvincing. Anyone else feel the same?

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I’m gonna give it a go and see what I think, also told my mum to give it a go

longwayoff
I feel dreadfully sorry for George III & his family - nobody’d any idea what was wrong & to be thought mad... then he was almost suffocatingly controlling of his daughters’ lives from a young age in terms of minutiae most parents wouldn’t have bothered with (there’s a whole thing about pie crusts...) & affectionate to a point they (as adults) found “almost frightening”. (No suggestion of anything abusive [well, arguably/possibly emotional abuse] just behaviour outside the norm, and as it was inconsistent that must have been even more confusing for them.) Being too old to have children by the time they were finally able to marry must have been utterly devastating.

Haven’t tried it yet but don’t get on with Georgette Heyer. Is it better or worse than that?

Tried Sanditon previously which was abominable.

I bloody loved it. Pure escapist fantasy and just what I needed at the end of this awful year. Gorgeous costumes, beautiful men, lots of intrigue and oh, the wisteria! A bit less sex and it would have been perfect.

@MarieVanGoethem I can feel sorry for Gearge III, George IV however was a really horrible man, (admittedly his marriage to his wife was not a love match but he treated her apallingly including refusing to let her see her infant daughter out of spite)

It wasn’t Upstairs Downstairs or Downton Abbey, but then Downton Abbey wasn’t historically accurate either (if you want that, watch the excellent Gosford Park). Despite being a history geek, particularly for the Georgian era, I loved Bridgerton. Frothy, silly and Jane Austen meets Gossip Girl. Marvellous! I could even forgive the Duke his anachronistic lack of a hat

The recent film of David Copperfield had a mix of races and made no logical sense

See, I thought Bridgerton was brilliantly cast because the family lines made sense. In David Copperfield you had a black actor playing the child of two white people and it just didn’t work IMO - it distracted from the story because the family lines didn’t add up.

@AnneElliott What's more annoying for me is when they take an Austen book and add arc into it ( Billie Piper as Fanny I'm looking at you).

God yes, Bridgerton is one thing because it’s supposed to be a daft frippery. But messing about with novels like Austen’s ought to be a hanging offence. Billy Piper was all wrong as Fanny, and the other relatively recent adaptation of Mansfield Park was no better, with its slave porn, drug use and hints of lesbianism. Leave it alone!

@Annasgirl Where is the Dukes country house? It made Mr. Darcy’s estate look lacklustre

What house? I was distracted by all the library steps action

Binge watched it all this week. Nearly gave up halfway through first episode but glad we persevered. It was good escapist fun. DH developed a bit of a crush on Duke of Hastings and I was pleased to have worked out who Lady Whistledown was pre reveal . Laughed our heads off at final sex scene as i’d said to DH “do you think we’ll be rewarded with a non withdrawal denouement”

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George IV does seem to have been a thoroughly unpleasant article doesn’t he? The Brighton Pavilion is about the only decent thing he ever did. (The way he treated his poor children I’m genuinely unsure if they might not have preferred he hadn’t, as it were.) His resistance to Catholic Emancipation was utterly grim too. Mind you, he must - even with the amount of laudanum he was knocking back - have been in agony by the time he died (& the thought of Georgian cataract surgery makes me feel genuinely sick).

I hated it, it felt really cliche and not engaging at all. The clothes and sets were stunning though.

YABU It's fantastic, best thing you be watched in a really really long time. I was up until 3am watching it.

It's not really a period drama in the true sense, but it's brilliant.

I loved it (but also loved the books when they first came out, it’s fun, frivolous entertainment, not a BBC documentary). Hope they can make another series based on book 2 for next Christmas. I’m going to start reading the book series again 👏

It was fab-entertainment so get over it not being true too history of whatever.
Brightened up my week.

I don’t think that all period dramas have to be historically accurate. It’s just a piece of fantasy drama which is fine.
I quite enjoyed the fact that there were black and white actors and it seemed that there would be no reference to it which was brilliant but then they had to add in some comment about the king marrying the queen to justify it. I think they should not have brought attention to it at all. Thier race had no bearing on the storylines at all so didn’t really need to be commented on. As it just highlighted that this wasn’t normal (which we all know form history books that it wasn’t) bit i would have preferred it to be just as it was without any justification for some of them to be different race.

I disagree with PPs who said Daphne was not beautiful enough - she was perfect to be the diamond of the season - demure, innocent and beautiful is what was expected of women - and she played the part perfectly as the foil for the wild duke!

Started this evening, watched 3 episodes. Really shouldn’t have! It’s silly, light hearted, great casting, beautiful to look at and omg the DUKE heart eyes emoji... he’s just exquisite. Can’t get over Daphne being that woman from Corrie’s daughter though. She looks so much like her.
I read somewhere that it’s perfect mid-Covid escapism and I think that’s a great description.

I agree with @Pieceofpurplesky. If you look at contemporary portraits, Daphne has the 'look' of the time perfectly.

Absolutely loved it! Just couldn't get over how much Daphne looks like her real life mum. Was like watching Sally (Corrie) during a sex scene

Really, really enjoyed it! Obviously it wasn’t accurate or realistic but who cares? I was watching for entertainment not realism.

The only thing I didn’t like was that at times Daphne appeared to be playing Keira Knightley. With exactly the same mannerisms (the ones that are annoying).

But the Duke more than made up for that!

Ah it was what the end of 2020 needed. Total escapism, beautiful cast (I mean the duke alone..), total entertainment. Binge watched the whole thing and stayed up way too late to do so. I love a good period drama, and I just rolled with this one, and it was so worth it. They had better not be too long with the next season!!

Was there a plot?😁😁😁😁

It’s reign meets gossip girl. It’s the antithesis of the world now - fun and full of parties. It’s lush and luxurious and frivolous. An antidote to this weird time. Escapism at its finest!

The duke was SO not hot, sorry. I really fancied Anthony and was jealous of Siena.

I was expecting to find the diversity "forced" and unimmersive but it totally wasnt, but the explanation for why there were titled black people was completely ridiculous and unnecessary: which is why I believe that conversation was a set up for season 2 when the tables will turn and the black gentry will have their titles stripped forcing Daphne to choose between her social status and her man, and paving the way for a BLM style backdrop in season 3. YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST, MARK MY WORDS!!!!

Eloise annoyed the living fuck out of me. "Why cant I be free to live my life independently?" Oh fuck off. Her character is going to grate on me I can tell. But then I always hated forced spiritedness!

Best acting was from the queen! Also the dukes aunt (is it?). Daphnes mum did a good job in a pared back role

Great fun, really enjoyed it.

Goodness so many people annoyed by the casting....not because they’re racists, goodness no, it’s just that they heartily wish there were more shows made with POC at the centre, and their posting history definitely bears this out. Or it’s just that they’re devotees of accuracy, and so always complain when other period dramas completely whitewash society, and their posting history definitely bears this out....

It’s definitely absolutely not only an issue for them when POC are cast in roles they expect to see where people play. Of course not.

I was looking forward to it too, but it’s an absolute bag of shite 😂