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Who knew that behind those stiff conventions, this set of wealthy society people were all at it like Regency rabbits?

Black actors appear in leading roles in Rhimes’s Bridgerton, including Regé-Jean Page as the Duke of Hastings, and Golda Rosheuvel as the Queen of England. The show has ignited discussion about British Royals’ possible African ancestry, and at the same time, the plotlines ignore or obscure the evils of colonialism, poverty and racism. All of these were rife in this historical time period, and continue to blight our own era, as I chronicle in my book, The result is that The series doesn�...

Robert Morrison, British Academy Global Professor, Queens University, Ontario January 12, 2021 - 8:05 AM This article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Disclosure information is available on the original site. ___ Author: Robert Morrison, British Academy Global Professor, Queens University, Ontario Bridgerton, Netflix’s new eight-part period drama miniseries, ...

'Bridgerton' alludes to and obscures social, racial and political tensions in England’s Regency era, the extraordinary decade that marks the dawn of the modern world.