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In Netflixs Bridgerton, Shonda Rhimes provides a blueprint on racial inclusion within period dramas The characters of Bridgerton never seem to forget their blackness but instead understand it as one of the many facets of their identity, while still thriving in Regency society. Racial integration of the nobility “We were two separate societies divided by colour until a king fell in love with one of us,” the quick-witted Lady Dan...

In Bridgerton, Shonda Rhimes stakes a sumptuous, provocative claim on Netflix Phoeby Dynevor and Regé-Jean Page in Bridgerton, the first Shonda Rhimes production to premiere on Netflix. (Liam Daniel/Netflix) Published January 03. 2021 12:01AM  Hank Stuever, The Washington Post Get the weekly rundown Email* Submit No one can lay a special claim of ownership on the TV period drama. It is not sacred space or a part of a historical preservation act. Its make-believe, a...

Netflixs Bridgerton filmed in Kent at Chatham Dockyard  |  Did you recognise parts of Kent in Netflixs new period drama Bridgerton? The popular eight-part series - which was released on Christmas Day - is currently the number one show in the UK on the streaming service. Bridgerton is set in Regency-era London. Picture: PA Photo/Netflix/Liam Daniel The show, based on Julia Quinns novels, follows the Bridgerton family in 1813 when eldest daughter Daphne is making her debut in society. What foll...

Ooooh, that Lady Featherington is such a manipulative, social-climbing schemer, I hope she gets hers! I’m not sure I trust that nosy Penelope, either. Eloise Bridgerton, on the other hand: She’s got pluck. I’m rooting for her. As for the Duke of Hastings, he’s a good man, but his stubbornness is driving me crazy. Come on, Duke of Hastings, get it together! Then there’s Lady Whistledown, skulking in the shadows, ruining lives with a flourish of her pen. When are we going to learn her i...

Bridgerton. Theres something to be said for shows and movies that make the bold choice not to torture their audiences by ending on a frustrating, game-changing cliffhanger, and instead tie up just about every loose end in a neat—if occasionally heartbreaking—bow. Netflixs Bridgerton is the latest addition to this illustrious genre: After seven episodes of society-shaking scandals and far more than its fair share of will-they, wont-they, who-even-is-she moments, the period dramas first se...

Phoebe Dynevor as Daphne Bridgerton and Regé-Jean Page as Simon Basset in “Bridgerton.” (Liam Daniel/Netflix/TNS) What are Ariana Grande and Taylor Swift songs doing in ‘Bridgerton’? If you’ve watched even a few minutes of “Bridgerton,” Netflix’s dishy new period piece, you probably noticed something a little familiar on the soundtrack. The Regency drama created by Chris Van Dusen follows Daphne Bridgerton (Phoebe Dynevor), a young aristocratic woman on a quest for love in Lond...

During this season’s penultimate episode of “His Dark Materials,” Carlo Boreal met his demise. The character’s fate wasn’t a surprise to those familiar with Philip Pullman’s fantasy novels, as the HBO series, which concludes its second season Monday, did not stray too far from the source material for this part of Boreal’s story. But the Boreal of the TV show, portrayed by actor Ariyon Bakare, was distinct from the Boreal of the book: He played a much larger role onscreen, f...

Dame Julie Andrews returns to the small screen on Christmas Day as the voice of an anonymous and mysterious gossip writer. Dame Julie is the voice of Lady Whistledown in Netflix’s new romantic period drama Bridgerton, described as Gossip Girl meets Downton Abbey. The drama is the first series from Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal creator Shonda Rhimes’s production company Shondaland, after her lucrative deal with the streaming giant. Here is what you need to know about Bridgerton: What is the p...

The following contains spoilers for "Bridgerton" Season 1, including the ending. For a non-spoilery read, check out Salons review. Poets and songsmiths attribute various powers to love: spinning Earth on its axis, acting as a miracle panacea . . . and apparently on "Bridgerton," un-whitewashing society.  Its perhaps no surprise that Shondalands Regency-era adaptation of Julia Quinns romance novels takes an inclusive approach, creating a far more colorful cast of characters than the source mat...

The series, produced by Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal creator Shonda Rhimes, has earned comparisons to Jane Austen.