Performer of the Week: Adjoa Andoh TVLine 2/01/2021
THE SHOW | Netflix’s
THE EPISODE | “Shock and Delight” (Dec. 25, 2020)
THE PERFORMANCE | From the moment we first saw Andoh strutting across the screen as the regal and forthright Lady Danbury in the
Bridgerton premiere, it became abundantly clear that hers is a scene-stealing turn worth watching. Andoh further cements this notion with the commanding speech she delivers to a young Simon (Cairo Eusebe) in the series’ second episode. And she does so just before she makes it her life’s purpose to help him overcome his stutter and rise to greatness.
“When I was a girl, some centuries ago, I was afraid even of my own reflection. I entered a room and attempted to dissolve into the shadows. But there is only so long one in a position such as ours can hide,” Lady Danbury confides. “I knew I would have to step into the light someday and I could not very well be frightened. So, instead, I made myself frightening.
How historically accurate IS Netflix s Bridgerton? From high society biracial families to a black Queen, men trying to avoid having children and women clueless about sex, Femail separates fact from fiction in the hit Regency romp
New Netflix romp Bridgerton was released at Christmas and follows a family on their quest for love in London
Regency romp has stunned viewers with its raunchy sex scenes, bawdy costumes and fantastical storylines
Costume designer Ellen Mirojnick claimed it is not a history lesson and said it has many modern elements
Experts have now revealed how much of the drama is truly rooted in fact. and how much is simply fiction
Netflix s Bridgerton offers aspirational fantasy of racial integration packaged as Regency romance Shonda Rhimes Bridgerton conforms, in many ways, to the standards of Regency romance and society drama, but updates the formula to reflect 21st-century sensibilities
Netflix’s Bridgerton begins like any other British period drama about the fancy folk. The sun shines on Grosvenor Square. Horses pull fine carriages along a resplendent street. A dapper gentleman out for a stroll nods his head to a passerby.
And this is where you begin to see that
Bridgerton, which arrives like a flaming Christmas pudding on Friday, is
not exactly like every other British period drama about the fancy folk. The prosperous gentleman is Black; the gaily dressed woman he escorts is white.