Naughty office politics: Daniel Cleaver and Bridget Jones
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Last weekend saw the 20th anniversary of 2001 film Bridget Jones’s Diary. And while the rom-com is still adored by many, it is also often criticised for its dated moral values in the age of MeToo. Many think pieces have denounced the film s feminist credentials over the years, while one tweet picking apart the film s questionable treatment of body image and sex went viral last February. In the recent documentary Being Bridget Jones, which aired over Christmas, the writer Helen Fielding herself admitted she didn’t think the first film could be made today. “I think, thank you, #MeToo,” she said.
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