PRIM AND IMPROPER
Netflix’s big-budget bonkbuster Bridgerton’s sexiest secrets as it’s on track to be most-watched after The Crown
Kate Jackson
Updated: 29 Dec 2020, 23:37
Kate Jackson
IT has been hailed as Downton Abbey meets Gossip Girl.
Bridgerton, Netflix’s new big-budget series, dropped on Christmas Day and is the gift that has delighted many.
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We give you the run down on all the secrets behind Netflix s steamy drama BridgertonCredit: Netflix
The steamy drama, about wealth, lust and betrayal in Regency-era London in the early 1800s, centres on the posh Bridgerton and Featherington families.
It has reportedly achieved record ratings and is already set for a second series.
December 28, 2020
Bridgerton is the gift from Netflix for viewers looking for a diverting drama filled with romance, fashion, gossip, and scandal.
There are a lot of important moments in episodes four to eight but here are a few to take special note off. Warning:
MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD!!!
Daphne, the Prince, and a Duel
At another event, Prince Friedrich presents Daphne with a beautiful necklace with the Queen’s approval and even Lady Whistledown applauding the match. Miss Bridgerton is clearly flattered though we all know her heart is still with Simon. Speaking of the duke, he is still in town to support his friend Will’s boxing match and he runs into Anthony at their club. The viscount admits that his friend was being honorable with his sister when the prince arrives and asks Anthony for Daphne’s hand in marriage.
The following contains
spoilers for Bridgerton Season 1, including the ending. For a non-spoilery read, check out Salon s 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.
It s perhaps no surprise that Shondaland s Regency-era adaptation of Julia Quinn s romance novels takes an inclusive approach, creating a far more colorful cast of characters than the source material or Jane Austen – the grand dame of the Regency subgenre – ever penned. But what sets the show apart from other color-conscious period casting is that this has been written into the fabric of the show, making it part of the alternate history or canon of Bridgerton.
Bridgerton, from Shonda Rhimes’ Shondaland, the studio behind
Grey’s Anatomy, also has its fair share of yearning glances and soft hand-holding. The difference is that it’s
incredibly horny. Based on the modern books of the same name by author Julia Quinn, the Netflix series pulls from the tropes of classic novels (hand flexes! dances!) with saucier turns from the current romance genre.
Bridgerton creator Chris Van Dusen clearly knows the truth: Romance tropes are good. Romance novels are good! And a great romance novel knows the appeal of a bodice ripper.
Bridgerton revels in romance tropes, managing to expertly pull them all off in a sizzling, satisfying way.