Check for Smart Bitch events on our Events Calendar, and as always stay tuned to the blog and the podcast to keep up to date! Another point: I loved Lady Danbury, and how glorious her gowns were, and Adoja Andoh’s ability to demonstrate awareness of power and no fucks given with a zillion tiny gestures and movements. An Offer From a Gentleman book. Simon takes advantage of that information to be able to have sex with Daphne while still keeping his vow, but there’s information asymmetry going on, and it’s in his favor. Sarah: What did you dislike about her? I am willing to see what they do to redeem him in a future season, but it’s going to take some doing. This really was the tv event that I needed to wrap up 2020. Julie Pottinger (born Julie Cotler in 1970), better known by her pen name Julia Quinn, is a best-selling American historical romance author. I think that’s one plot line they could have messed with for the better. It would be great to see a future heroine (Kate?) Benedict, as mentioned by a previous commenter, was supes interested in Gay Artist Friend’s lifestyle, so I have hopes that he’ll get a queer story as well. One, the bland Bridgerton boys and other interchangeable white love interests were a problem. What about you? All you need to do is click this link, and sign up! and setting. But if that doesn't worry you then tighten up your corset, put on the family jewels, and follow us into the delightful world of the Bridgertons. And Colin just reads as extremely young, not hot enough to be the center of a love triangle…and I thought he failed to resemble the flirtatious charmer from the books. I will watch subsequent seasons but meh. NOT MOVING. I want Marina to have an epic HEA. The Scene – I guess I just don’t have an issue with it as portrayed in the show. I, too, am sitting with some uncomfortable feelings and I’d love to process them with y’all. So, instead, I made myself frightening. Simon is…very clean after lying in a London gutter in 1813. I don’t know why they kept making Simon put his shirt back on. He's discovered for match-fixing and … Benedict Had No Social Life. I loooved it, BUT agree with a lot of the above too! Then explain that and translate it for someone else? And why (oh why) was Penelope wearing evening gowns to walk during the day with Eloise? I want Eloise to make a wonderful love match. Sometimes it is nice just to wallow in the alternate universe and let POC dress up in the historical pretty too. Or they literally don’t notice? I would give an A- to an abbreviated version where Simon and Lady Danbury just hang out in pretty ballrooms. Simon’s speech impediment isn’t addressed in the same detail either, which I think detracts from our understanding of him, and also the discussion he and Daphne have about that has more detail and emotional heft in the book. It Will who he turns to in distress. TV Colin never charmed me the way Book Colin did, and I find myself unconvinced that this version of him could really have true chemistry with (my beloved) Penelope. Sarah: Yes. Regarding Marina – in the book series, the Eloise book happens about 10 years after the events of the Duke and I. I think Colin/Pen was the same time jump as well. She declared Simon to be so distractingly cute that it was hard to pay attention to anything he was saying. But that delight sours when considered against the way the White characters are permitted to not acknowledge race at all while the Black characters talk about it in one (and only one) conversation. I was always uncomfortable with THAT scene but am surprised no one mentioned how the show changed it. It’s complex and there’s a LOT to talk about. I didn’t feel like Simon had done anything wrong except assume a basic understanding of sexual reproduction by his wife. Unless you want to argue that getting to have sex with a Bridgerton was a HFN for Madame Delacroix. And I found myself nodding and agreeing pretty much the whole way through. (Special shoutout to Lady Danbury’s jewels.) I made it through two full episodes then half-watched the rest. That made it that much more uncomfortable. I am not at ALL convinced that I am going to be able to buy him as a hero in the next season. Though I did think her relationship with Mrs Featherington was one of the most interesting ones in the series. Did they mention where she was and I missed it? Catherine: That Scene in episode 6 was deeply distressing to watch. I’m trying to be mad, but…. It’s interesting in all of the discussions of race in the series, there is little attention paid to the relationship between Simon and Will. We should offer one final warning that you'll be waltzing into spoiler territory here, with regard to. I really don’t like Anthony/Siena — their relationship is so intense that I’m not sure how I’m going to get behind his story with Kate if they do address that. But I wish they had a fight with these type of arguments. I watch with subtitles, and I noticed that Whistledown’s narration of “…can the ends ever justify such wretched means?” was said over a shot of Daphne. | POPSUGAR Entertainment This story has important details about the "Bridgerton" books that may also spoil the Netflix series. A | K | AB Shana: Ooh, I bet. This show was specifically developed to target me as an audience who is familiar with the world, with romance conventions, with period drama, and eager to see a new take on all of it. Eloise is constantly pointing out how marriage in their society is sexist, but the rest of the Bridgertons just ignore her. This is a romance novel, where is even a sliver of joy? and amused by how clean it is. I both liked and disliked the Marina stuff. I think Nicola Coughlan steals so many scenes that she’s in. They are in an alternate universe? If Marina had been going after Benedict, she would have been fine. THAT DOES NOT EXCUSE DAPHNE’S ACTIONS! I’ve just finished the series. Well, maybe it’s because she’s just supposed to serve as the hot love interest of Anthony and not much else? Beyond just Daphne/Simon, there’s a lot of great dialogue in the book that isn’t used. This Julia Quinn novel is my favorite of her books and introduces Viscountess Violet Bridgerton and her eight children. Anthony needs his metaphorical ass handed to him. I watched it all Christmas Day), because there was a lesson I wanted her to learn that I think she didn’t, but I don’t remember what it was. When I zoom out and consider the whole, and think about how those parts interact or fit or do not fit, then it starts to fall apart. What does it say about me that I willingly watched this series?! Catherine: Everything Shana said. In fact, it’s worse because Daphne and Simon are pretty boring together. Have you seen our Books on Sale collection? What do you hope to improve or change in the next season? I think the Regency times were much more open about sex anyway. I watched the first one, and while I think they did a great job casting some of the roles (Simon, Lady Danbury, Eloise) I couldn’t get over how bland Daphne was, and the brothers all seem interchangeably boring to me compared to how I had them all imagined when I read the series over a decade ago. View all 60 comments. This was much worse than I expected. It’s like the show didn’t want to avoid the topic, but also didn’t want to engage with it. I’m glad to see this review. I liked their banter. Half-throttle nonsense wrapped up in gorgeous costumes and sets. The illusion relies on their whiteness to make them automatically alluring to viewers, and it was noticeable when they were placed against working class or wealthy POC characters who are actually interesting. Daphne did annoy me in some of her subsequent scenes (with Marina, maybe? My biggest issue with the adaptation is with Daphne– not primarily that her hair color is wrong, which it is– but that Daphne needs to exude warmth and charisma. Her bangs were more compelling than she was, and most of the time her bangs were extremely distracting. Eloise’s book is my least favourite because of Sir Phillip (who to be fair was probably a reasonably accurate man of the period). Why was Mrs Featherington a villain? I’d also like to see even broader racial diversity. First because the character really acted as written in the books and second, the character as written on screen worked as a tireless advocate for Simon more than anything else. It would have landed with a thud because the tone, imo just wasn’t there. RACE; As a POC, I would rather it was purely color blind. Like the narration and the framing of the show calls her actions “wretched,” but so so subtly. Benedict was something of a nonentity, which is interesting, given that his book is my favorite one in the series. Shana: Clearly shooting for the “female gaze” means lots of butts. Sarah: Oh, yeah – me, too. Also I think it downplays how much she has made a place for herself. I thought the way she dealt with trying to stop Marina and Colin was in keeping with her values—she tried both times to appeal to their senses of love and honor and never played the trump card she could have. That teensy, incomplete scene made it clear that racism isn’t just an accident, but something created by people. So glad to finally get the Bitchery take on this! I thought the scene where she described her impressions of his mother’s favorite painting was inspired and probably where he knew he was lost. Penelope also needs to be very likable, and I’m not sure the Marina storyline makes her seem that way? And finally I am glad the show didn’t go too deeply into racial politics. First, of all in the book, I do think it is pretty clear that Simon is hiding his true purpose (not having kids because of his father) by taking advantage of Daphne’s ignorance regarding sex. Benedict's Fling With Orgies And The Arts. I really needed to see a grovel or at least an apology from Daphne as to her treatment of Simon in episode 6. There are so many ways the rape scene could have been removed and maintained the tension between Simon and Daphnew. Penelope has loved Colin since she was 16. I want them to get a HEA! Read 5 736 reviews from the world's largest community f… But also, they have made Anthony FAR more of a jerk than is necessary. Watching something specifically created to appeal to you and then examining it critically is work and in fact is hard work. Why are we centering her feelings instead of Simon’s sense of betrayal? Sarah: I also thought it was striking that there is a shot of Daphne’s menstrual blood, no shying away from what it is. Daphne’s post-sex meltdown is just…not a good look. Why can I only tell A and B apart by the sideburns? On one hand, Bridgerton was almost perfectly calibrated to appeal to me, from a nostalgia perspective, and from a “I hardly watch television because I don’t trust people to write a happy ending or an ending at all” perspective. I binge watched the show, but sort of grimaced throughout. BOOKS I WOULD I LIKE TO SEE FILMED IN A SERIES: The Walsh Family by Kate Canterbary. I have not gotten to THAT scene yet, but I just watched a couple of episodes last night and have thoughts. Yay, I’ve been hoping for this review!
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