"Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story" It's What You Expect



    Look, if you've watched Bridgerton before, you'll know what to expect when watching this show, it's pretty much just another season of Bridgerton and that's fine. The violin versions of modern pop songs are still hilariously present, if not cute, the romance and the gossip are always present, and this time the Bridgerton series has decided to tackle the issue of racism and mental health, specifically mental illnesses.

    How effective is Bridgerton as a commentary on racism, is certainly a point of debate, and frankly none of it would be happening if it were not for the fact that they decided to race swap characters. Now look, I'm not even here to comment on the fact that actors are race-swapped, it's a TV-show and I could hardly care, especially because I think the actors usually have pretty good romance, but it's genuinely hilarious watching them tip toe around racism with terms such as "The Great Experiment" as they learn to integrate rich black people into society.

    If you're looking for an accurate portrayal of British royalty, you will not find it here, as I suspect much of, if not all of the incest and racism have been stripped, and what's left is a relatively cutesy story about a queen learning to assert herself into the powerhouse you see in the current Bridgerton series. Most importantly, it fills in the gaps of what happens with King George, and while I have questions about his real life counterpart, the final scene where Queen Charlotte and King George hide under the bed is legitimately so cute.

    Not to mention, while I was skeptical of Brimsley and Reynolds, they were quite a cute couple, especially at the very end when they danced around, and I am now rooting for the Queens man who I found very similar to a pug as an old man. Their romance was endearing, and while I think its certainly a choice for their world to have solved racism but not homophobia nor sexism, I suppose I'm asking too many questions for a show that is just there for me to enjoy and observe.

Final Score: 60/100

    Probably quite an enjoyable 60/100 for me. It's just, it's a background show for me, I watch Queen Charlotte and Bridgerton to unwind and just watch mildly ridiculous rich people. I mean can I really say this show is anything of substance? It provides nothing in terms of history, nor an alternative historical perspective, it's just a nice, uncomplicated show that just happens to be set in the Victorian era. Need I say more?


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