This isn't a show I would generally think too hard about or offer an opinion on. I'm definitely not the "Shondaland" audience, and only recently learned Grey's Anatomy is the purview of the Duck Dynasty wives club. That is, there's a certain genre, flow of dialogue, and romance plot line that is very accessible, gossipy, and basic that has a broad appeal across time. Add the gimmick of portraying an era that's the antithesis of conceiving each other equitably, and the show sells itself. Like Sense8, I would describe this as a utopian world not bothered by too many gritty details. It manages, either through casting or the level of detail in the settings, to just breach beyond mere soap opera, but they're definitely cousins, and ones that when they marry you might wince, but it's all perfectly normal.
This is a show that got a ton of "hype machine" attention. The lazy will describe this as another notch in the "woke" doctrine trying to control our minds as though it's an egregious sin to entertain the idea of equality and acceptance. I often find myself pretty easily able to write-off lazy writing and cliche plots the hype machine isn't concerned with acknowledging as they over-faun on trivial details or man-ass. Bridgerton deserves a little more credit.
I suppose I'm struck by a level of sincerity about the nature of connection and complexities within. They take the time to discuss the layers without betraying the characters. You get the impression the creator actually likes the characters and utilizes the setting more than abuses it for a selfish dance with a bigger budget. I'm rooting for them, even if I'm 99% sure I know how things are going to work out. I want to give the show credit. Of course I'll never re-watch it, nor have a desire to turn the speed down from 2x, but that's a matter of taste and TV sophistication, not because this is a straight-up "bad" show for dumb poor people. Is it "good" though? It does one thing pretty well in a setting that really helps sell it. Overall, you know, if that's your thing, sure. Across the TV landscape and others in it's genre, it's fair. I don't know how willing I would be to watch were it given any more episodes a season, and it's the thing I'm watching precisely after I've caught up on the 50 things airing or dropping concurrently, but it's not a struggle. It's a pleasant-enough ride like a carriage on newly built road. It's noisy, there's no air conditioning, the quarters are cramped, and it sometimes smells like horse, but hey, we're not walking and have enough money for a carriage.
Review by dogg724VIP 3BlockedParent2022-07-03T16:44:13Z
This isn't a show I would generally think too hard about or offer an opinion on. I'm definitely not the "Shondaland" audience, and only recently learned Grey's Anatomy is the purview of the Duck Dynasty wives club. That is, there's a certain genre, flow of dialogue, and romance plot line that is very accessible, gossipy, and basic that has a broad appeal across time. Add the gimmick of portraying an era that's the antithesis of conceiving each other equitably, and the show sells itself. Like Sense8, I would describe this as a utopian world not bothered by too many gritty details. It manages, either through casting or the level of detail in the settings, to just breach beyond mere soap opera, but they're definitely cousins, and ones that when they marry you might wince, but it's all perfectly normal.
This is a show that got a ton of "hype machine" attention. The lazy will describe this as another notch in the "woke" doctrine trying to control our minds as though it's an egregious sin to entertain the idea of equality and acceptance. I often find myself pretty easily able to write-off lazy writing and cliche plots the hype machine isn't concerned with acknowledging as they over-faun on trivial details or man-ass. Bridgerton deserves a little more credit.
I suppose I'm struck by a level of sincerity about the nature of connection and complexities within. They take the time to discuss the layers without betraying the characters. You get the impression the creator actually likes the characters and utilizes the setting more than abuses it for a selfish dance with a bigger budget. I'm rooting for them, even if I'm 99% sure I know how things are going to work out. I want to give the show credit. Of course I'll never re-watch it, nor have a desire to turn the speed down from 2x, but that's a matter of taste and TV sophistication, not because this is a straight-up "bad" show for dumb poor people. Is it "good" though? It does one thing pretty well in a setting that really helps sell it. Overall, you know, if that's your thing, sure. Across the TV landscape and others in it's genre, it's fair. I don't know how willing I would be to watch were it given any more episodes a season, and it's the thing I'm watching precisely after I've caught up on the 50 things airing or dropping concurrently, but it's not a struggle. It's a pleasant-enough ride like a carriage on newly built road. It's noisy, there's no air conditioning, the quarters are cramped, and it sometimes smells like horse, but hey, we're not walking and have enough money for a carriage.