Signal8 Jan 2021
'Bridgerton' brings cultural criticism to easy-watching TV

In an escapism-prone world, period dramas are so well-supplied that Netflix dedicates an entire section to them. But 19th-century romance Bridgerton has captured attention in spades – not for its costumes and plotlines, but for its ability to give bingeable melodrama an air of cultural critique..

'Bridgerton' brings cultural criticism to easy-watching TV