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Fiction based on fact.

posted 2 years ago by Ranb (10311)
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I watched the original Bridgerton series, and enjoyed it for what it was, for the most part. This spin-off has a title card saying the story is fiction based upon fact.

While Bridgerton was cast color blind, this series is less so. There is only the hint of racism in the script regarding Lord and Lady Danbury's efforts to be accepted into the ton and the King's mother's attempt to help.

I think the producers missed an opportunity to cast a better actress for Charlotte. It would have been more interesting to cast a German actress with dark skin as Charlotte. The real Charlotte only learned to speak English after her marriage and spoke with a German accent thereafter.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_of_Mecklenburg-Strelitz

[–] liscarkat (19031) 2 years ago

If it's a depiction of the "real Charlotte" your looking for, they should have cast a white actress.

[–] Ranb (10311) 2 years ago

Looking for anything real in Bridgerton is futile. The program is mere escapism.

[–] fc31 (5870) 2 years ago

From the casting alone I think we can say this show is a mockery of facts.

[–] pundit2006 (170) 2 years ago

I would say more fiction than fact. If Charlotte was german then it would have been more correct to have a german actress of the same skin color as Charlotte, who in her pictures is undoubtly white or caucasian.
Or would that be considered racist?

[–] Ranb (10311) 2 years ago

If Charlotte was German? She actually was German.

It is for the most part, nearly completely fiction. Except for some of the names and dates, nearly everything in the program is a product of the writer's imagination.