Bridgerton and Race: Does Historical Accuracy Matter?

Historical accuracy shouldn
Shondaland's new Netflix period drama, Bridgerton, is set in 1813 London in the Regency Era. But it rejects historical accuracy with multiracial casting.

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Bridgerton is a Scintillating, But Somewhat Shallow, Regency Fantasy, TV/Streaming

Shonda Rhimes' Bridgerton on Netflix has a problem with race, colorism

The Participatory Period Drama: Responses to Bridgerton as Metatextual Elements – Beacon: Journal of Media Studies

Queen Charlotte' celebrates a multiracial British aristocracy that doesn't exist - The Atlanta Voice

Race and Historical Romance, or: The Duke is Black, Now Deal With It. - Talia Hibbert

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