At this point it is impossible that you have not heard of Bridgerton, a Shonda Rhimes production, the screenwriter and producer behind creations such as “Inventing Anna”, “Grey’s Anatomy”, “Scandal” and other successful film and television productions.
One of his newest releases is precisely “Bridgerton”, whose first season broke audience records on the Netflix platform And if you’re still not sure why it’s worth watching, here are some spoiler-free reasons.
1. The art direction: If you love having each space in your home perfectly decorated, the series will fill you with ideas that you can use at home to give each room a romantic and elegant touch. Flowers, candles and tea sets will become your essential accessories.
2. The locker room: Ellen Mirojnick is the creative mind behind each of the garments in the series that take your breath away. Her talent is so immense that for the first season 7500 different clothing pieces were used, quite a challenge! The inspiration sought to reflect the customs of the time, so the details of the fabrics and the uses of each garment were very exact.
3. The music: Get rid of the idea that because it is a period series everything will be tedious and boring, the opposite happens here! Although it is true that the arrangements are made with string ensembles, you will find it attractive to decipher each of the songs by Billie Eilish, Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande, to name a few artists, who have crossed over to another genre.
4. Truthfulness: Although they do not spend much time explaining the historical details, they do make it clear that some characters were famous at the time and had great weight in real life. Some of them are Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, King George III and Frederick of Prussia, who all existed in this world.
5. Diversity: Both in the development of the story and in the selection of talent, we can find all kinds of actors who play valuable roles in the development of each event. Even characters that might go unnoticed prove to have an important role on set as the chapters progress. As a bonus, the story does not focus on a single fact, but there are a series of conflicts to resolve at the same time that they become an even more attractive story due to the halo of mystery that surrounds it.
6. Romance: We cannot deny that being a creation of Shonda Rhimes, the passion and seduction might not be left out of the story. In each chapter, the sensation of dreaming once more of ideal love is perceived, with a certain tenderness and ingenuity.
7. The plot: This concept applies both to the development of the story and to “the plot”, as it is said when a series or movie draws attention due to the physical attractiveness of its cast. Practically, in “Bridgerton” both intentions are fulfilled.