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mopinko
(72,153 posts)i liked it.
RandySF
(71,859 posts)jaysunb
(11,856 posts)Lithos
(26,497 posts)The story was interesting - never meant to be anything heavy. But perhaps more importantly, it was never meant to be a full-on authentic period piece. They made that very clear in the non-traditional casting. If you thought it would be Jane Austen or something similar, then that is on you, not them.
I think the primary value is that they showed the possibility of what could happen with other productions. For instance, the Netflix show _The Irregulars_ is benefitting from the non-traditional casting as well - the ensemble they have chosen is extremely strong for the story-telling. I think Marvel saw something similar within the past few years in how they are incorporating diversity into their character suite - even for existing characters - for the purpose of telling more authentic stories.
Captain Zero
(7,670 posts)I knew something was OFF just couldn't put my finger on it...
Is there a way I can block it?
33taw
(3,058 posts)Voltaire2
(15,200 posts)an alternate history where the racial caste system was at least partly destroyed by the existence of black nobility.
I am not a fan of the romance genre, but it is an interesting concept.
You do understand that you control what you watch on Netflix. So just block yourself if African aristocrats bother you. Or you could set your Netflix profile to child mode.
HipChick
(25,532 posts)Nululu
(998 posts)mainer
(12,287 posts)I was forced to watch till the end just to see if it got any better. It didn't.
All that money and they couldn't afford to buy any good dialogue? Or character development? The kid who could communicate with Kong was the only good thing in the film.
Nululu
(998 posts)Cousin Dupree
(1,866 posts)retread
(3,832 posts)romance, it worked for me.
Scrivener7
(53,910 posts)GoneOffShore
(17,700 posts)As to the rest? It's like that saying: Light travels faster than sound. That's why some people appear bright, until they start talking.
Silver Gaia
(4,976 posts)and didn't expect it to be anything else. I enjoyed it for exactly what it was., and thought it did what it was meant to do quite well. It was FUN.
NNadir
(35,123 posts)...I couldn't say.
I will say though that your negative recommendation makes me happy I never heard of it.
Many times people object that I haven't seen the shows for which they have strong positive recommendations.
For many years people kept telling me I had to watch Seinfeld, and I have seen over all these years, reruns included, maybe two or three episodes, and then only because I was in a room where other people were watching it and it was essentially background noise.
I didn't get it, probably because I have no sense of humor.
llmart
(16,332 posts)I personally don't like Jerry Seinfeld either. He's got a very annoying voice and I never thought he was funny. I still don't. Like you, I've only watched maybe one or two episodes of that show and only because someone who loved the show was visiting.
Coventina
(28,103 posts)Particularly when it comes to stage productions.
For example, the production of "Frankenstein" at the National Theatre had a black woman play Dr. Frankenstein's betrothed/wife and a black child played Dr. Frankenstein's nephew. Shakespearean casts are most often multi-racial.
If you think about it, it only makes sense, otherwise, black actors would only be able to play characters in modern pieces.
When the BBC's television production of some of Shakespeare's plays was broadcast in the US on PBS, there was a huge outcry about the fact there were black actors in the casts. The Brits were so used to it that they didn't even understand why it was an issue.
I think it's wonderful, myself.
Nululu
(998 posts)nolabear
(43,446 posts)What was bad, and why?
I had a blast with it, for exactly what it was, a genre-bending costume loving bodice ripper with one of the hottest leading men I have ever laid eyes on.
Aristus
(69,075 posts)It was all I could do to keep her from jumping onto the television screen when he was on...
Ocelot II
(122,868 posts)Everything about it seemed way over the top; I watched a couple of episodes and decided it wasn't worth continuing. But I'm not a fan of romance novels or romance tv series, no matter how fancy the costumes. I do agree that the leading man was hot, though.
Demovictory9
(34,314 posts)Too soap.opera -ish
mainer
(12,287 posts)Worked for me.
hunter
(39,240 posts)Maybe wickedly bad.
No, it's not a show I'd watch with my mom, well maybe only as revenge for an art show she took me to once upon a time where Ken and Barbie dolls were doing all sorts of unseemly things.
The ending of Bridgerton made me laugh out loud.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)8 minutes to go, Clippers 85 Laker 66. Both teams are missing key players (Laker LeBron James for one), and it's just awful. I realize the game was scheduled a long time ago, but both ABC and TNT are dedicated to showing the Lakers, and they're horrible right now.
Now one of the analysts is saying that a 17 point deficit isn't insurmountable these days. What I'm hearing is "Please don't change the channel from this stinkeroo of a game."