Much hoopla is going on about Bridgerton - someone on social media said it was a modern equivalent of Jane Austen! Well, I could not get past the first episode. It is fiction, of course - but Black Aristocracy, in 1813? Seriously? (Britain abolished slavery in 1833, for the record) A whole of gratuitous titillation aside, the above mentioned historical inaccuracies, as well a pathetic Darcy-Bennett attempt combined to leave one totally uninterested. Leaving it off in the midst of first episode was a good decision, which was not made with Tandav.
Too bad, for once one gets past the first episode, one is somehow obligated to finish (a form of mild OCD, you see!) May be the first episode, bad though it was, did no go beyond the point on no return. May be it was so bad, that one was compelled to look for a meta joke somewhere! However, after the first episode, it was just 4 angle shots of Leading Lads and Ladies swaggering across the Raisina. For quite sometime, these leading Lads and Ladies have been doing just that in their movies, and they simply did not get that their swaggering about is one of the reasons why viewers are quitting their "Main Stream" Cinema and going for OTT content. Viewers expect a gripping story and real acting - and that is why within the time we finished the series, it dropped from 4.6 to 3.7! Too bad we started it a day too early.
So, if you are still looking for a tip about what to watch, I would suggest "The Boys". It is a great story, with great performances, as well as contemporary satire.
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