“One bad moment of uninformed consent does not justify a moment of nonconsensual sex. “The strangest thing about this moment is that I’m not sure the show’s writers consider this scene to be a rape scene,” Aja Romano writes. The aftermath focuses on her rage and sense of betrayal. The prized couple agree to marry for the sake of their reputations, despite the Duke warning Daphne that he ‘can’t’, not 'won't', have children, which only viewers know is due to a grudging vow he made to his father.Ī comment piece in Vox argues that the language used is deceptive, and therefore leaves Daphne, who has had little sex education, unable to give informed consent.Ī later scene depicts Daphne initiating sex with the Duke, during which she prevents him from pulling away as he pleads for her stop.
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While the series has offered some light relief for viewers amid winter blues and lockdown, it has come under fire by critics who have said there is a ‘glaring consent issue’.
LOVED IT!!"Īnother said: “I cannot wait to start watching Bridgerton once I’m finished with the newest season of The Crown!! The costumes look so beautiful and the diversity in the cast is so exciting!!” The rape scene The romance, drama, diverse cast, British society, interracial couples, period clothing, & hot guys. Thousands of others have commented on the diversity, with one Twitter-user sharing: "I just finished I was all in after the first 15 minutes of the first episode. She added: "Remember people were trying to downvote the show on IMDB cos it was so diverse? You can’t downvote us being Netflix fifth biggest original release ever”.Ĭritic Salamishah Tillet also wrote in the New York times that Bridgerton 'proves that people of colour do not have to be erased or exist solely as victims of racism in order for a British costume drama to flourish'. In response to a tweet by Netflix about ratings, Derry star Nicola Coughlan, who plays Penelope Featherington, wrote: “You know the way some people were like ‘Diversity in period drama doesn’t work’.63 million households thought it did tho". He doesn’t want to call it 'colourblind casting', explaining: “I think that would imply that colour and race aren’t considered and I think colour and race are a part of the show and a part of the show’s conversation, just like things like class and sexuality and gender are.” “Look at everything it is doing for us, allowing us to become.” She insists: “Love, Your Grace, conquers all.”Ĭreator Van Dusen has said that as with Grey’s Anatomy, which shares the same producer, Shonda Rimes, they 'cast the best actors for the roles in ways that represent the world today – and we knew we’d have that same chance with Bridgerton'. “We were two separate societies divided by colour until a king fell in love with one of us,” quick-witted Lady Danbury, played by Adjoa Andoh, tells the Duke in the show. One social media user said: “First time I’ve ever been jealous of a spoon.” The cast and its diversity “My spoon, my eyebrow, my cravat and my ,” the bio reads.ĭuring the early days of the Duke and Daphne’s courtship, the camera zooms in on him seductively licking a silver spoon clean.
Now, a similar frenzy has taken hold over the Duke’s silver spoon, with more than 6,000 following the new account devoted to the piece of cutlery. It seems as with any new drama, it’s possible for fans to be swooned by an actor’s use of inanimate objects, as proven last year with Connell’s silver chain in BBC’s Normal People, which led to a dedicated Instagram account being created, amassing 178,000 followers.
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