Bridgerton, Season 2

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Anonymous wrote:The duke was perfectly boring looking. Everyone else interestingly attractive

You’re in the minority for a reason. You’re probably the Pete Davidson stan. Yuck.

nope, can't stand PD's looks.

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Anonymous wrote:Love the costuming. Is there a reason do we think why Penelope and her sisters are constantly wearing yellow? And Daphne is always in lilac? And the Sharma sisters are always in pink?

Yes can somebody who has read the book answer the question about the yellow? I think the mother makes them wear it but why?

I noticed that too. Always yellow or orange.

The mom dresses them in “cheerful” colors which really don’t suit her red hair. Once her mom stops that she can wear colors like blue and green that suit her better.

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Anonymous wrote:You know what they totally glossed over in the show? Anthony's real problem: he's so scarred by his father's early demise that he's convinced he will also die very very young (in his 30s, if I remember). That sort of drives all his actions, but it wasn't shown explicitly here. But it's as important to his character as the Duke not wanting to have children.

Exactly. And it is his fear of dying young and leaving a grief-stricken, beloved wife behind that makes him want to find a somewhat distant, detached “Ton” wife who he doesn’t love. He fights against his attraction to Kate (which is more cerebral than sexual at least at first in the book) because he thinks he must marry someone who doesn’t love him. Edwina is biddable and seeks a good match, and she’s sweet and pretty and “accomplished” but she doesn’t love him either, which is what he wants.

+1 the changes to the plot don’t make any sense.

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Anonymous wrote:For a gay man, the actor playing Anthony is incredibly convincing that he is in love with Kate. He is SO damn hot.

This explains so much. The actor is so unsexy imo that I couldn’t fit the life of me figure out why they cast him. He has zero sex appeal and isn’t tall or handsome. I can’t stand it. Now I get the jack of sex appeal.

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Anonymous wrote:You know what they totally glossed over in the show? Anthony's real problem: he's so scarred by his father's early demise that he's convinced he will also die very very young (in his 30s, if I remember). That sort of drives all his actions, but it wasn't shown explicitly here. But it's as important to his character as the Duke not wanting to have children.

Exactly. And it is his fear of dying young and leaving a grief-stricken, beloved wife behind that makes him want to find a somewhat distant, detached “Ton” wife who he doesn’t love. He fights against his attraction to Kate (which is more cerebral than sexual at least at first in the book) because he thinks he must marry someone who doesn’t love him. Edwina is biddable and seeks a good match, and she’s sweet and pretty and “accomplished” but she doesn’t love him either, which is what he wants.

+1 the changes to the plot don’t make any sense.

Agree 100%. It’s a big part of why I didn’t like this season. They get rid of all the parts of the storyline that make sense!!

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Anonymous wrote:Love the costuming. Is there a reason do we think why Penelope and her sisters are constantly wearing yellow? And Daphne is always in lilac? And the Sharma sisters are always in pink?

Yes can somebody who has read the book answer the question about the yellow? I think the mother makes them wear it but why?

I noticed that too. Always yellow or orange.

The mom dresses them in “cheerful” colors which really don’t suit her red hair. Once her mom stops that she can wear colors like blue and green that suit her better.

No. It’s not cheerful. It’s to show that they are neaveaux-riche and have horrendous, loud, crass taste. It’s explained in the book. The Fetheringtons all wear obnoxious colors because their Mama has poor taste.

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Anonymous wrote:I thought Penelope was made distractingly fat and ugly this season. She looks much better in Derry Girls.

It would have been nice if dress colors had occasionally changed. All that money and the dressmaker organizes each household by fabric color!

I thought the turmeric scene was weird because these Indian girls act completely British ton society at all other times except for the nicknames and bangles. Then all of a sudden they need to incorporate something ethnic? The other non-White characters don’t do anything different, I just thought it was a weird switch. Are we having multiracial characters or not?

Agree. The small random attempts to slide in “Indian cultural norms” was utterly bizarre, distracting and completely unwarranted. These books are about the English regency not Indian culture.

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Anonymous wrote:I thought Penelope was made distractingly fat and ugly this season. She looks much better in Derry Girls.

It would have been nice if dress colors had occasionally changed. All that money and the dressmaker organizes each household by fabric color!

I thought the turmeric scene was weird because these Indian girls act completely British ton society at all other times except for the nicknames and bangles. Then all of a sudden they need to incorporate something ethnic? The other non-White characters don’t do anything different, I just thought it was a weird switch. Are we having multiracial characters or not?

Agree. The small random attempts to slide in “Indian cultural norms” was utterly bizarre, distracting and completely unwarranted. These books are about the English regency not Indian culture.

Yes. Why did the show move in this direction?

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Absolutely hated when Edwin would call Kate “Dee Dee” and Kate would call Edwina “Bon.” So annoying.

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The Sharma sisters were completely boring. The entire season was focused on them. Very disappointing.

Eloise and the newsboy were more interesting. Benedict and his art school was more interesting. Portia and Lord Featherington were really fun to watch. I just couldn’t get into Anthony and Kate and the whole Indian angle.

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Anonymous wrote:For a gay man, the actor playing Anthony is incredibly convincing that he is in love with Kate. He is SO damn hot.

This explains so much. The actor is so unsexy imo that I couldn’t fit the life of me figure out why they cast him. He has zero sex appeal and isn’t tall or handsome. I can’t stand it. Now I get the jack of sex appeal.

what? he's gay? My gaydar didn't go off with him. It did with the duke.

Of course, like many gay men, Antony is *FINE* ....sigh.

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Anonymous wrote:I thought Penelope was made distractingly fat and ugly this season. She looks much better in Derry Girls.

It would have been nice if dress colors had occasionally changed. All that money and the dressmaker organizes each household by fabric color!

I thought the turmeric scene was weird because these Indian girls act completely British ton society at all other times except for the nicknames and bangles. Then all of a sudden they need to incorporate something ethnic? The other non-White characters don’t do anything different, I just thought it was a weird switch. Are we having multiracial characters or not?

Agree. The small random attempts to slide in “Indian cultural norms” was utterly bizarre, distracting and completely unwarranted. These books are about the English regency not Indian culture.

uh... I don't know if you've been paying attention, but English regency also didn't have POC in the ton, let alone a black queen. You guys are missing the thread of mondernity and diversity in the series.

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Anonymous wrote:Love the costuming. Is there a reason do we think why Penelope and her sisters are constantly wearing yellow? And Daphne is always in lilac? And the Sharma sisters are always in pink?

Yes can somebody who has read the book answer the question about the yellow? I think the mother makes them wear it but why?

I noticed that too. Always yellow or orange.

It's the external manifestation of the family being uncouth, bold and brash, a bit like the Trumps having gilded gold everything in their home.

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All the reviews state there is no chemistry between Kate and Anthony. What a huge let down.

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Anonymous wrote:I think both Kate and Anthony actors are unattractive. I think Daphne is unattractive. I think every other adult Brigerton sibling is unacctractive. The sole hot person on this show was the Duke.

And honestly, appealing sexy actors are the whole point of a show like this since it has nothing else to offer.

Also, I am someone who watches Bollywood, Tamil, Telugu and Malayam movies. I can name a dozen actresses I find prettier than the actress who plays Kate. Being Indian does not make her immune from criticism about not being pretty.

Really? I also watch Bollywood, Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam movies and the colorism and desire for more “western” looking actresses is painfully clear in casting for all the film industries you mentioned. Name a dozen actresses you find prettier and we can tell whether or not you’re one of the self hating Indians who dislikes dark skin.

PP, I wish we could be friends in real life (another dark south indian-american and proud of both simone ashley and charitra chandran)!!