I finally understood what makes me feel uneasy with "Bridgerton", and it has nothing to do with the inane plot and posh upper-upper-class British accents.
It has everything to do with white-washing centuries of colonisation, slavery, classism and institutionalized racism.
Watch Bridgerton for 5 minutes and you realize what a freaking fantasy it is, when most British gentry in the 19th century (and perhaps up until today) would NEVER accept PoC in their midst.
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