Serena Dandini (photo by Gianmarco Chieregato).
Stand after the accession to the throne of Charles III you have gone into abstinence from crowned stories, do not worry because he is meeting you the prequel that all fans of Bridgerton they were waiting or the six episodes of the Queen Charlotte.
It is a TV series inspired by the story of the German princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz who at the age of 17 she married the young King George IIInaturally without knowing him as was done then, and only later discovering that he had a small flaw that drove him mad.
But the fearless and courageous new queen will be able to support him and stand at the helm of the kingdomand in the meantime also being able to keep the malevolent courtiers at bay and give birth to as many as 15 children (!!!).
And so far the narrative corresponds to the real story but the diabolical Julia Quinn and Shonda Rhimes, authors of the successful saga, have emphasized some historical sources that suggest an African origin of the Queen and with shameless amusement they staged the first black queen in the history of England, (to the delight of Meghan Markle’s fans).
This creative insight transformed a simple tale of escapism with a princely backdrop into an ironic and current fresco of a multi-ethnic society in which, thanks to the foresight of enlightened rulers, a new and very modern world was born in the mid-eighteenth century.
India Ria Amarteifio is “Queen Charlotte” (© Netflix).
“The experiment” as the protagonists call it, that is a virtuous “ethnic substitution” scientifically operated by royalty to meet a more just and equal futureis just one of the strokes of genius of the creators of this and the previous series of Bridgertonwhich hit the mark thanks also to female characters full of character and lots of sex which never hurts.
“Queen Charlotte” by Julia Quinn and Shonda Rhimes (Mondadori).
The producer Sondha Rhimes, after an endless sequence of successes such as Grey’s Anatomy he set up his own Shondaland production company to continue to stage stories freely which over time have changed the television imagery. Julia Quinn, on the other hand, is a best-selling author adored by the public and translated into more than 43 languages.
Together these two enterprising women they created an empire and wrote together Queen Charlottejust released in the bookstoreborn from the series and not vice versa as we were used to in the traditional…”taken from the book”.
I strongly advise Minister Lollobrigida to enjoy reading which could be rich in inspiration for new utterances.
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