Recommendations of the Editorial team
It’s wonderful to hear again the stilted dialogue and worldly wise voice-over comments in “Bridgerton”, which address the inclined reader of a London Gazette. It’s wonderful to see the costumes and the piled-up hairstyles again and the carriages and the magnificent furniture. Pre-Victorian England had its advantages.
The fourth season of “Bridgerton” based on the novels by Julia Quinn is divided into two parts: four episodes can now be seen on Netflix, another four will be shown at the end of February.
Jonathan Bailey delights us again as the romantic Anthony Bridgerton, who constantly falls in love: he is looking for the silver woman who once enchanted him, but is also charmed by the maid in Mother Agatha’s residence. She, in turn, is smitten by a fiery beau whom she welcomes in the bedroom: “Is tea served here?” – “I am the tea you enjoy.”
In “Bridgerton,” everyone has a secret
The principle of “Bridgerton” is the high tone of conversation in social commentary – and the intimacy of the bedchamber, where orgasm is discreetly called “completion”. And these erotic adventures, which are reminiscent of “Dangerous Liaisons” are complete: “If you have the desire to deepen our close connection, I would satisfy your wish.” And here everyone has a wish.
Intrigues and gossip take place between nobility and domestics, maids and ladies-in-waiting, noblemen and soldiers of fortune; the queen is very interested in rumors and new informants. At the masquerade ball you recognize everyone immediately, and everyone acts as if they were all deliciously camouflaged. Everyone has a secret.
Schmonzes? Yes, and he is wonderful.
