One Thing We Love About Bridgerton the Most Is What the Show Got Wrong
Bridgerton is a great show, but does it really do justice to its male characters? Here’s what we think.
The Bridgerton books were written by a woman for women, and the show hasn’t strayed too far (yet) from that whole notion.
While Bridgerton’s depiction of women and their inner turmoil is fairly realistic (adjusted for the time period), the same can’t be said for the show’s portrayal of men – at least, not according to some people.
The main issue male fans take with the show is the way men profess their love for women. We’ve watched Simon, Anthony, (and George from the spinoff) become these romanticized heroes over the seasons.
They aren’t without flaws, but the way they talk to their love interests is sometimes too much, even for the time period. Or should we accept that men becoming more romantic is just another thing of the alternate Britain where Bridgerton is set?
Male characters on the show say things like “I burn for you” or “You are the bane of my existence and the object of all my desires.”
We do love the sentiment, but no one talks like that – not even in the 19th century (and especially not the Duke and the Viscount, who have spent most of the series rigid and unable to admit their feelings to themselves).
The male gaze is almost completely nonexistent in Bridgerton, but we are sort of okay with it? Women have been watching television written from the male perspective for years. Now it seems to be the men’s turn.
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Not all men are even that troubled about Bridgerton’s alarming trend, saying that they can still enjoy the show “on a superficial level.” Other fans actually argue that the series depicts men fairly to the point.
Anthony, who is 30 years old, has spent two seasons in a dutiful bliss that he must do whatever it takes to help his family, listening to no one who tries to bring him back down to earth. Not all men, but some men…
Benedict drinks and smokes his life away, unencumbered by marriage or duties, well into his late twenties.
Colin is oblivious to everything and everyone, just trying to figure out what to do with himself (even trying to invest without knowing what to do). The Bridgertons are all pretty realistic when it comes to men and their everyday struggles if you ask us.
Let’s see what season 3 brings us. Will Colin prove to be just as poetic as the two previous male leads of the season? Women certainly hope so!
Source: Reddit