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Bridgerton's American Heart Beats in Regency England
29 Jan
Summary
- Bridgerton's American roots are highlighted, despite its Regency England setting.
- The new season adapts the Cinderella story with Benedict Bridgerton as lead.
- The show is praised for delivering familiar romantic fantasy elements reliably.

Bridgerton, despite being set in Regency England and drawing from classic literature, is increasingly characterized as an American production. Created by an American writer and produced by an American streamer, the show leans into its American conventions. The fourth season shifts focus to Benedict Bridgerton, exploring his romance with Sophie Baek, a character reimagined as a servant akin to Cinderella. This season continues the show's established pattern of adapting familiar romantic tropes. The series, produced by Shondaland, distills period drama elements into a highly conventional, almost AI-generated Regency romance. Its transparent fantasy appeals to an Anglophile fascination with the British class system, becoming a key Netflix intellectual property.




