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Voice cast:
Hoots as Daphne: https://www.youtube.com/littlehoot
Matthew Tiemstra as Simon: https://www.matthewtiemstra.com/
Other perspectives on Bridgerton:
Khadija Mbowe: https://youtu.be/zYPB5nJV3h8
Princess Weekes: https://youtu.be/GiD_yqfqCoo
(OR ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/melinapendulum-bridgerton-and-the-problem-of-pastel-progressivism)
Broey Deschanel: https://youtu.be/F_CAK_yj5JM
Radhika Seth for Vogue on the good and the messy of season 2’s Indian representation: https://www.vogue.com/article/does-bridgerton-do-justice-to-its-indian-characters
Pop Culture Detective on media portrayals of the sexual assault of men by women: https://youtu.be/9nheskbsU5g
Linda Holmes is, to my knowledge, the coiner of the term “stuff bucket” as a descriptor for Netflix and we all owe her a debt of gratitude: https://www.npr.org/2018/08/09/636585367/insatiable-is-lazy-and-dull-but-at-least-it-s-insulting
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
5:35 Viewers like you
8:00 WHAT scene?
14:23 Historical Accuracy
29:20 Narrative Utility
42:34 Let’s read a book
1:03:17 The scene is Bad, Actually
1:09:23 Credits
1:10:10 The fate of my eternal library card
Music:
Vivaldi: Le Quattro Staggioni, recorded by The Modena Chamber Orchestra (https://musopen.org/music/14910-the-four-seasons-op-8/)
The Power of Friendship (from Arcade Spirits) by Greg Mirles (https://gregmirles.bandcamp.com/album/arcade-spirits-original-game-soundtrack)
Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi - The Four Seasons (Winter 3) (www.maxrichtermusic.com)
Arvo Pärt: Spiegel im Spiegel (https://archive.org/details/arvopartspiegelimspegel) (used under the terms of CC BY 2.5 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/legalcode)
Childhood Scene by Komiku (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Komiku/Its_time_for_adventure__vol_3)