It is a truth universally acknowledged that if you’re going to make a period romance these days, you have to do something new.
Audiences can no longer be satisfied with stuffy costume dramas or long extended scenes of white people promenading around sun-dappled gardens — you’ve got to mix things up a bit.The latest period drama remix du jour is colorblind casting — not necessarily a new invention, considering the wonderfully diverse and delightfully camp Brandy-led “Cinderella” in 1997, but one that is starting to pick up traction, with shows like “Bridgerton,” Broadway hits like “Hamilton,” and so on.
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Malcolm’s List Review: A Colorblind Period Romance That Swoons But Doesn’t Seduce appeared first on /Film.
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