The color of Kate's skin is generating much comment. And there's also much talk about the uncanny parallels between the 19th century women of Bridgerton, for whom marriage is absolutely critical, and women in the India of 2022.Īttention readers! At this point we must issue a spoiler alert because we need to bring up some plot points to fully address the reaction to Bridgerton in India. So when characters on the TV series talk about the young women, it's because they are so strikingly beautiful and, in Kate's case, a radical spirit who dares to go riding on her own!īut in modern-day India, Bridgerton viewers are raising other topics in their heated discussion of the Sharma family: race and colorism and colonialism. Indeed, the beautiful Edwina, like her mom, is declared a "diamond" by Queen Charlotte (who herself is portrayed by a British-Guyanese actor). True to the spirit of the "colorblind" casting in Bridgerton – a fantasy realm where no racial digs are heard – Mary and her children do not face any prejudices from the many white folk in the queen's court. Her parents have promised to support her daughter Edwina and to grant her an inheritance - but only if she marries a man with a title. Now Mary is back in England after many years in India. Mary's defiance and elopement humiliated her parents – not because she married a dark-skinned man but because she married outside of the upper crust of English society. He had a daughter - Kanthani (called Kate) - from a previous marriage. Instead of marrying a man with a title and wealth, she ran away to India with an ordinary Indian tradesman whom she's fallen in love with. We learn that when Mary was ready for marriage, she was declared a "diamond" by the queen (who bestows this title on eminently marriageable women to elevate their prospects).īut Mary made an unconventional choice. In the Bridgerton universe, Mary is the daughter of the Earl of Sheffield and his Indian wife. with their mother Mary in search of love and marriage. They're Kate (played by Simone Ashley) and Edwina Sharma (Charithra Chandran), who arrive in the U.K. They're the talk of 21st century India as well. Two brown-skinned women are the talk of 19th century England in the second season of the globally streaming Netflix hit series Bridgerton. Charithra Chandran is cast as Edwina Sharma, who comes to England where her mom and half-sister in search of love and marriage.
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