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Ive only completed season 2 but i follow the fandom and i totally agree with your issues with it. Its one thing to have issues with structure pacing storyline, hell costumes and set design. But people are straight up like accusing the showrunner of "self inserting" and "not being serious" and all kinds of weird stuff. Like i have plenty of critiques for the show even my beloved s2 but it should be left at that. "This should have been done differently, this should have been cleaned up, shortened, made to relate better to the main storyline" ANYTHING but "i hate this character because they take up time! Im a mind reader and this decision was made because such and such writer hates the fandom!" Like grow up

I feel like the mondirchs get pointed out most when people talk about screen time because not only was their plot uninteresting but it also felt disconnected from everything and everyone alot of people are focusing too much on screen time and not on the actual content

The top, the hair, you look gorgeous, Julia!

I'm sorry, but him talking about his school and the Holocaust sounds like he's barely managing to hide his contempt for everything coming out of his mouth.

IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE

It is **very common** for people whose parent died young to become convinced that they will not live past the age when their parent died. That’s one of the *more* believable parts of book 1 😂

At this point I don't even know if there is such a thing as a safe fandom anywhere in the internet lands

I just didn't like season 3 and i was kinda pissed because Colin and Penelope was my favourite couple

I wonder if Simon's diminished role compared to other characters played a part in Renee Jean Pagé choosing not to come back to the series. I too wouldn't put my career on hold for that

holy effort this is dissertation material

I wonder if - because Simons actor quit after the first season - the show runner/ writer? Realized they needed to focus more on building the other story lines each season so it wouldn't be insane if a character didn't come back. BECAUSE it's freaking weird that Simon and Daphne just don't exist anymore.

i feel like s3 is an especially weird season for people to complain about re: screentime... they've been setting up colin and penelope since s1

I've been waiting for your reviews ever since finishing the season, I just find that I agree with you on almost everything! I'm here for the Michaela stanning in this video, that's even possibly the number 1 criticism I see in comments section more than "polin was sidelined"/complaining about side characters (why is it usually people complaining about the Mondriches in particular, hmm??) but personally I am SO excited about Michaela!

People who complain about the ensemble cast getting screen time don't understand how dull and formulaic the seasons would be if it was just the main pair on screen all the time, there wouldn't be any of the plot or interpersonal drama or emotional intrigue that makes the show so fun, especially with the last season, would we be so worried about Penelope being exposed if it didn't effect her relationship with her mother, or her friendship with Eloise, or put her in jeopardy with the queen? Would the season have a fraction of the tension without Eloise's ultimatum or Cressida's blackmail?The interpersonal drama is the point of the show (and yes, that includes the romantic drama, but if I had to watch 8 solid hours of only two people arguing about their sex life I would walk in to the sea)

We are missing scenes, though, Nicola is basically the star of S3 so they were hoping her writing that would calm fans which it did but not everyone because we’re not all chronically online. They released a different version for the press to watch for episodes 5 & 6 and different regions have different versions with other scenes so yes, there are scenes that are not available in the US and Europe because of contract terms, specifically Nicola saying she requested a PG-13 version of the show for her family to watch. I just want more longing and passionate discussions, not love scenes, because Colin was thirsty in episode 4 and things progressed too fast in episode 5.

fierce

Suddenly I care very much about Footman John

you’re so mother

ive been waiting for this since the first half of season 3 dropped

WHAT??? Cressida’s mom’s name is Araminta in the show????? That feels like a huge spoiler!

Go off girl, we love a queen in her statistics era

girl why did you not use formulas? It takes 2 seconds to Google a quick how-to and it will be definitely correct and update if there are changes. It's one of the major benefits of a spreadsheet!

My tweet made the video 🤩😂🫶🏼

the best thing about being on tumblr and not twitter is that i can literally just avoid the bullshit. like have i heard that people are mad about screen time? yes, but mostly i've just seen nice gifs and everyone screaming about how we now have TWO CONFIRMED QUEER BRIDGERTONS!!!!!!!!!!!

I truly only pay attention to Bridgerton discourse because it's the homeowork for Julia Cudney videos. The moment i first saw the season 3 trailers had dripped I thought "Gotta watch that so I'll know what Julia's talking about 6 months from now!"

It’s me, Julia, and Michaela with her :45 seconds of screen time against the world 😂

The screentime complains are weird because of people forget the leads have to spend the time apart to sort their shit in order together looking at you leading men. But also Bridgeton has got some great actors why not make use them in an esemble show.

I get that if you break it down scientifically the amount of leads having the screen time is even but I think to many viewers it just doesn’t feel that way. It’s really about how they utilize the leads screen time that feels unbalanced. Also it’s about how interesting/important the side plots feel. To me personally the side plots in season one were more interesting and important and while I agree 🤮to the r@pe scene the rest of the leads screen time felt better used overall.

This might be a discussion best left for the actual review but imo if Pen and Colin's season suffered, I think it was the book's fault more than the show's. What the show created to fill in the blanks and gaps was the content everyone liked (the mirror scene, the reading of the bann, the dance int he church and at their wedding), and where they hewed too closely to the books I think it created pacing issues that people want to chalk up to a screen time disparity that actually factually doesn't exist (they're not continuously cutting to Benedict in the last episode because they hate Penelope, they're doing it because in the books they're just WAITING AROUND FOR THE PARTY TO HAPPEN). There wasn't LESS Polin, it's just as per the books there's a stretch of time where all he does is sit and sulk on the couch because he's mad he's not Lady Whistledown dfjkhs. The translation from book to show was inefficiently similar but it's kind of a devil's bargain where even now people are claiming the book did them more justice even though the back half of the show was worse for having to hew to the timeline of the book.

I was unreasonably overjoyed when I saw you uploaded about Bridgeton

I'm a *very* casual Bridgerton viewer, but at my heart like to *THINK* about the media i consume, even if it is pure fluff and doesn't deserve it or have enough substance to actually think about (😂 sorry to bridgerton), so this is fascinating! I definitely agree that the ensemble parts are needed; love the idea of letting the romance breathe by going to someone else. (And since the show never made Colin interesting to me, they were needed 😂) I look forward to your review!

I don’t watch Bridgerton but I love when there’s a new season/show because it means Julia will return

First time viewer and so impressed with your work. Also how is no one talking about overall series length in timings. S2 is 32 mins longer than S3. There is a lot they could've done with even another 20 mins never mind 30 mins more of time across 8 episodes. S3 is the shortest season, might explain why stuff felt rushed in comparison to S2

I've found someone else! I endlessly make spreadsheets and stats about the things I like as well. One time I broke down the screentime of characters vs the rating of the episodes vs writers to see if there were any trends over seasons in character preferences and ratings, taking into account which writers wrote the higher/lower rated episodes

Been wondering when this was gonna come out. I always love your thoughts so I'm so excited to watch!!!! Also fuck I need to get caught up on season 3 first though

as a maths girly i am living for this breakdown!

I have had to mute/block whatever you call it the Bridgerton subreddit because I hate everyone there. I now only watch Julia’s commentary only. Thank you for uploading I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS 🧡🧡

I think a lot of complaints are from people who read the book first because the books are singularly focused on the love interests and the show is (thankfully) not

Man im so glad im not on bridgerton twitter, tumblr hasnt had any of that madness that ive seen

BEEN WAITING for this video since s3 dropped, at this point I'm more excited for Julia's videos than for the actual new seasons

Just a thought on why they didn’t cast a non-white Penelope, which I think has less to do with her and more about the Featheringtons as a family. I think if they cast the Featherington family as non-white the optics of them as the silly, shallow, money-seeking foil to the loving, moral, kind Bridgertons would be a bad look overall. The contrast would feel more pointed racially, especially with the kind of clumsy race revisionist history route they went with s1 rather than color blind casting, so I see why they didn’t go that route. It would be interesting to see though, I was thinking why they didn’t cast one of the main families as non-white as well, I think it just boils down to not serving the positive diversity depictions Shondaland is going for with the Featherington overall vibe lol

I’ve never watched a single episode of Bridgerton but this was still so interesting

Julia I just want to say you look beautiful! Your dress ❤️ your hair ❤ your makeup ❤️ settling in to enjoy this video

Girl I've been waiting for this

This probably was not intentional but I love the little easter egg of your shirt from the season 2 video being seen from your closet in this one.

It is a show where every pairing is guaranteed to have their moment in the sun and you know all their endgames- except for franchael fans. No hate to Michaela or the actress but it’s just true the ship is going to be different there’s going to be two ships now. It’s fine if they want to adapt stuff but people were kind of set up for the expectation that the ships would be the same as those in the books

tell me why this was the exact thing to calm me down after a horrible day

I did feel we got time with them, but I was already used to getting them in the previous season so I missed the kick of 'ok we're in THE polin season now', it just felt like any other season until pt2 then it felt all about Whistledown. I also think that in previous seasons, since their time together was limited, their scenes together felt more packed with "content" like their conversations had more meaning. Even after a whole season of them, the conversations they had in the park and the wedding reception in S2 are still my favorite interactions they've had. I'm not even mad bc I hate the show but bc they had so much potential and it was a mid final product after such long wait and promises.

Thank you for filming this! I know this took so much time. I agree with you, I think my issues with season 3 didn't stem from Colin and Penelope having less screen time. I think that argument (like you proved) about how much screentime isn't really relevant compared to the quality of that screen time. I think most people feel that way, but get a bit lost in the statistics of it all. I also agree that the fandom does get nasty, I like to stay away from that even though I do agree that season 3 had some glaring issues. I'm excited to hear your nuanced takes on everything!

These stats were a sad reminder that yes, Mary ( mother of Kate and one of the main, pivotal characters in her book) had less screen time then Jack, the guy who showed up for a season in order to steal some money. That really sums up the level of creativity from the show. Edwina's full time on the show and half of Kate's screen time was spent in a love triangle. I don't even know what Kate did for the other 90 minutes , but is sure wasn't having meaningful conversations with her mother, spending any time on her backround and delving into her motivations.