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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jaeger" data-source="post: 8200180" data-attributes="member: 27996">Given the social and historical setting of the books, a so-called "whitewash" would have been entirely appropriate for the material.Worth noting that Netflix changed what it counts as a view last year:[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.marketwatch.com/story/netflix-changes-its-view-on-views-which-will-boost-its-numbers-by-35-2020-01-21#:~:text=The%20new%20definition%2C%20stated%20in,of%20a%20single%20episode%20would[/URL]"The new definition, stated in a footnote in Netflix’s letter, states that a view means a subscriber “Chose to watch and did watch for at least 2 minutes — long enough to indicate the choice was intentional.” A Netflix spokesman confirmed that the definition means a single two-minute viewing of a single episode would lead to counting that viewing in its accounting of the entire series, and said that the goal was to convey the popularity of a given program instead of its actual viewership."Given that Julia Quinn is a very popular author and her Bridgerton series of books sold a ton, the big numbers for Netflix are not surprising.That being said - my parents who are big fans of the genre could not make it through the first episode due to the ahistorical casting choices for the British nobility of the era. They also commented that the costumes were also very wrong for the era in several places. They will not continue to watch the series , but they definitely counted as a 'view' for Netflix.Netflix is of course banking in the long run that Adapting Julia Quinn's stories and verse, along with the enthusiasm of her fan base to see a live action version of the novels will outweigh any misgivings of the obviously ahistorical elements that have been introduced.And that may be a bet that they will win, as they have already renewed a second season.</blockquote>

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