Apple TV+’s ‘The Buccaneers’ Is a Frenzied, Feminist and Bold Reimagining of London’s 19th Century Marriage Market: TV Review
variety.comAramide Tinubu For centuries, shame has been used to keep women in subservient roles. The threat of embarrassment and ostracization has kept women from all cultures and socioeconomic backgrounds silent and complacent.
Of course, even within their roles navigating “polite society” or as laborers and caregivers in the working class, women have always found ways to rebel against the rules that have suffocated them and compressed their humanity.
Based on the unfinished novel by Edith Wharton and adapted for television by Katherine Jakeways, Apple TV+’s “The Buccaneers” is set in the 1870s, and follows a close-knit group of American socialites who sail across the Atlantic Ocean with their naivety and money for a chance at finding a match in London’s marriage market.
The series, which features the inclusive casting and anachronistic tunes that “Bridgerton” (and Apple TV+ series “Dickinson” too) have beenknown for, is a frenzied and delightful examination of the culture clash between American and British aristocracy.
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