Netflix’s ‘The Lady’s Companion’ Is The Perfect Comedy To Stream This Summer

Netflix’s newest period drama, The Lady’s Companion, takes all of the best elements of Bridgerton from the manners of the 19th century marriage market to its bright whimsical costumes and choreographed dance numbers, and combines it with the most memorable structural elements of the 2001 film, Amélie, including a playful, omniscient narrator, quirky flashbacks that give rapid insight into character backstories, and a female protagonist who breaks the fourth wall by giving the audience well-timed and jaunty winks directly into the camera.