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Thankfully, she is poised and prepared and, most especially,enthusiasticabout this opportunity.
Harriet Cainss Philippa cries, scooting herself across the ballroom.
Varley, the Featheringtons housekeeper, has also hustled herself into the appropriate position.
Shes vain, and shes into the aesthetics, says Cains.
She never thinks before she speaks.
She vocalizes every thought and always says exactly what she means.
These factors create the necessary conditions that eventually result in Now, Varley!
The bugs!, a moment so monumental that its the one thing Cainschose to teasebefore the season premiered.
This delivery did not derive from multiple line readings or an overconsidered approach to a crucial moment of levity.
There is only one way to deliver that, Cains says, and that is with urgency.
Just, lets urgently get these bugs out.
Without question, theres urgency at the heart of the line given the intensity of Philippas now.
The concision of her speech no full sentences, no verbs whatsoever underscores the importance of speed.
But the beauty in the line, the soul of it, is in the phrase the bugs.
With only a slight variance in intonation or fervor, its a line from a horror film.
It is the element of asymmetry that creates rhythm in a design.
Many shows have romance plots (not enough, but many).
What setsBridgertonapart, what really makes it special, is not any of those things.
