Bridget Jones, as portrayed by Renée Zellweger, has been described as ‘going woke’ in Mad About The Boy, where her character delivers a lecture on consent and refuses to accept compliments from men.
Bridget Jones has faced criticism for being perceived as ‘going woke’ in her latest return to the screen.
Renée Zellweger, 55, reprises her role as the lovable but unlucky-in-love singleton in the romantic comedy Mad About The Boy. The character of Bridget Jones first appeared in a column in The Independent, and when author Helen Fielding released Bridget Jones’ Diary in 1996, it quickly became a bestseller. The story was adapted for the screen in 2001, followed by the sequel The Edge of Reason in 2004, and Bridget Jones’s Baby in 2016.
In all versions of the franchise, Bridget has been known for her obsessive calorie-counting, chain-smoking, and penchant for wearing oversized knickers. In the fourth installment, however, the character is depicted as single once again after the death of Mark Darcy (Colin Firth) and has given up smoking.
In the new movie, as reported by The Sun, Bridget rejects a compliment from a male colleague who refers to her as “hot,” responding, “I think you will find that sort of language is a little outmoded in the workplace.”
Additionally, Bridget embarks on a romance with Roxster, portrayed by 28-year-old Leo Woodall, and is delighted when the young man asks for permission to kiss her. She responds, “Aw, a generation who ask.”
When Bridget learns that Billy is a straight-A student, she is reminded that education is more about “the journey” than the outcome. Her character, now a single mother to Billy and a daughter, is also scolded by a nanny when she describes her son as a “science genius.” The nanny advises, “Oh, you mustn’t pigeonhole children.”#newsafro_
