Four Months After ‘Red, White, & Royal Blue’ – What Have We Learnt?

 

You might not have liked Nicholas Galitzine’s Red, White & Royal Blue but the Prime Video queer romance is one of 2023’s best romance comedies of the year.

Shout-out to You People!

The rom-com starring Taylor Zakhar Perez as Alex Claremont-Diaz and Nicholas Galitzine as Prince Henry made its highly anticipated debut on Amazon Prime on August 11, 2023, and in a matter of days, skyrocketed to become the streaming platform’s Top 3 Most-watched Romantic Comedies of all time.

For 72 hours, the whole world was gushing over for the boys of Red, White & Royal Blue and Prime Video announced that it had experienced “a huge surge” in new subscribers, which isn’t surprising because I signed up too.

On August 16, just five days after its premiere, the American streaming giant Prime Video declared that Red, White & Royal Blue had become its #1 movie worldwide.

So four months after the release of the queer rom-com Red, White & Royal Blue, what have we learnt?

The Classic Enemies-Turned-Lovers Trope is Still Appealing

Red, White & Royal Blue nonetheless had a shallow plot with lots of time jumps and failed to live up to the gold standards of its novel which remains the cornerstone for gay romance today.

But despite crashing the fevered anticipations of many with troves of far-from-impressive reviews, the reception it received from untapped audiences with a positive score of 94 percent proved that like the days of Pride And Prejudice, the classic enemies-to-lovers trope, when rightly spun, still appeals strongly.

 

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