Let love rule: Give Archie Comics the Bridgerton treatment, you cowards
There’s no denying that Archie Comics has made an impressive showing in recent years when it comes to leaving the 'Comics' part of their name in the background. Think about the success of the CW’s Riverdale, or Netflix’s The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina — or even, for that matter, the recent Hindi language version of The Archies, or the short-lived live-action Katy Keene series… if you’re willing to look back a couple of decades, even the Josie and the Pussycats movie could be argued to loosely fit into this trend. There’s one obvious thing missing from this list, however, and it’s so obvious that I feel almost embarrassed to bring it up… but… where is the Archies period romance?
Okay, wait; don’t look at me like that just yet. It actually makes more sense than you’d think. The success of shows such as Bridgerton — or, for that matter, Downton Abbey — has made it clear that the period romance (or, if you’re more of a classicist, “period dramas”) has a significant audience out there eager for that kind of material, especially the more melodramatic and soap-operatic material available. Archie Comics has that kind of material in abundance; even if you ignore the darker turns of the Riverdale or Chilling Adventures series, you’re still dealing with a world where one redheaded boy is apparently so irresistible that two women who, let’s be blunt, are way out of his league will somehow risk their own friendship to win his affections… even as that boy’s best friend is clearly struggling with some erotic fixation with burgers that psychologists would love to unpick. Okay, maybe that last part isn’t classic romantic comedy material, but still…
Don’t misunderstand; I’m not suggesting that someone recast Archie as taking place in the 1800s, or even the turn of the century 1900s. I don’t think anyone really cares to see Archie and his so-called Pals and Gals transported to regency England… or England at all, to be blunt. The concept is, after all, a very American one in its very DNA — which might be why so many people overlooked the transplanted movie version that reimagined everyone in mid-20th century India.
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