I did NOT expect this show to be as cozy as it was. I love EVERY character, even the bad ones. And having the actors just use their normal accents adds to that. It just feels like actors acting out a story, like the old days of traveling stage plays. It’s sweet, and it’s funny and the set design and costumes, rather than being accurate, are exaggerated to mimic our modern view of who these people are. Like the king being very flamboyant and over the top and gaudy and colorful.

Though I appreciated the little details like the face patches on the French aristocrats. We almost NEVER see those in period films/shows centered around the baroque(?) period.