Chris Medlin Explains the Mass Appeal of Netflix’s Hit Sweet Magnolias
Sweet Magnolias. I immediately assumed it was a sequel to the classic film Steel Magnolias, so I clicked on it and started to watch.
I quickly learned that Shelby, Ouiser, and Truvy were not making a comeback and that this show had its own set of adorable characters.If you haven’t seen it, the show is what some might say a “lite read” — but in a good way.
It doesn’t require you to think too hard or follow plots that twist and turn and cause confusion. It’s a simple show about a simpler life — with caveats — in a simple Southern town, Serenity, S.C.I watched season 1 and asked myself some not-so-simple questions.
Was the expenditure of all that time on the show worth it? Did I get anything out of it? Was I only watching because the three main women characters all had hunky boyfriends or exes?
