In February 2024, a spicy crime drama reigned over the Netflix prime 10. That crime drama was “Mea Culpa,” the primary product to return out of a multi-year first-look deal between Netflix and Tyler Perry. Sadly, the important response to this Kelly Rowland-led outing did not bode nicely for future Perry/Netflix emissions, with “Mea Culpa” garnering a damning 18% score on Rotten Tomatoes. That mentioned, we stay in an age the place streaming success is sufficient, and it appears there shall be no slowing down for Perry as his new 8-episode drama sequence has equally dominated the Netflix charts.
“Tyler Perry’s Magnificence in Black” is described by Tudum as an “easy-on-the-eyes sequence.” If that is not sufficient to set off alarm bells, the synopsis is likely to be. Set in Atlanta, “Magnificence in Black” follows Kimmie (Taylor Polidore Williams), an unique dancer struggling to make ends meet who ultimately crosses paths with Mallory (Crystle Stewart) a profitable enterprise proprietor and member of the rich Bellaire household. As Perry advised Tudum, the concept behind the entire sequence was actually so simple as, “What occurred if these worlds collided — the stripper world and this hair care enterprise?”
Naturally, after Kimmie and Mallory meet, scandalous developments ensue. However to search out out what these are, you may have to affix the remainder of the Netflixers who’re streaming themselves right into a stupor watching “Magnificence in Black.”
Magnificence in Black is a worldwide triumph for Tyler Perry
“Magnificence in Black” premiered on Netflix on October 24, 2024, and rapidly turned a success. The identical week that Netflix’s new sci-fi horror film began dominating international charts, so too did Tyler Perry’s drama sequence, and never simply in the USA, both. Stateside the present actually did nicely, rating third on the most-watched TV charts for the week of October 21-27, as per the official Netflix High 10. Based on streaming viewership tracker, FlixPatrol, “Magnificence in Black” continued that success into the next week, too, hitting primary within the U.S. by October 29 and remaining there till November 1, when it fell to the second spot. The present has since fluctuated between the quantity two and three positions, and as of November 4 stays in second place.
However that is simply half the story, as a result of “Magnificence in Black” is proving fashionable worldwide. The present is charting in 83 international locations and holds the primary spot in 11 of them as of November 4, 2024. The Bahamas, The Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Kenya, Martinique, Mauritius, Nigeria, Reunion, South Africa, and Trinidad and Tobago are all watching “Magnificence in Black” sufficient to propel it to the highest of their respective most-watched charts. In the meantime, the sequence is quantity two in an extra 11 international locations, making this a really international triumph for Tyler Perry and his “easy-on-the-eyes sequence.”
Is Magnificence in Black truly any good?
On the time of writing, “Magnificence in Black” does not have sufficient critiques to tally on Rotten Tomatoes, so time will inform whether or not this Tyler Perry effort can fare higher critically than “Mea Culpa.” That mentioned, there are a number of disparate value determinations of Perry’s drama sequence floating round, and none of them bode too nicely. The Guardian, for example, surmised in a one-star evaluation that “Magnificence in Black” is “a catastrophe with one-dimensional characters and haphazard plotting.” Not one of the critiques which can be accessible on Rotten Tomatoes converse too extremely of the sequence, both.
But, in some way, “Magnificence in Black” has triumphed on Netflix, the place, as per FlixPatrol, it’s now the platform’s second most-watched present on the earth. To keep up that place it should fend off competitors from the German comedy sequence “Homicide Mindfully,” which is the third most-watched present globally on the time of writing. To take that international primary spot, Perry’s sequence should dethrone season two of “The Diplomat,” which was simply certainly one of one of the best sequence to hit Netflix in October 2024 and at present has a 93% score on Rotten Tomatoes. If Tyler Perry has proved something together with his Netflix efforts so far, although, it is that your reveals and films do not should be good to get to primary.
