In February 2024, a spicy crime drama reigned over the Netflix high 10. That crime drama was “Mea Culpa,” the primary product to come back out of a multi-year first-look deal between Netflix and Tyler Perry. Sadly, the essential response to this Kelly Rowland-led outing did not bode nicely for future Perry/Netflix emissions, with “Mea Culpa” garnering a damning 18% ranking on Rotten Tomatoes. That mentioned, we dwell in an age the place streaming success is sufficient, and it appears there will likely 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 could be. Set in Atlanta, “Magnificence in Black” follows Kimmie (Taylor Polidore Williams), an unique dancer struggling to make ends meet who finally crosses paths with Mallory (Crystle Stewart) a profitable enterprise proprietor and member of the rich Bellaire household. As Perry informed 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 seek out out what these are, you may have to hitch the remainder of the Netflixers who’re streaming themselves right into a stupor watching “Magnificence in Black.”
Magnificence in Black is a world triumph for Tyler Perry
“Magnificence in Black” premiered on Netflix on October 24, 2024, and shortly 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 US, 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. In accordance with 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 standard 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 additional 11 international locations, making this a very 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 opinions 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 just a few disparate value determinations of Perry’s drama sequence floating round, and none of them bode too nicely. The Guardian, as an illustration, surmised in a one-star evaluate that “Magnificence in Black” is “a catastrophe with one-dimensional characters and haphazard plotting.” Not one of the opinions which are obtainable on Rotten Tomatoes converse too extremely of the sequence, both.
But, someway, “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 must 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 must dethrone season two of “The Diplomat,” which was simply one among the very best sequence to hit Netflix in October 2024 and presently has a 93% ranking on Rotten Tomatoes. If Tyler Perry has proved something together with his Netflix efforts to date, although, it is that your reveals and films do not should be good to get to primary.
