Madeline
While watching Nashville, the show, I feel as though I am watching All About Eve all over again. There is the old “Hollywood” then the new “Hollywood” and in this case, old town of country music and new town of country music. The premise of the classic movie is the same. Except this time in the present and surrounded by country music. The country music vibe is all over this show. There is the new, the present, and the future of country music instead of just the new and the present. That is what this show is all about. That with a sprinkle of drama. Dama and country music.
The Premise Of This Show
The basic story of the beginning revolves around three women. Each women represents different times in country music, in no other city but the city of Nashville, the country music capital of the world. Think of them as the past, present, and future. The past, Reyna James, played by Connie Briton, is a country music superstar who is now being shadowed by the present, Juliette Barns, played by Hayden Panettiere. The new and upcoming star Scarlett O’Connor is right around the corner. The three play off each other and are aware, but they still try to keep their part as the biggest superstar of country music. Keeping the title of the best female country star in a town of the best country town is a difficult task. And this show is here to show us just that.
Once you get through the basic country premise of this television show, it is your typical high drama television show. With affairs, and divorces, and girls who find out their dad is someone else. There are drugs, alcohol, prison, a coma she might not wake up from, backstabbing, and the list goes on. All while carrying a nice country tune. It is all a nice tied up country ribbon with a pretty little country bow.
My Experience With The City Of Country Music
The setting of this country music city includes The Blue Bird and The Grande Ole Opry, which appear in this show. As someone who recently went to the city of this show’s namesake on a girls trip, I get excited every time I see a place I have been. For anyone who has been or has an interest in the city, this is a fun show that is made for people familiar with the town. It is a show to say “I have been here” and “I have been there”.
That was my excitement with this show. I got to point to no one (I watched alone) and say “Oh hey! I went there. And THIS happened” or “This person that I know did did THAT same thing.” Once the drama and the scenes of places I have been were getting repetitive, I lost my interest and moved on to the next show. The mimosa bar at the Grande Ole Opry was no longer exciting. And so, a show not including country music of the city or country music. Or drama for that matter.
Final Thoughts
Overall it’s a nice little drama worth watching but in no means worth going out of the way for. It is great for country lovers and lovers of a little country town called Nashville. It is not for the rock lovers, like myself, or the people who have not left their hometown. But if I go to go back to this country music town, this show will be on my mind. I will see you in in the best town for country music next time!
