'Wayward' Welcomes You to Tall Pines, A Small Town with Secrets
Netflix's latest thriller series, "Wayward," deals with "troubled" teens, cults, and intergenerational trauma in a mysterious rural setting.
Stereotypical media depictions of small-town life often go one of two ways. The first is the idyllic, tight-knit community found in Hallmark Christmas specials. The second is the sinister version favored in horror movies, where the town and its residents hide an awful secret.
For the most part, we lift up media that eschew both of these tropes, preferring stories that represent rural people and places with nuance and complexity.
Author's summary: Exploring rural life in "Wayward" series.
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