I think the locals liked the cast of Hot GRITS a lot. I just think they were maybe hoping for plotlines that highlight all the unexpected talent, intelligence, diversity, and weird beauty that Valdosta has to offer. I think they want you to be brave enough to paint a picture of our town and the South at large as a community in flux. Valdosta is the hub of the new Southern renaissance. From a purely financial perspective, it would behoove you to abandon tired clichés that paint the South as a haven for dumb dumbs pissed about the civil war and start focusing on the potent beauty we're capable of. It's the heat and humidity that makes us so hot down here. Get hip to that narrative and you'll make some money. Put it on CMT and call it "Valdosta" and we and the world will watch.