13065751, Yeah that's a long way of saying what I said in #12 Posted by Buddy_Gilapagos, Wed Sep-07-16 03:28 PM
Hard to hold a skit he did in college against him. Also hard to hold questionable rap lyrics against him from when he was younger.
As a dude that followed him from his college skit days, one of the best things about this show is to see his maturation as a writer. Lots of nuance and respect for his characters.
>This is a lot of it so I'm just gonna quote the writer >Michael Arceneaux. > > >"When I first heard Donald Glover was making a show called >Atlanta, my initial response lingered on, "Uh, I don't know >about all that."...I've never been quite sure what to make of >him. I don't believe in measuring anyone's blackness; it's >stupid, sophomoric, and, forever and always, incredibly >boring. > >Still, I've taken issue with previous comments he's made about >black culture, most notably how he's referred to it as a >"fight."...whenever I hear black people opine about liking >both rap acts and emo bands, my eyes roll into the back of my >head. You're not the only one, beloveds, and plenty of us can >relate to mixed tastes. Being well-spoken, being educated, and >not being thuggish or "hard" does not automatically make you >disconnected from the black community at large. But for >whatever disconnect that's been mentioned in the past, Glover >didn't help his case with comedy sketches like "bro rape" or >the fetishizing of Asian women under his rap moniker Childish >Gambino." > >http://www.vulture.com/2016/09/atlanta-recap-season-1-episode-1.html
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