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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