What Donald Glover’s Atlanta Is Telling Us
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- čas přidán 29. 09. 2023
- Donald Glover explores the black condition in hit tv series Atlanta
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"The world moves to fast for good people to keep moving slow" NOW THAT WAS A BAR 🔥
That shit hit home
@bones9659 man didn't it. Left me thinking about how do we go about life. Made me think alot actually. Damn
You missed that he was in a comedy troop called derricks comedy
Stop being a rabbit 🐇 and move at your own pace. When you move like a turtle 🐢, you'll win the race.
What does it mean? I'm confused😂
In a world where the word genius is subject to terrible inflation, Glover is an actual genius. I've never liked surrealism before, but he uses it as the condiment it is supposed to be, to express the absurdity that is mixed into reality. Most other artists make surrealism the main dish, to impress with weirdness, easy and empty. Glover's surrealism is dosed to perfection. It makes me feel less lonely and confronts me with myself. Class art can do one of those two, Glover's writing is the rare art that can do both. Thank you for this video.
I agree man
Thank you for the thoughtful comment and kind words. I definitely agree that Donald is a special talent! Thanks for watching and support the channel for more!
He's nowhere near genius
Louis ck did a good job
When i see Atlanta, i feel seen, even the FX trailers/teasers you can see Donald standing still but falling into the next day, or when he walks backwards with Darius & Paperboi. It makees you acknowledge "something aint right here". Whether its the moral compass thats out of whack, or the culture we create then profited from, the systems we are embedded into with invisible chains, etc.
I believe this show is a masterpiece. It’s unfortunate that a lot of people don’t truly understand or grasp the authenticity of it, it’s one of a kind.
I do
i like to believe this but where does it leave others, for instance, friends or family that could get it but just dont.. owell
The hate on season 3 showed me the show went over a lot of peoples heads.
The first season was the best then with every show it gets progressively worst as more seasons get added.
@@gimmieyogritswhen season 3 came out it was my favorite
Atlanta is probably my favorite show of all time. As a young Black man and a son of immigrants, this video was therapeutic in helping me understand the lessons from my losses and healing from my own mistakes and tarnished relationships. Thank you man, I’m definitely subscribed now. Keep pushing forward with your content, especially the content like this.
This means a lot, thank you for this thoughtful response. Really appreciate it.
Unfortunately I am no scholar and I find it very difficult to articulate exactly how I feel properly in writing. I’ll just say this, this is probably one of the best retrospectives on “Atlanta” and Donald Glover I have ever seen. Thank you.
Aaron McGruder, Donald Glover & Jordan Peele need to make something together. That show or movie would be NEXT LEVEL!
Darius’ character literally changed how I view the world. He’s not even real and it affected me that much. I love Atlanta it’s my favorite show for certain!!
That’s awesome, Atlanta has the best fans! Thanks for watching!
Would love to see a longer series of videos on Atlanta, theres a lot of great commentary here that i didnt catch while watching the show @@kazmaloop
A series is not a bad idea! I’ll see I can sprinkle short form material in between longer form essays!
I always thought of Darius as a Dale Cooper like character to the show. A flashlight in the dark
him and the show as a whole did that for me atlanta will forever have a place in my mind
I’m glad someone one pointed out the idea that Earn (Donald Glover) felt like an outsider. I can relate to him in so many ways. That’s why I love this show.
You love this show because earn is like you.
Mmm
A bit vapid bro
@@thesexygrandpacollective5053 Mmm I guess I am vapid. You are as well since the meaning of the word is to challenge. Yet I don’t see a question from you about why I made the comment. Mmmm 🤔
@@thesexygrandpacollective5053 ask me why I said what I said.
How is that vapid?
The term Awkward black comes to mind. I was and still am a awkward black guy and i felt thisbshow to and almost spiritual level. Being from the black community but not being fully accepted by the black community hits hard. Like they said earlier in the video you just want to belong. Too nerdy for the black kids, too ethnic for the white kids, the mexican kids usually kick it with themselves. My father made it his lifes goal for me and my sibling to have and use our extensive vocabulary but to the other kids you are white washed, or speak white. Donald Glover just nailed it perfectly.
You're pushing and uplifting the stereotype narrative of blacks when you call yourself an " 'awkward' black". Move past people less educated than you (black AND white and others) that want to put you in a box and just be you. A black person. Unapologetically.
Its truly sad that some "awkward black guys" feel they cant be themselves and have to conform to their environment/peers.
So do you feel because you are intelligent, proper, and unique that makes you awkward? Make it make sense. The black community has a sinister way of having this linear limited way of thinking. Like there’s such a problem when it comes to being inclusive to all different types of black ppl. I don’t see other cultures do this with their own as much smh. But if you’re a sexyy redd or a blue face you get multiple passes. That’s dysfunctional, awkward, and cringey asf if you ask me. I hope you don’t think your awkward because the black community said that you are.
I am latina who's a proud geek but grew up in a dominant black/hispanic hood environment , has adhd,depression and anxiety, all my life i never fit in to any sort of group . I came to the conclusion...it does'nt have to be all or nothing. Just be . As humans we tend to rely on tribalism to feel secure and psychological shove people into categories which makes us think we're in control of our understanding of reality we need to analyze what we want in community we need to expand our interests and include different people's backgrounds and requires stepping out of our comfort zones. Of course this takes a great amount of self awareness, taking courage and therapy to practice self healing.
@@mwoods4608either way it’s conforming. That’s the sad part
As a huge Donald Glover fan who started watching Atlanta when it originally released, up until it was completed, and then again from the beginning recently (I was like 14 and now I’m 22 lol), I really just came here to say how much I appreciate all the time and effort you put into this. I’ve always told people I love Atlanta and that it’s a really good show but when they ask me to describe what it’s about I always find myself at a loss for words, or rather stumped because I don’t know how to. This is the best essay and description of the show I’ve seen online including published articles about it, and I really really think you did an amazing job at putting everything into words. The show spans such a vast range of topics and has super unique perspectives and it’s really a lot to take in all of it. Thanks for this content, I know the writers would be proud
This really means a lot, thank you for the inspiring message and sharing what the work means to you. I hope I can keep delivering!
WOW! This comment and reply literally brings tears to my eyes. The exchange was heartfelt on both ends. Thank you both for being a perfect example of how to kindly express gratitude and give encouragement. Also, equally demonstrating how to humbly receive that appreciation.
Love this show and need to rewatch. Love the layers, the well developed characters, the humor and the creativity. Made me think which is the best.
Bro this review/essay might be the best not only on Atlanta but across all of them in general. Keep it up man, let the algo do its thing.
You already know
Brought a tear to my eyes because you pointed to my broken heart. I've been both the perpetrator and the victim. The pain comes from absently hurting others, then experiencing the pain when others do something similar to me. Your video essay is incredible. I'm subscribed. Knowing that I caused someone else to feel the pain I feel makes me hurt twice as much. Thanks for bringing me back to that pain because it makes more careful. Helps me live more deliberately.
Hurt people hurt people. Thank you for sharing your experience and thoughts. I’m happy this video resonated with you. Stay tuned!
as a white immigrant who grew up in the south tampa ghetto, atlanta is my comfort show. as my mom’s immigration status became more legal our economic status went up. i could never really bring myself to fit in with the suburban white crowd and that brought me such a sense of carnal rage. i could never be one of those white kids that pretended to be black because of the pride i feel in my homelands culture, yet i couldn’t act like the white kids in knew because it made me feel like a fraud. this dissonance really bothered me and i could never understand why until i watched atlanta, it was a beautiful reminder of my childhood but it was also an avenue of growth and introspection. I love that show
Thank you for this comment & for watching!
I’m a white woman who was in a years long relationship with a rich trust fund guy. I didn’t grow up with much and my family still doesn’t have much. My friends look like a fuckin Benetton advert. lol His friends were rich boarding school people. I could never quite articulate how it felt to move among those rich people all those years. I also work on the staff side at a college (as a former first gen college student). My dad also worked on a college campus for years doing maintenance for the dorms. One day I was with my ex going to a work event and walking across campus with him. We walked past a group of construction workers taking a break. SUDDENLY it dawned on me that I had always, for all the years I worked at that college, felt way more akin to and comfortable with those construction workers and the maintenance staff and cleaners at the college than I ever had with the Deans or faculty. And I knew my boyfriend literally didn’t even notice them. To me, I saw them as familiar guys like my uncles, and to him they didn’t even register. I’d have similar thoughts at restaurants if him or his parents were being impatient I’d remark, “well the host just double sat our server so he/she is probably overwhelmed, but their other table just gave their drink order and that third one just had apps dropped, so they should be over soon.” They’d of course never worked in the service industry and would not have noticed or watched any of the restaurant staff except when they were at our table. I never said any of this to him of course but god his family was insufferable. And I learned to always bring a $20 bill to any dinner with them and I’d find our server, apologize for them being horrible, and give the waiter/waitress the bill. Anyways your comment just reminded me of all this. Wild how moving through a whole different culture of your own people can feel so surreal.
Great breakdown! I remember hearing Donald describe the show Atlanta as wanting people to feel what it's like to be black, but I didn't really get that from the show. But now I understand he meant 'this is what other people feel & look like from the perspective of being black in Atlanta'. The show was so surreal because it's about getting across how these situations feel.
Now I gotta rewatch the series with that in mind. Originaly I went in expecting more inside jokes about being black in Atlanta or some fresh perspectives, but now I see it was more about accurately getting the experience across of how it feels.
I wish more people made videos like this on this show, it's my favorite show ever, was the moment I saw it. Great video bro!
Thank you! It’s my favorite show too. Like, subscribe and support the channel for more!
Great video. Part of the genius of this show that you helped me realize is that all of the main characters are both outsiders in society and outsiders in their (4 person) friendship circle. That’s part of what makes each of them and the show so damn good. I mean, who can’t relate to that?!
Great takeaway, thank you for watching!
As a fan of the show I appreciate how you broke it down.
Thank you to talking about this, as once I'd finished the last episode I was left wanting to reflect and connect with others on how the show made other people feel, because it was so profound, silly, harsh and beautiful all at the same time. So deeply touching. Atlanta remains one of the bravest dramas ever made. It goes out on a limb confidently taking us through a world that seems surreal, wild and crazy only for it to gradually dawn that no matter how leftfield the show was, all it was ever doing was holding up a mirror to reality. The height of inspired creativity that is seen in this work stands alongside the very best drama in film or TV ever made. And it's not given even a third of the respect it deserves.
Great analysis man. Keep up the good work. Its refreshing to see Atlanta broken down by his various layers. There is so much to unpack in this show that many people dont understand, or just overlook.
Thank you, really appreciate that! Atlanta has the best fans!
I love this show and truly love how deep it is. I’ve binged watched maybe every Atlanta breakdown video just to even Scratch the surface of how the show makes me feel and think. Before this show I wouldn’t be able to tell u anything about surrealism let alone Afro- surrealism. He talks about real issues but evolves em and shows them in a creative way
thank god im seeing someone else out there with some critical thinking talking about atlanta lmao, i mean ive some reactors have some really good opinions, but no decent video essays or anything similar until now. i mostly just find people talking about his art style rather than the actual meanings and implications. the show makes such important, poignant, thought-provoking, yet overlooked messages, and the mindsets of lots of the fans (epsecially white, appropriating fans) prove the exact commentary that donald glover is giving.
at the same time, it is most certainly "airing out the room," releasing racial tension, and helping many fans be more honest and open-minded towards these issues. plus i find the show as almost more philosophical than commentary-focused; it's posing more questions than answers. plus it focuses on extreme big-picture issues that can apply to almost anyone that's in an oppressed state of class or humanity.
Thank you for this really great comment. Atlanta has some great fans so I’m glad to see the discussion y’all are bringing. Hopefully more as others chime in. I appreciate your kind words, continue to support the channel for more!
@@kazmaloop hell yeah man ill subscribe at the very least, im always looking for meaningful content so ill check out more of your videos here really soon
Oddly because it’s more common than you think but a good vehicle to relate. It humanizes our story because it isn’t so alien.
Atlanta has to be my favorite show right now. Donald Glover really nailed this one. It's probably the only show that can have you cycle through every emotion in a single episode and leave you wanting more.
This was great. I feel lowkey inspired after understanding the show on another level. I’m gonna rewatch it again and be more in tune with the details of mental health rather than the entertainment part. Once again…thank you for this video. I’m in a similar situation as ern and as in the 1st season…minus the baby mama and child though lol. Stay bless 🙏🏿
So broke?
@@chaike9001 basically
I like how you let the video play while chiming us in with your thoughts. Very unique and effective.
Im a first generation latino to be born and raised in America and Earn is probably one of my top five most relatable characters in all of film I mean I understand im not African American but wow his character development through out the series was hard hitting I really enjoyed the messages through the seasons
incredible bro. So many things I didn’t catch
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Life for a black person is transactional is an idea i always felt but i never heard anyone say it out loud.
I made a video called the insanity of race that would paor really well with this, i basically found out how race was started in America and how absurd and ex0loiative it was. The race of black and white did not exist officially until the 1600s-ish. Everything we were taught about race is a lie, literally everything. I love how Atlanta shows the effects of this manipulation and how this channel explains it so well, your vince staples video really showed me a new viewpoint also.
I wish they would come up with another show like that, Atlanta was just great to watch!
Absolutely incredible video- subtleties I missed that I definitely need to rewatch!
The editing and composition in this was superb. It's like early Needwriter.
Means a lot, thank you!
Incredible video. Atlanta is my favorite show, and this really helps articulate why it's so amazing.
atlanta was so slept on and really actually captures the atmosphere of atlanta, nothing out here is straight forward. People who dont understand Atlanta and are from atlanta truly blow my mind.
Excellent analysis, thank you for dropping this video
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What a great video essay man bravo
I’ve been missing Atlanta recently and been thinking about rewatching it to understand the subtle nuances. CZcams recommending your video is just what I needed.
This was phenomenal bro, thank you so much for the deeper dive.
Atlanta will forever be my comfort show
You crushed this video bro and the explanation was 100% on point. Well done
currently rewatching Atlanta for the third time lol! this video is such a great dissection of the show, thank you for making this 😆
I really enjoyed this video essay and it describes Atlanta in a very accurate manner. I also want to point out that in the beginning of the show when Alfred goes to visit his uncle about Earn managing him, his uncle mentions that if he’s going to do it, he’s gonna do it “his way”. Throughout the entire series, we see just that, even seeing Earn sharing with Vanessa that he has to do things “his way” to get them to a better place.
Great catch! Adds to his loner mentality
As a hip hop artist/ media creative, this show gave me new perspective on life and realize my life has deeper meaning. I was blinding by a fog like Paper Boi, noticed i was loosing my family like Earn …i realized what i want my life to be and who i am.
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Thoroughly enjoyed this, definitely gonna rewatch the series
great work, thank you taking the time to produce this!
13:06 🤯 This comparison made me slap my dining room table earlier today. Now I’m laying in bed I realize, “And what was the pig doing? Messing with his weed plants…” 👮🏻
One of the best Atlanta video essays I’ve seen !
Great job, man! Really enjoyed this. Thanks you.
Great video and one of the greatest shows ever. I appreciated how you were able to track the tropes over time as I get hyper focused on each episode and how they can be so weird, thought provoking and challenging all at the same time. I’m going to have to circle back and watch these from the beginning again. Thank you!!
excellent work!
Amazing video can’t wait to see more from you
Excellent video -- excite to watch more of your essays!
Sensational Video
Thank you for watching and commenting, much appreciated!
Only great minds understand this show!! 🙏🏿
That scene you pointed out where the guy questions Earn feeling like an outsider hit hard for me when I was watching. Had literal flashbacks of my childhood, and my struggle with identity as a biracial person (Black and Polynesian). Didn't help that I went through that same "you talk white" criticisms on top of that. Made me feel alienated from my own people. Then on the other end of the spectrum I was sometimes perceived as only being Black to some of my friends who weren't Black. Well, either that or incorrectly labled as Arab or Indian in regards to strangers. Some people just straight up ask me what my ethnicity is to this day. So I've learned that my perceived racial identity to others just seems to be contextual. Just grit my teeth and bear with it. I know what I am. But I think it made me stronger and more open minded in the end. Helped me focus on finding my true self as opposed to trying to mold myself to be perceived a certain way. And in the end my real friends have always been there. Still are to this day.
This was a phenomenal break down of the show. A much needed one. I know I would get lost at times trying to up with all the messages.
So much better than ever ❤️💯💯💯💯💯 enjoy people
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What a great video man, great analysis.
Thanks for watching!
This was dope. One of the best video essays I've seen. Nuanced and handled well fam. You have a new subscriber.
I watched that whole video. Good job bro. Thank you.
I love this show, it brought out a lot of things I didn’t understand about myself and the world of the music industry and friendship as well as business
AmaZing video
Wonderful video on an amazing show. I checked out the show earlier this summer and it blew me away. Keep it up :)
This was a beautiful trip.I thank you with all my heart for all the effort you have put into making this beauty.
Great video!
Thank you!
Damn this was a good ass insightful video. Atlanta is my favorite show. Thank you for this!
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Thank you for taking the time to make this
This video gave me more clarity and helped me understand better why I enjoy the show so much
This was beautiful, thanks
Great video. I look forward to your future videos.
That was insightful analysis on one of my favorite shows! Well done!
Awesome analysis. One of my favorite shows ever. EVER. I get emotional still thinking about the last episode 😢
Great video! Makes me want to watch Atlanta, I have never watched it before. Plus I like Donald Glover from the movie Solo and his song This Is America. He is really a smart and talented person.
This was an amazing video, thank you
Bro this was one of the best videos I've seen a while bro this was really good perspective!!
Thank you for an exceptional deep dive into the excellent work of art that is ATLANTA.
My favourite video on Atlanta. I know that's saying a lot but I love this. Very well made.
Much appreciated, thanks for sharing your thoughts
Donald is my dude... but the Black Experience is far to vast for one show to cover it. Its a satirical perspective on the black experience... But there is so much more, things that we have never appropriated on screen.
100%. I think the experience is as different as there are people. But he does capture how it feels I think and that’s what gives the show power. Thank you for watching and commenting!
@kazmaloop oh yes he does. I love the show I think it's one of the best in recent history. The layers are all there, but it's just hard to cover everything. It's masterful nonetheless.
You truly earned my subscription bro. Great job here.
This was a masterpiece bro keep it up you just earned my sub
tremendous video and beautiful words! much love to you and yours, brother.
Super dope! Thank you
Kazmaloop, you are destined for success. Please never stop doing what you're doing.
New to the channel. Amazing video. You have another subscriber
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This was beautifully put
fantastic video
Love it just subscribed
Your good at this. Keep it up⬆️
this was an amazing review
Such an amazing video
Dope video!
Thank you!
Great breakdown of this series 👏
AHHHHH I LOVE THIS SO MUCH BUT YOU CANT FORGET "DERRICK COMEDY"!!! REAL CZcams ALUMNI KNOW WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT
amazing vid dude
Awesome video❤❤❤❤❤
this video was a banger bro 🔥🔥🔥
An absolute masterpiece. From the strange to the obvious, this pretty much sums up BLACK in america
insanley good video
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Man thanks for breaking this down…. Atl is and was a great show. Really speaks to Donald glovers genius. Hate that it was discontinued
I like Atlanta and living here, it's great to see the city in a show of that caliber. Maybe that's why I didn't like the fact that they filmed a whole season in Europe. They could have done a couple of episodes there, but a whole season was too much.
That Chappelle intro was spot on.