FX's ATLANTA (Starring Donald Glover) S4 Final episode

[Chopper]

I’m probably the only one that’s not a fan of Darius

Lol hands down my favorite character. Dude def a shroomer.

 

[Maximus Meridius]

Darius is great. That gun range scene in season 1 is classic.

 

[6pac]

episode sucked and they made van look like a bird

she had those slides at the end so i guess she got that drake pic tho

 

[antbanks81]

On the real, I'm tired as hell of these single character episodes. Only the barber ep was close to entertaining.

 

[jjs07]

Skimming through this now, but this write up is from a guy who was on tour in '14 with Glover...it's VERY interesting. I came across it in reddit when going through the post-show discussion from Thursday.

Let’s be real, Donald is an easy target for most people, specifically white critics. They see him as this affluent whiny dude who never had to struggle or live the black experience, and most of his success can be attributed to his built-in audience from being on network TV for a number of years. If you didn’t read that first sentence you would’ve most likely thought I was talking about Drake, but they won’t let ****** have two successful actors-turned-rappers. It’s just too much to digest. So you attack who you think is the weaker one, the one with no co-signs or real affiliations. I remember we went to Drake’s house (**** you Drake, if you can mention drinking tea at Erykah’s I’m gonna mention your crib) and the Weeknd came up to Donald and his brother and seemed relieved when he said, “I had to come up to you guys and see if you were actually ******.” Imagine a world where a polite beige kid from Toronto goes up to two black kids from Atlanta and one from South Central LA, and he’s the one questioning our hood credibility. Things done changed.

http://pigeonsandplanes.com/in-depth/2014/05/being-angry-and-black-on-the-childish-gambino-tour

Being Angry and Black on the Childish Gambino Tour

Man...

Gotta think Donald Glover has a chip on his shoulder the size of a planet.

 

[kdslittlebro]

There are at least 6-7 dudes on here that would behave like Van did in this episode if they were at that party.

On NT? That's a low estimate

 

[beh235]

Wow

 

[masagipatron]

I always thought CG’s music was trash but I definitely respect his screenwriting and acting. Atlanta was a pleasant surprise when it came out. That’s the dope thing about a multi talented person. You might not rock with their music but you dig the acting.

 

[Master Zik]

On the real, I'm tired as hell of these single character episodes. Only the barber ep was close to entertaining.

Close to entertaining?

FOH

 

[htg designs]

I always thought CG’s music was trash but I definitely respect his screenwriting and acting. Atlanta was a pleasant surprise when it came out. That’s the dope thing about a multi talented person. You might not rock with their music but you dig the acting.

You ever heard this?

 

[Mark Antony]

I think NTers throw around trash too much. I can see not digging his music, but trash is a bit much.

 

[KingParappa]

I think NTers throw around trash too much. I can see not digging his music, but trash is a bit much.

Yeah I think the internet has helped this thought process. If it ain't Great, its trash. There's no middle ground. There's no nuance.

 

[Master Zik]

I think NTers throw around trash too much. I can see not digging his music, but trash is a bit much.

NTers like @nawghtyhare have ruined the word

 

[kdslittlebro]

Yeah I think the internet Joe Budden has helped this thought process. If it ain't Great, its trash.

 

[P A Z]

I think NTers throw around trash too much. I can see not digging his music, but trash is a bit much.

When Awaken My Love released, dudes were all up in the thread hatin'

 

[Maximus Meridius]

Always thought Donald Glover was a goofy nerd, still do but he cool. His character seems a lot like him.

 

[KingParappa]

You know, you might be on to something...

 

[sugafree]

Last two episodes were corny.....

 

[Master Zik]

The prep for how this show fell off already in full effect!

 

[lil rabbit]

Van got some nice boobies

 

[mycoldyourdone]

I dont even like her like that (fight me) but she was damn hot in that dress/bomber

 

[mjwizkid]

 

[SupremeBeing5]

Yeah this season wack.

Prob last one we get. Only one I'll watch again is the barbershop one.

 

[Tony $now]

Yea, dudes are tripping

Thought it was a good ep. Definitely looked at it more of an episode about social media/fame than just about Van and her friends being "Thots". Hell, Van wasn't even really thotting. She saw a vid of her ex on the gram, and decided that she wanted to try to make him jealous by posting a pic with a celeb. As soon as she saw the video, she said to her friend "I need to get my IG poppin". Her sniffing the jacket thinking it was Drake's was a bit much, but there's chicks who would have done a lot worse

Then the lil bit about the black athletes always dating white women. Wasn't really done that well but it was funny, and valid.

All the girls paying for the pic with the cardboard cutout because they know that a picture with Drake will get their IG "popping". Everyone pretending that they're at a Drake mansion party, when the whole thing is fake, but like the chick said, "the public doesn't know that"

You may see it as Van wasn’t bopping or being a thot, but the eagerness she had to just “see” drake was thottish behavior. We haven’t seen her get that excited over her own baby daddy(which is mainly his fault by some of his actions) which in my opinion is a red flag if we are trying to go to the “bigger” picture view as your post suggest. Shorty would’ve bussed it wide open just to say she slept with drake . Groupies come in many shapes and both men and women wear the jersey. It’s the same as dudes taking pictures with famous people saying “Me and Bro” or Me and the Big Homie” .

Sista Soulja aka the the hating chick basically spoke what many black females have always said about professional or well to do black men, plus some of yalls GOAT Kanye referenced it on Gold Digger “When he get on he leave your A$& for a white girl”. I myself don’t care about interracial dating. To keep it 100 people should date who they like etc, regardless of color, but on both sides black women and white women, we have have numerous examples that have shown they seek out these “powerful” men for monetary gains or sometimes just the cache one of these men may have for selfish reasons, then they “learn” to love the guy etc. For example, we have all of these Housewife, Girlfriend, Love and and hip hop shows. Majority if not all of these chicks saw guys who were approaching or had potential to make a lot of money and gain noterity in their perspective fields right? You do realize it starts out the same way that Van acted on the episode. Girl just needs to get in the vacinity as the guy, guy chooses, smashes, is careless, a baby comes, she gets fed up with the cheating or realizes the money train is about to stop, hits homie with child support to continue funding her lifestyle, then when that runs dry to keep her “brand” hot, she joins a reality show with the hopes to be seen by another potential sucker. Rinse and repeat. “The game is the game.”

This whole social media age just highlights that everyone is looking for validation from other folks period. With my fake philosophical hat on, it’s almost a microcosm of the world in general, it’s why people go into debt to to stunt on people, or to appear to being doing better than the next person. We are all self conscious about something, some more than others. Social media just highlights this vanity.

 

[spiderjericho]

With the white woman when home girl approached/attacked (Glover arguing) her, she said she was with dude from jump when he was down and performing in community theater. The black chick retorted I ain’t got time for that.

I didn’t necessarily agree with that.

And freaking Darius existentialism philosophical madness lol.

Episode wasn’t that entertaining. Bibb has been the highlight episode.