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I like some of his stuff but Donald Glover is a massively overrated dilettante

His stand-up is really bad, even amateurish. I can't rea...
tantric transparent principal's office
  05/20/18
edit--misread
Comical dark whorehouse stock car
  05/20/18
None of your points are per se incorrect, but when added tog...
Charcoal gaped dragon
  05/20/18
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Jade low-t selfie shitlib
  05/20/18
He's very talented but also overrated. He's a better actor t...
tantric transparent principal's office
  05/21/18
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Salmon supple state roommate
  05/21/18
Sup Donald?
red feces senate
  05/21/18
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lilac indian lodge
  05/21/18
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tantric transparent principal's office
  05/25/18
He is none of those things. He is the latest noble savage so...
Beady-eyed Area Prole
  05/21/18
Should I watch atlanta?
pungent flickering tank
  05/21/18
it's good but it's definitely not because glover's an auteur...
Curious Fear-inspiring Home
  05/21/18
The actors who play Darius and Albert are 180.
tantric transparent principal's office
  05/25/18
paper boi paper boi all about that paper boi i think he’s...
Chocolate Nowag
  05/21/18
really interesting thread
Amber bat-shit-crazy set boltzmann
  05/21/18


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Date: May 20th, 2018 11:51 PM
Author: tantric transparent principal's office

His stand-up is really bad, even amateurish.

I can't really evaluate him as a writer but the episode he directed in Atlanta season 1, the one he won an Emmy for, was riddled with cliches and failed gags. Atlanta has way too many really corny, hackneyed joke attempts. I strongly suspect that's his doing.

His first album was trash and he's a mediocre MC. The R&B one after that was better but minus Redbone, it doesn't really stand out. And speaking of that song, it's good but representative of a lot of his music: he's incredible at identifying a sound and then aping it in a self-conscious way. Just listen to the 'Bieber' song he wrote for Atlanta, or the way he effortlessly slides between genres without really committing to the projects.

The video for 'This is America' is nonsensical, sophomoric posturing at an opportune moment. His message isn't complicated and the song doesn't stand on its own.

He was probably pissed that Jordan Peele became the most influential pop culture commentator on the Black American perspective and deliberately tried to overrun his stature.

Whenever Atlanta tries to comment on current issues like police brutality, profiling, transphobia, whatever, it's always an ham-fisted, scolding way.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3982539&forum_id=2#36094267)



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Date: May 20th, 2018 11:52 PM
Author: Comical dark whorehouse stock car

edit--misread

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3982539&forum_id=2#36094276)



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Date: May 20th, 2018 11:57 PM
Author: Charcoal gaped dragon

None of your points are per se incorrect, but when added together, your thesis is lol wrong.

"I mean, he's only like he's only a 95th percentile standup, a 97% sitcom writer, a 97% actor, a 98% visual artist, a 95% rapper, a 97% R&B singer, a 96% music writer, a 95% TV director...like, he's so overrated"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3982539&forum_id=2#36094298)



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Date: May 20th, 2018 11:59 PM
Author: Jade low-t selfie shitlib



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Date: May 21st, 2018 12:01 AM
Author: tantric transparent principal's office

He's very talented but also overrated. He's a better actor than anything else.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3982539&forum_id=2#36094319)



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Date: May 21st, 2018 2:08 AM
Author: Salmon supple state roommate



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Date: May 21st, 2018 2:09 AM
Author: red feces senate

Sup Donald?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3982539&forum_id=2#36094716)



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Date: May 21st, 2018 2:11 AM
Author: lilac indian lodge



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Date: May 25th, 2018 2:33 AM
Author: tantric transparent principal's office



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3982539&forum_id=2#36124208)



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Date: May 21st, 2018 6:57 AM
Author: Beady-eyed Area Prole

He is none of those things. He is the latest noble savage soup du jour the left is forcing down your throat.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3982539&forum_id=2#36095039)



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Date: May 21st, 2018 2:05 AM
Author: pungent flickering tank

Should I watch atlanta?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3982539&forum_id=2#36094708)



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Date: May 21st, 2018 2:13 AM
Author: Curious Fear-inspiring Home

it's good but it's definitely not because glover's an auteur. the guys playing his rapper cousin and his rapper cousin's sidekick are great. he's also lucky he was able to work with hiro murai (who directed a few eps and also the this is america vid)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3982539&forum_id=2#36094723)



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Date: May 25th, 2018 2:38 AM
Author: tantric transparent principal's office

The actors who play Darius and Albert are 180.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3982539&forum_id=2#36124220)



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Date: May 21st, 2018 7:05 AM
Author: Chocolate Nowag

paper boi paper boi all about that paper boi

i think he’s weird and overrated. i did enjoy camp and watch atlanta though. meh.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3982539&forum_id=2#36095045)



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Date: May 21st, 2018 7:08 AM
Author: Amber bat-shit-crazy set boltzmann

really interesting thread

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3982539&forum_id=2#36095048)