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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...
glittery house
  05/20/18
edit--misread
Effete flirting tanning salon
  05/20/18
None of your points are per se incorrect, but when added tog...
Plum public bath
  05/20/18
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naked cumskin jewess
  05/20/18
He's very talented but also overrated. He's a better actor t...
glittery house
  05/21/18
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Haunting impressive immigrant people who are hurt
  05/21/18
Sup Donald?
idiotic station lettuce
  05/21/18
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Sexy Address
  05/21/18
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glittery house
  05/25/18
He is none of those things. He is the latest noble savage so...
gay gas station prole
  05/21/18
Should I watch atlanta?
exhilarant mental disorder
  05/21/18
it's good but it's definitely not because glover's an auteur...
saffron judgmental bbw
  05/21/18
The actors who play Darius and Albert are 180.
glittery house
  05/25/18
paper boi paper boi all about that paper boi i think he’s...
Claret godawful chapel
  05/21/18
really interesting thread
Scarlet dysfunction sandwich
  05/21/18


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Date: May 20th, 2018 11:51 PM
Author: glittery house

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: Effete flirting tanning salon

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: Plum public bath

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: naked cumskin jewess



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Date: May 21st, 2018 12:01 AM
Author: glittery house

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: Haunting impressive immigrant people who are hurt



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Date: May 21st, 2018 2:09 AM
Author: idiotic station lettuce

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: Sexy Address



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Date: May 25th, 2018 2:33 AM
Author: glittery house



(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: gay gas station 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: exhilarant mental disorder

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: saffron judgmental bbw

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: glittery house

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: Claret godawful chapel

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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: Scarlet dysfunction sandwich

really interesting thread

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