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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...
onyx piazza
  05/20/18
edit--misread
Green Brunch
  05/20/18
None of your points are per se incorrect, but when added tog...
brass pisswyrm
  05/20/18
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Soul-stirring Frum Pervert Native
  05/20/18
He's very talented but also overrated. He's a better actor t...
onyx piazza
  05/21/18
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Charismatic nighttime den
  05/21/18
Sup Donald?
navy persian
  05/21/18
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vivacious anal codepig
  05/21/18
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onyx piazza
  05/25/18
He is none of those things. He is the latest noble savage so...
wild hideous point
  05/21/18
Should I watch atlanta?
Galvanic bawdyhouse
  05/21/18
it's good but it's definitely not because glover's an auteur...
rusted house-broken voyeur
  05/21/18
The actors who play Darius and Albert are 180.
onyx piazza
  05/25/18
paper boi paper boi all about that paper boi i think he’s...
Disrespectful kitchen
  05/21/18
really interesting thread
iridescent glittery property filthpig
  05/21/18


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Date: May 20th, 2018 11:51 PM
Author: onyx piazza

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: Green Brunch

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: brass pisswyrm

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: Soul-stirring Frum Pervert Native



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3982539&forum_id=2#36094308)



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Date: May 21st, 2018 12:01 AM
Author: onyx piazza

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: Charismatic nighttime den



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3982539&forum_id=2#36094713)



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Date: May 21st, 2018 2:09 AM
Author: navy persian

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: vivacious anal codepig



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3982539&forum_id=2#36094718)



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Date: May 25th, 2018 2:33 AM
Author: onyx piazza



(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: wild hideous point

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: Galvanic bawdyhouse

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: rusted house-broken voyeur

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: onyx piazza

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: Disrespectful kitchen

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: iridescent glittery property filthpig

really interesting thread

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