But Season 3 is full of uniquely Black American conundrums that even Black people find difficult to sort through. That this reserved group of Black people and aloof camera are seeing things clearer than anyone - life really is this weird, and there’s not a whole lot to be done about it.Ītlanta‘s audience is not trigger happy with the term “problematic” and it navigates the show’s ambiguity well. You may oh so briefly think this can’t be real after one of these uncomfortable scenes, but Atlanta coolly convinces you yes, this is happening. These are just some of the spectacles Atlanta conjures that most producers wouldn’t touch with a stick and no other show could present so coldly and unflinchingly. Mysterious Jewish American social capital. After all, Donald Glover views storytelling as the greatest vehicle of information humans have.īut as it grows in scope and clout, selfish expectations may distract from the magic of Atlanta‘s Black bystander view of the world’s chaos. There are plenty of writers and viewers who see the compressed zip folders of data in Atlanta‘s strangest scenes, unzip them, and tell the full stories with all the unlocked files. And that’s a good thing - the people who currently speak on Atlanta don’t flood the internet with awful takes and vain character obsessions. – Donald Glover, “ Donald Glover Can’t Save You,” The New Yorker (2018)ĭespite its growing relevance, Atlanta is not yet big enough (think Euphoria or Game of Thrones-level) to boast many casual viewers. It’s not going to do the transformative work we’ve been talking about. Best-case scenario, the show is just a show that makes people aware.
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