For the past nine weeks I've been binge watching on this new show called Atlanta. I was already hooked on the show when they were just releasing promos throughout summer16 and I already knew that this show was going to be a hit. I wasn't surprised that the show has been picked up for a second season by the second episode... that's ICONIC. One of my favorite artists Donald Glover also known as Childish Gambino created/wrote/produced this show to express the inner works of Atlanta and to tell a story that people can actually relate to when it comes to working towards a dream where theirs actually struggles to go through first. Most shows and movies sugar coat what really goes down in real life situations; the show Atlanta doesn't. At all.
Donald Glover plays a character named Earnest "Earn" Marks, a broke part-time credit card salesman that has a dream of providing a better future for himself and his family. He perceives himself to be "homeless" but, he spends his restless nights at the home of his infant daughters mothers house. In the beginning of the series Earn sees an open opportunity that can possibly change his life forever when he learns that his cousin Alfred which is played by actor Brian Tyree Henry is a local rapper named "Paper Boi". He released a mixtape that started to grab the attention of Atlantas music scene and Earn sees the potential of something big happening with his cousin. So of course Earn slithers his way into his cousins life and becomes his manager but his cousin isn't really pleased on the idea of it due to the fact that they end up being in the middle of a shoot out.
There is so much more that has happened throughout this series when it comes to the witty remarks and the character development throughout each episode. I love the fact that Donald Glover has incorporated what real life is actually like into this series by talking about everything from what has been happening in the news with police brutality, stereotypes and what it's actually like to be living in a struggle that your constantly trying to fight through everyday. This show has to be my number 1 favorite show for the next tens years of my life due to how funny and addicting it is and, I can honestly say that I actually laugh out loud to this show instead of having the background laugh filter laugh for me on another show that other television series have to add in order for you to laugh at the joke that wasn't even funny in the first place; I'm just being honest. I would recommend this show to anyone that wants to laugh and also learn from this show when it comes to living in a struggle and going after your dreams once a a door of opportunity opens for you.
Post a Comment