FX & Donald Glover present Atlanta Season 2: Atlanta Robbin' Season

[Ribbs]

Black women were never checking for him anyway.

They weren't checking for him until he started singing or that Sway In The Morning freestyle.

 

[MJ Truth]

Right! She only gave a fukk about the white chic being with dude because he had money. She was acting like they was equally yoked and that she was rich just like he was. She was broke and mad at Becky for having the patience to be with him while he was a community college nikka.

Not the patience, the ability I think. I’m taking it that she probably couldn’t, in her early life situation, afford to be with somebody broke with the hope that they make it, while the white chick probably came from a family situation where, financially, she could afford to be with a man who was making no money because she already was taken care of herself.

 

[Kiyoshi-Dono]

Now that I think about it..
That shyt does sound like a Dram track

 

[G.O.A.T Squad Spokesman]

Not the patience, the ability I think. I’m taking it that she probably couldn’t, in her early life situation, afford to be with somebody broke with the hope that they make it, while the white chick probably came from a family situation where, financially, she could afford to be with a man who was making no money because she already was taken care of herself.

Good point, for some reason that scene reminded me of that Kanye line "And when he get on he leave yo ass for a white girl".


But it's not like black women have to invest financially in a dude's dream like that, they just have to understand that he can't take them out and spend money on them while he's trying to come up but the worst thing in the black community is a broke person.

 

[OJ Simpsom]

Ep was going downhill until Darius showed up.

Van robbed Drake for his green bomber jacket.

 

[Zero]

episode needed that darius appearance. van low key can't carry an episode by herself.


that rant gonna make a lot of pawgs quit watching this show.

It really ain't lowkey no more. Think about it, her solo ep from season 1 is only remembered because the boy in whiteface stole the show (and he didn't even have to say a word!)

She's just as petty and dumb as Earn yet is far less interesting but she gets a pass because shes fine....but that pass won't last forever with episodes like this

 

[h2o_proof]

Van talks differently with her "girls" than she does with her German friends, or even with Earn/Al/Darius. Whole different lingo and vernacular.

 

[you're NOT "n!ggas"]

It's interesting to see everybody has different opinions on which woman looked the best... Me, I'm feeling the dark skinned sister :diddy: she cute AND she was going hard all episode. Had them sexy crazy girl vibes


also, Drake is Mexican... Champagne Papi

 

[BlackMajik]

This is 100% Donald Glover’s Show. He signs off on every single script and also serves as the show runner and story editor. That shyt didn’t “escape” him.

I actually think that specific interaction of dialogue would’ve went over MUCH better had a black woman wrote it. I’m actually semi shocked they didn’t have a Stephanie Robinson write or edit this particular episode....

All I know is that Ibra whatever guy was on twitter bragging about how he wrote this shyt soooo. And a white woman directed this episode too lol

But yea I Donald has to sign off on this

 

[Donald J Trump]

The lead guy is pretty good actor but he ain’t built to be playing NO TYPE of pimp

Superfly ain’t a pimp

Van talks differently with her "girls" than she does with her German friends, or even with Earn/Al/Darius. Whole different lingo and vernacular.

People do the same with their grandparents

 

[gluvnast]

You on payroll?

Having something to talk about doesn’t equal a good episode at all breh. That’s not how the shyt works. If that’s what it took, Love & Hip Hop would be winning Emmys.

Of course it does. If it was really that "weak" then it wouldn't spark any kind of conversation to which that was their INTENT. You may not enjoy it because of your personal expectation. But it did what it set out to do. AtlantaFX doesn't always have to be straight comical, it can be whatever the creators and writers want to be. They were addressing some issues and they accomplished, at least in the Coli to spark a conversation about it and be invested to those characters. So that is a good episode.

 

[gluvnast]

Van talks differently with her "girls" than she does with her German friends, or even with Earn/Al/Darius. Whole different lingo and vernacular.

Good catch.

 

[MJ Truth]

Of course it does. If it was really that "weak" then it wouldn't spark any kind of conversation to which that was their INTENT. You may not enjoy it because of your personal expectation. But it did what it set out to do. AtlantaFX doesn't always have to be straight comical, it can be whatever the creators and writers want to be. They were addressing some issues and they accomplished, at least in the Coli to spark a conversation about it and be invested to those characters. So that is a good episode.

I have a feeling that no matter what this show does, you will consider it a good episode or find an explanation for why it is. The show is 30 minutes, you're telling me a 30 second conversation made it a good episode.

 

[MJ Truth]

Good point, for some reason that scene reminded me of that Kanye line "And when he get on he leave yo ass for a white girl".


But it's not like black women have to invest financially in a dude's dream like that, they just have to understand that he can't take them out and spend money on them while he's trying to come up but the worst thing in the black community is a broke person.

Yeah, but the shyt is deeper/more complicated than that. I could write a full dissertation on this shyt lol. It's not even about, a lot of times, a guy not being able to take her out or finance her or shyt like that, it's the idea that one person coming from a broke/poor situation with another person coming from a broke/poor situation, how much are you willing to risk building your relationship because there's no guarantees and the likelihood is you'll just end up being two poor adults raising poor kids thirty years from then. A woman from a well off family can go ahead and take that risk because, if it doesn't work out with the dude's dream, she can either quit him and find someone else easily and never have had to worry about wasting years of her life financially because her parents will support her, or she could take the lead financially until he's able to. Not even saying it's right/wrong, just that it's not as simple or superficial as people try to make it be in their efforts to demonize Black women.

 

[gluvnast]

I have a feeling that no matter what this show does, you will consider it a good episode or find an explanation for why it is. The show is 30 minutes, you're telling me a 30 second conversation made it a good episode.

Obviously YES. In this thread alone. And there's other parts of the episode that are interesting and needed to be addressed. I spoke on the overall theme of the episode is the façade of people in how they live their lives. Everyone is with the exception of Darius were fake, nothing seemed to be real, but people want to escape their own reality to feel good about themselves by posing and fronting.