Leonard Washington
Superstar
Definitely was thinking of that movie with the great Harry Belafonte(sp) I don't think folks can handle it which means it should be made
Official 'Atlanta' Season 3 Thread
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RARI_Godwind
St. BAWGustine - DarkSkxxxn
This show is definitely walking away with at least 1 banned episode and heavy content warnings for season 4 
Henry Orbit
Wave Gods
“Apolo-cheese” not apology 
RARI_Godwind
St. BAWGustine - DarkSkxxxn
Word I was thinking maybe it’s about going back Europe? White folk having to take their own involuntary voyage into the water?
RARI_Godwind
St. BAWGustine - DarkSkxxxn
I felt like it was more of Donald Glover’s “US” that’s more explicitly racial in its focus. The white people and Black people are tethered by slavery in this instance and it ends with the same song. Lol
The fact that Atlanta will boldly make these non-sequiters is what puts them head and shoulders above any show out there. The shyt is BRILLIANT budget wise and creatively.
Got an interesting concept you wanna flesh out? fukk it. Got a cast with a ton of bud in their own careers??? Seriously... fukk IT. There's no rules in art.
Got an interesting concept you wanna flesh out? fukk it. Got a cast with a ton of bud in their own careers??? Seriously... fukk IT. There's no rules in art.
Big Zig and the Gang, I need you. There’s an unshakable theme I haven’t seen anybody talk about. White people ending up in the water. Dying in the water that. I haven’t been able to tie it to anything yet and I can’t think of any example in ep 2.
Thoughts?
Water represents cleansing and new beginnings.
The white “soothsayer” who appeared in both episode 1 and this episode is attempting to let white people know that their time of reckoning has come. And that only through ACTION can there be absolution.
It’s NOT enough to try to “save black people” like the lesbian couple did in episode 1 by adopting all of those black children because that only adds to the “white savior” complex. Which for white people is akin to mental illness.
It’s NOT enough to be a “good” white person like Marshall fashions himself to be in episode 4. This is a guy whose previous privilege allows him to cut a black man in a Starbucks line and “accidentally”’steal the cafe’s produce. “Good” only allows you to casually sidestep accountability.
In each episode the white people’s sins had to be cleansed before they could move on. The white lesbians had already succumbed to their sins, so their cleansing ended in death. Marshall however, was able to adhere to the warnings of the soothsayer and instead of fighting the inevitable, he accepted it, therefore his cleansing was less permanent (he was allowed to live) but no less harsh (loss of his family, status, and a portion of future earnings)
The season is also showing both sides of the equation by telling the same story from the “black” perspective through Earn and the gang’s adventures in Europe. I’ve already broken down how each episode shows Black people escaping what would otherwise have been harrowing or even fatal consequences had they taken place in “reality”.
-Earn getting away from the white promoter due the promoter mistaking someone in blackface for an actual black man (thus utilizing ingrained racism as an advantage)
-Paperboi being able to enjoy a gourmet lunch while imprisoned, surrounded by comfortable furnishings and pleasant wardens.
-Earn being able to rip off a white millionaire who knows absolutely nothing about black art
-Paperboi being able to destroy a billionaire’s prized possession and escape with no consequences
-Darius experiencing a slightly racist encounter and having white people come to HIS aid.
-Vanessa being able to assault random white people by (hint hint) pushing them into a POOL and facing no consequences whatsoever.
So while black people are, for the first time in modern day history being able to actually ENJOY, BENEFIT, and PROFIT off of what it means to be black; white people are coming to grips with what it means to SUFFER for the history of being white. The soothsayer is attempting to make the transition easier and understandable for white people. In effect he’s what white “Jesus” truly is. Its no coincidence that he came back three episodes AFTER his first appearance and that his sole scene was a metaphorical “baptism” for Marshall
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OJ Simpsom
Superstar
If only
Voice of Reason
Veteran
Someone said he makes black people dumb and one dimensional and I kind of agree.
Voice of Reason
Veteran
Yeah. I know I've seen him but I've never known his name, and I keep thinking of some shyt where he was like an detective or an accountant. And I wanna think it was that Leo movie with the blueprints the draw your location in real time
He was in the hangover as the dude getting married.
Then you haven’t been watching the series.
Alfred AKA Paperboi is one of the more three dimensional and psychologically fascinating characters on television. Darius might actually be FOUR dimensional. Both Earn and Van are fully formed three dimensional characters.
If anything the series makes many of its white characters one note. This episode has actually introduced the most three dimensional character white character so far introduced.
