Token Moltisanti
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Even the shows that were considered the best, all came back with weaker seasons. I think it’s a combination of virtual writer rooms and limitations in production
Official 'Atlanta' Season 3 Thread
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It’s been so long I didn’t even watch the first 2 seasons again before watching this one.
Definitely feels like a different show now. I think I liked the off topic episodes more than the ones with the main cast, curious to see how they wrap it
Definitely feels like a different show now. I think I liked the off topic episodes more than the ones with the main cast, curious to see how they wrap it
Mr Hate Coffee
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I finally got around to watching this and these nikkas come off more pretentious and artsy than ever. It’s wild cuz I’m probably the EXACT target to be a fan of this show. I’m in my 30s, from Atlanta, highly educated, and have been a big Donald Glover fan since his early rapping days (when he was trash). I’m a big fan of the brother’s growth but this is where he loses me. And it’s obvious he lost a lot of other black fans (many who didn’t become fans of his until later) with the latest season of this show.
It’s almost like he doesn’t want to be the overly popular, black media figure he became. This would also explain that article where he interviewed himself
It feels like the cast and writers have went from underdog, semi-weird folks that even a regular black person could get behind to full-on high concept art. All the questions about who this show appeals to are greatly justified… it’s such a departure from the previous seasons… going well beyond the scope of just “growth”.
With that being said I’ll still check out season 4 but they have to become more grounded in the writing for their audience’s sake.
Mr Hate Coffee
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There’s a real “die and be a hero or live long enough to be the villain” element when you create bold new art that challenges conventions. These guys are straddling that line right now. Some times when you have success “subverting expectations” you get drunk on that to the point where you’re just doing shyt just to be different. Sometimes what needs to be done is right in front of you but these creatives make it more complicated than it needs to be. Game of Thrones is the most egregious example.
Stephen Glover Answers Every Question About 'Atlanta' Season 3
The writer/executive producer thinks season 3 will stand as the best season when all is said and done.www.gq.com
Stephen admitting that they were gonna start season 3 where season 2 ended but were like “why?” is exactly what I’m talking about. Why be different just because??
I like the Twilight Zone feel of this season.
Boondox Black
Pro
That Trini 2 de bone energy:
Pedro Negro
Reefer & Sneakers
Finally watched the Amsterdam episode and enjoyed every second of it, as someone who’s been a few times.
Anybody else know if the coffeeshop they were in (Hazy Times, I think) was actually Grey Area (a real coffeeshop) just re-designed for TV? The space and exterior looked really familiar, aside from the logo/name.
Amo Husserl
Superstar
S3 felt like big fish leaving the small pond. Grounding the season in Europe was cool to reference that "Europe isn't racist" thing some black people get into. The European setting may have been to call back to the period of black artists like James Baldwin, Josephine Baker that went to Europe to escape racism, but to show it's no less racist - more covert, but no less.
S3 seemed to play up to how surreal the show's always been. The episodes having nothing to do with the main cast and story threw me off; must have been to compare the instances of racism in the States and Europe.
Definitely toned down, but I guess that went along with the overall theme I got from the season. Glad it's ending next season, everybody seems to have moved past the idea of the show due to COVID.
S3 seemed to play up to how surreal the show's always been. The episodes having nothing to do with the main cast and story threw me off; must have been to compare the instances of racism in the States and Europe.
Definitely toned down, but I guess that went along with the overall theme I got from the season. Glad it's ending next season, everybody seems to have moved past the idea of the show due to COVID.
That was fukken hilarious. What I don't understand was he passing with his white friends? They didn't know he was part black?
The set up in the first scene where he’s calling the black gamers ******s and the way his friends were freely speaking about their disdain for the “all black” scholarship leads me to believe that they didn’t know. His white girlfriend MIGHT have known but its kind of left ambiguous
Breh he definitely reading this forum. The pawg threads, the ADOS/not ADOS, Kevin Samuels. I swear it was a love letter to thecoli.comAmazing episode...and I haven't been a really big fan of this showbut them nikkas GOT to be reading this message board or one similar
the trini episode neither 
I forgot about this show after season 1. I binged season 2 and 3 in a week.
I loved season 3. Such unique story telling and the subdued humor. And yeah, I agree with the poster who said some of the topics could have came straight from the coli.
I loved season 3. Such unique story telling and the subdued humor. And yeah, I agree with the poster who said some of the topics could have came straight from the coli.
