That's exactly what I was going to say. I really feel Van was lowkey felt some kind of way wen Earn was saying he could get her a place, some money, and ect.... LIKE IT AIN'T NOTHING to him. And this was the same Earn in season one that struggled to get HALF of the rent and eventually moved into a storage place homeless. Earn's come up is stuff of legend. One moment he was fussing at Darius over investments to now getting a potential investment deal by scamming a white billionaire.
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That's exactly what I was going to say. I really feel Van was lowkey felt some kind of way wen Earn was saying he could get her a place, some money, and ect.... LIKE IT AIN'T NOTHING to him. And this was the same Earn in season one that struggled to get HALF of the rent and eventually moved into a storage place homeless. Earn's come up is stuff of legend. One moment he was fussing at Darius over investments to now getting a potential investment deal by scamming a white billionaire.
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Bro the story is just inspirational, man. I love how they keep faking us out when it comes to money. Earn asking for the 20k in the e2 where the promoter hits the
for like 0.2 seconds and then immediately hits the 
"got it right here."Then in this episode when they're about to play poker and they tell @Paper Boi that it's 20k to buy in and he first hits the
but then pulls his bag out from under the table and puts in more than 20k like 
I'm trying to get to where I can live like this
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Wasn't any symbolism. Fernando fukked him over because he knew he could. Like any casino, the house always wins.
No filler. Its actually kind of impossible for a show like Atlanta to have “filler” because Donald & Team have literally made each episode whatever the fukk they want while only loosely following a “core” storyline.
This is a series more about “theme” than linear story arcs. The theme of this season was to create a “black fairy tale” and each of the three episodes of this season have stuck to that main theme.
Atlanta season 3: Donald Glover wanted to make "a Black fairytale"
Episode 1- A young black boy literally beats the odds and is able to liberate himself from a white supremacist system of oppression and mortal danger that many black children NEVER escape from. Episode 1 is actually the most blatant exploration of this theme as they literally took a story that was “ripped from the headlines” and flipped a story of black tragedy into black triumph.
Episode 2- Paper Boi starts the episode in prison. Usually a black man caught up in the legal system would be a hellish experience, but instead for Alfred it is pleasant. Complete with a prison guard who acts as a waiter, a 4 course gourmet meal, and comfortable lodgings. The place is so nice that Alfred chooses to STAY and have lunch rather than get out as fast as he can (compare this episode with Alfred and Earn’s experience in season 1 episode 2: Streets On Lock) Moreover, Darius and Van are completely safe around a group of cultish white people (think Jonestown, Heaven’s Gate, etc.) who revere Tupac on his death bed (Tupac in reality was labeled a thug, a menace, and dangerous by the white media) Finally, the “fairy tale ending” of the episode is Alfred refusing to perform (i.e. tap dance) on a stage in front of white people in black face. He gets to keep the advance, and Earn is able to escape because the white guy beats up the wrong guy in blackface.
Episode 3- Earn, Darius, and Alfred are able to attend an upscale party. A white man (Will) befriends Earn and is massively rich. He’s bleeding money on this black kid whose obviously hustling him. The black kid is able to use the white guy for money (the reverse is often what happens) Alfred is able to win a game of poker even though the white man in charge (Fernando) was CLEARLY trying to throw him off his game. First using Ghosts (which typically black people are wary of discussing. How many times have we heard from our parents and/or elders that you don’t mess around with the “spirit world”) then using a weird, implied Homosexual experience with said Ghost (Black males are stereotypically made out to be the most Homophobic) and then capping it off with talk of God & The Devil (Black people are typically very religious) none of this works, and Alfred wins. Fernando leaves, leaving Alfred without his winnings. Instead of leaving empty handed, Alfred is able to get revenge by destroying Fernando’s favorite possession ( A tree, which historically been a source of great violence and trauma for black people due to America’s vile history of lynchings)
Meanwhile Darius has a mildly racist but ultimately harmless encounter with an Asian woman, meets a white guy named “Socks” who christens himself Darius’s “savior” and gets his buddies to enact vengeance on the woman. Parallel to this Van assaults several white people by pushing them into a pool with no blowback or retaliation for her actions. The night ends with all four of them escaping consequences and Alfred even getting the hat that was stolen from him earlier returned.
If THAT isn’t a “Fairy tale” ending for four young black people amongst a white majority I don’t know what is.
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I dunno which one of you said this,but saying the kids from episode one each represent Earn, Alfred, Darius and Van is very astute.
For anyone saying these are fillers aren't looking at the big picture. Everything, even though appear as individual vignettes, are connected to an overall theme. I think they all going to need to save themselves by the season's end.
For anyone saying these are fillers aren't looking at the big picture. Everything, even though appear as individual vignettes, are connected to an overall theme. I think they all going to need to save themselves by the season's end.
Each episode shyt turns sour and there’s ultimately an “escape” tho :Patrice:
The kid literally escaped from the back of the van.
Earn had to escape from the concert promoter.
They escaped the party.
Interested to see how next episode goes
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Gon rewatch again tomorrow.
shyt was deep.
Watching this show high af is a tripThen the puzzle always comes together on that second viewing.
shyt was deep.Watching this show high af is a trip
Then the puzzle always comes together on that second viewing.
