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I'm really hoping that my boss won't call me into his office or that people are watching my browser history lol
Darius has the best lines.
"Everything's made up. Stay woke."
"We friends now."
Didn't really think Zan was all that funny. I thought that if they were gonna satirize youtube, they should've made fun of those "prank goes sexual in the hood" fools.
Darius really does have such great lines. And wtf at the bolded. I was curious at first but feel like I probably don't want to know
Nabs
Member
Zan represents the modern hip-hop rumor reporter/meme poster on social media like DJ Akademiks. Most of them have weak ass content and feed off of the drama.
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Yep.
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Yep.
Dominican Power
Member
Zan represents these untalented leeches who try to get on by any means necessary.
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
Darius makes this show.
Yep. He's by far my favorite character so far.
I liked the contrast between PB trying to talk down that kid with the toy gun from imitating him and the conversation with Zan in the car. You can tell he's feeling conflicted about glorifying "that life." But then PB gets "educated" by Zan, someone who unashamedly glorifies the glorifiers. Especially since Zan, who is a broke ass dude who delivers pizzas for a living, is trying to position himself as a gatekeeper who determines which rappers are "worthy" of his blessing on social media (and fame/wealth.)
You realize that all of this shit is probably the future of western society, since your career is going to define your social standing less and less as jobs become obsolete and instead you as an individual will be a "brand" and your day to day life will be shared with the world and evaluated. And people are going to set themselves up as one man juries as to who is or isn't worthy of attention.
You realize that all of this shit is probably the future of western society, since your career is going to define your social standing less and less as jobs become obsolete and instead you as an individual will be a "brand" and your day to day life will be shared with the world and evaluated. And people are going to set themselves up as one man juries as to who is or isn't worthy of attention.
RPS37
Member
I didn't laugh at the whole episode until "We're friends now."
Shit kilt me.
Discotheque
Banned
Lol no. He's like the living embodiment of "Black Twitter" and just the whole social media movement. The type of brehs that would push their own mother off a ledge to get a hot vine lol
Darius is the best. Everyone needs a Darius in their friend group
Prototype Viktor
Member
I'm waiting on him to put in a version of Spooky Black now
TheAbsolution
Member
The Racism book got me super good.
BlazinSkatinAxel
Member
Isn't Donald Glover half Asian himself?
Nabs
Member
Prototype Viktor
Member
Only when he's in UCLA
10/10
I really like this show, and have from the pilot. I was expecting it to be more of a half hour drama based on preview hype that seemed to be warning people it's not a sitcom almost too much but I've found it very funny from the start. Love how everyone in it is basically shown in a sympathetic light (well, maybe not the dude in the clean Charger, that's ominous!) and it's clear that the writers want to show almost everyone's point of view if they can. I also really like the unconventional directorial flourishes like the cinematography and unconventional editing, maybe that's what reviewers were talking about when saying it's "not really a sitcom".
"We're friends now" made me a bit emotional at the end there lol. And Alfred's reaction to the kid getting jacked by the guy who ordered pizza was perfect - disbelief, anger, about to get out then shock and disgust at realizing it's all for content. He may be the best character in a show with a so many already.
Edit: full disclosure, but I did not get that Migos joke AT ALL until i read the AVClub review the next day. Either that was a great, subtle joke that expected the audience to be paying full attention or I'm an idiot. Maybe both
"We're friends now" made me a bit emotional at the end there lol. And Alfred's reaction to the kid getting jacked by the guy who ordered pizza was perfect - disbelief, anger, about to get out then shock and disgust at realizing it's all for content. He may be the best character in a show with a so many already.
Edit: full disclosure, but I did not get that Migos joke AT ALL until i read the AVClub review the next day. Either that was a great, subtle joke that expected the audience to be paying full attention or I'm an idiot. Maybe both
firehawk12
Subete no aware
The third episode was great. I like how they couldn't figure out what race the youtube guy was.
SuperStiltzkin
Member
Goddamn, Zan cracked me up. I need a gif of him pulling another hat out of his pocket casually after getting his knocked off.
A great sight gag and it showed his character perfectly - this is a guy who not only carries some of his stupid merch around at all times but based on how casually he did it that was not the first time someone slapped the hat off his head lol
hilarious episode and it ended on such a nice note. i always feel like quoting the whole thing.
loving this show more and more. it feels super confident in what it's doing, and the mix of weird, funny and sad/touching is so on point ("twin peaks with rappers" was a good way to describe it, even if not 100% accurate). it also doesn't hurt that it's shot beautifully and has many interesting editing choices. hiro murai is doing an excellent job directing this.
loving this show more and more. it feels super confident in what it's doing, and the mix of weird, funny and sad/touching is so on point ("twin peaks with rappers" was a good way to describe it, even if not 100% accurate). it also doesn't hurt that it's shot beautifully and has many interesting editing choices. hiro murai is doing an excellent job directing this.
spindashing
Banned
What was the chinese guy on the phone crying about?
DorkLord54
Member
Just started watching while doing homework, and I legit geeked out when I saw Earn's dad. I was just like
DorkLord54
Member
I like the understated bleakness to it all, hidden beneath the comical hijinks, like the entire prison sequence with Lee and the transwoman's lover, the dealing with Migos, and Alfred's confrontation with Zan in the pizza car.
Prototype Viktor
Member
What the fuck! I didn't even notice Zan had one fucking skates the entire first scene
SuperStiltzkin
Member
Hahaha thank you. Love the way he immediately starts going for his backup hat without missing a beat.
Yeah he knows what he is and owns up to it. As a result, nothing fazes him.
Zan doesn't even blink when the hat gets swatted off his head. I wonder how many takes that took.
"He's not Chinese."
"I'm not Chinese."
OdysseusVA
Banned
Damn good show. Glad it was picked up for another season
Nabs
Member
Trailer for Episode 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqeN61D1Hi8
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Songs from Episode 4: http://www.idigitaltimes.com/fx-atlanta-soundtrack-every-song-atlanta-episode-4-557788
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Ayyye, okay! We got celebs in the building balling for the kids. I love me some Justin Bieber. Man, Paper Boi stay hating tho haha.
Songs from Episode 4: http://www.idigitaltimes.com/fx-atlanta-soundtrack-every-song-atlanta-episode-4-557788
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