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Of the many compliments that can be hurled at Atlanta, the highest has to do with the show’s tendency to…
Reviews - Atlanta
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“FUBU” has a vestigial quality, which probably sounds like an insult, but it’s not intended to. Perhaps it’s because …
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Nine episodes into Atlanta Robbin’ Season, each of the four central characters has lived their own surreal horror…
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It’s hard to tell if anything will ever truly stick in the Atlanta universe. At the risk of belaboring the point,…
Van is, now as ever, Atlanta’s most and least accessible character. She’s certainly been the most relatable, in that…
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“Teddy Perkins” is the sixth episode of Atlanta’s second season, a point by which most television shows have become…
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Atlanta goes heavy on the callbacks, which is to be expected of any sitcom that strives to build its own alternate…
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In most durable couples, there’s a dancer and a spectator, the person anxiously waiting for “Hot In Herre” to play…
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The more things change, the more they stay the same. That’s especially true in Atlanta, a show that’s most…
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To clear up what appears to be a common misconception I’ve seen in most coverage of Robbin’ Season, the concept…
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In the run-up to the second season of Atlanta, Donald Glover’s comments to the press have revealed two interesting…
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You’d drop me off by the Dungeon / Never came in, but I knew that you were wondering / Now are these niggas in this…
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Atlanta has been guilty of self-aware dialogue before, especially from its minor characters. Whether it’s Zan from “T…
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“That’s how the runnings go/If there ain’t no dough then there ain’t no show/So take your roly-poly fat promoter…
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Well, that certainly was something.
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As indulgent as it is to duplicate one of my earlier headlines, I had to do it because of how much “Value” reminded…
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“Twin Peaks with rappers.” That’s the delicious, bite-size logline Donald Glover used to describe his new show. It…
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Empathy is an incredibly valuable, woefully rare human trait, but while it’s a boon to a functional and harmonious…
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“Go For Broke” is a really unusual half-hour of television. It’s expositional, but not clumsy. It’s weird, but in a…