Atlanta is an American comedy-drama television series created by, directed by, executive music producer, written by, produced by, and starring Donald Glover (The Lazarus Effect, The Martian). The series is about two cousins navigating their way in the Atlanta rap music scene in an effort to improve their lives and the lives of their families.
I know this show has been over for a while now, and most people who wanted to see it already did. However, I finally finished all the episodes and I was surprised by the first season. I know there is a majority of people who love this show. It is either one of those shows you want to check out or you simply don't. At first, I didn't really care to view this series. But, once people started talking about how good it is, I decided to take a look. On the other hand, I did enjoy it, but I did not enjoy it as other individuals.
Currently, Atlanta has a 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, so obviously many people are really digging this series. For starters, I think the show is funny. It has that dry kind of humor that not too many people like. For me the humor worked most of the time. Especially the "Justin Bieber" and Montague episodes!
The few episodes of the series feel like a lot of character development, and a slow tide slowly building up. They open on Earn Marks (Donald Glover), lost in his own life and struggling to find some sense of forward direction. With a need to tend to the beautiful, brittle yet sympathetic Vanessa (Zazie Beetz), the mother of his child and to his own deep sense of career dissatisfaction, Earn makes the spontaneous decision to head back to his home turf and play manager to troublesome cousin Alfred (Brian Tyree Henry), who's on the cusp of making it as rapper Paper Boi. Along with Alfred's strange friend Darius (Keith Stanfield). The cast was absolutely a knockout! All the characters get an equal amount of screen time, the feel like real people, and are very well rounded with depth, back-story, and values. My favorite part of the series is definitely the cast. At times characters are really fun, other times weird, and at times serious. The show is a comedy-drama, and believe me there is some serious drama. These characters come across drugs, violence, poverty, racism, sexism, and domestic strife. What's doubly interesting about its strikingly large scope, however, is that Atlanta doesn't feel like an "issue" show. Rather, it naturally folds all of these topics with a comedy twist.
The story is a story we have seen many times, the story from rags to riches. Glover does great in the role, however, Glover doesn't hold a candle to his two co-stars Henry and Stanfield's singular performances stand as arguably the best part of Atlanta. With their fun energy, mumbling, slang, stoned comedic delivery, organic chemistry, and pitch- perfect timing on delivering dialogue.
So these are my final B*tchin' Buddha thoughts on season one of Atlanta. It has a really good cast, excellence performances, the writing is great, and all the characters feel real. Sometimes the comedy works, sometimes it doesn't. It is a very easy, laid back, comedy drama, and I wouldn't mind seeing season 2. I believe the first season of Atlanta earns a
7 out of 10!
Thank you all for reading, and or viewing, and I hope you all have an amazing day as always. And remember don't just get down, but get Boogie :)
I know this show has been over for a while now, and most people who wanted to see it already did. However, I finally finished all the episodes and I was surprised by the first season. I know there is a majority of people who love this show. It is either one of those shows you want to check out or you simply don't. At first, I didn't really care to view this series. But, once people started talking about how good it is, I decided to take a look. On the other hand, I did enjoy it, but I did not enjoy it as other individuals.
Currently, Atlanta has a 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, so obviously many people are really digging this series. For starters, I think the show is funny. It has that dry kind of humor that not too many people like. For me the humor worked most of the time. Especially the "Justin Bieber" and Montague episodes!
The few episodes of the series feel like a lot of character development, and a slow tide slowly building up. They open on Earn Marks (Donald Glover), lost in his own life and struggling to find some sense of forward direction. With a need to tend to the beautiful, brittle yet sympathetic Vanessa (Zazie Beetz), the mother of his child and to his own deep sense of career dissatisfaction, Earn makes the spontaneous decision to head back to his home turf and play manager to troublesome cousin Alfred (Brian Tyree Henry), who's on the cusp of making it as rapper Paper Boi. Along with Alfred's strange friend Darius (Keith Stanfield). The cast was absolutely a knockout! All the characters get an equal amount of screen time, the feel like real people, and are very well rounded with depth, back-story, and values. My favorite part of the series is definitely the cast. At times characters are really fun, other times weird, and at times serious. The show is a comedy-drama, and believe me there is some serious drama. These characters come across drugs, violence, poverty, racism, sexism, and domestic strife. What's doubly interesting about its strikingly large scope, however, is that Atlanta doesn't feel like an "issue" show. Rather, it naturally folds all of these topics with a comedy twist.
The story is a story we have seen many times, the story from rags to riches. Glover does great in the role, however, Glover doesn't hold a candle to his two co-stars Henry and Stanfield's singular performances stand as arguably the best part of Atlanta. With their fun energy, mumbling, slang, stoned comedic delivery, organic chemistry, and pitch- perfect timing on delivering dialogue.
So these are my final B*tchin' Buddha thoughts on season one of Atlanta. It has a really good cast, excellence performances, the writing is great, and all the characters feel real. Sometimes the comedy works, sometimes it doesn't. It is a very easy, laid back, comedy drama, and I wouldn't mind seeing season 2. I believe the first season of Atlanta earns a
7 out of 10!
Thank you all for reading, and or viewing, and I hope you all have an amazing day as always. And remember don't just get down, but get Boogie :)