This was my favorite episode of Atlanta by far, and I can see why it has such a high rating. The general premise is that Al is interviewed about his controversial tweets about trans people, and he debates a feminist about it. He makes some interesting points about how he thinks trans issues are focused on more than black issues. It's good to hear a different perspective on this topic that isn't downright hateful.
The feminist was portrayed better than I thought. At first, I thought she was gonna be the stereotypical "snowflake sjw" and would be painted as being in the wrong. But she surprisingly was portrayed well. She talks about how there is a lot of homophobia/transphobia in the black community, in part due to toxic masculinity.
Some parts were a little off-putting though. I feel like Paper Boi and the feminist coming to a consensus so fast was a little contrived, and it feels like Donald Glover just needed a way to get them to agree. I mean, Al was intentionally misgendering Caitlyn Jenner, so I feel like the feminist could've challenged his ideas a bit more. This part doesn't really bother me, because the interviewer's reaction made up for it. He's so hilariously provocative, I love it. The "You... hate women!" part killed me.
I loved how this episode looked like a real tv show. The commercials were so creative and funny. Some were funnier than others, like I didn't really care for the Swisher Sweets or the Mickeys commercial. But the "call Ahmad" one, the "the price is on the can, doe" and the cereal one were great. Especially the cereal one, I love how it took such a dark turn.
I was a little worried about the "trans-racial" part at first because I thought it was making an allegory about trans people. I'm still not sure if it was, but it was still very funny. The performance of the guy was perfect, I think the funniest part was when he told the cops "that's your suspect right there" and they said "he's the one who called the cops".
I loved the twist at the end that the trans-racial guy is actually extremely transphobic and homophobic. I like how it made the feminist and Al put their differences aside to dunk on the trans racial guy. Paper Boi's barrage of insults had me dying. "You look like the lost fifth Beatle!" 😭 While the feminist is just in utter disbelief that a trans racial guy could be transphobic.
I'm not sure what the message of this episode was though. It felt a lot like the South Park trans episodes, where both sides could enjoy the episode because it didn't really take a clear stance. This obviously creates a problem because the transphobes who watch this will think that Donald Glover is agreeing with them, so they won't have their beliefs challenged. I don't think this is Glover's fault though, it's more about the stupidity of transphobes lol. I mean come on, these are the same people who think "The Boys" makes fun of both sides. I still loved it though. Even if it's a bit problematic, all that really matters is that it was funny and I enjoyed it. 10/10.
The feminist was portrayed better than I thought. At first, I thought she was gonna be the stereotypical "snowflake sjw" and would be painted as being in the wrong. But she surprisingly was portrayed well. She talks about how there is a lot of homophobia/transphobia in the black community, in part due to toxic masculinity.
Some parts were a little off-putting though. I feel like Paper Boi and the feminist coming to a consensus so fast was a little contrived, and it feels like Donald Glover just needed a way to get them to agree. I mean, Al was intentionally misgendering Caitlyn Jenner, so I feel like the feminist could've challenged his ideas a bit more. This part doesn't really bother me, because the interviewer's reaction made up for it. He's so hilariously provocative, I love it. The "You... hate women!" part killed me.
I loved how this episode looked like a real tv show. The commercials were so creative and funny. Some were funnier than others, like I didn't really care for the Swisher Sweets or the Mickeys commercial. But the "call Ahmad" one, the "the price is on the can, doe" and the cereal one were great. Especially the cereal one, I love how it took such a dark turn.
I was a little worried about the "trans-racial" part at first because I thought it was making an allegory about trans people. I'm still not sure if it was, but it was still very funny. The performance of the guy was perfect, I think the funniest part was when he told the cops "that's your suspect right there" and they said "he's the one who called the cops".
I loved the twist at the end that the trans-racial guy is actually extremely transphobic and homophobic. I like how it made the feminist and Al put their differences aside to dunk on the trans racial guy. Paper Boi's barrage of insults had me dying. "You look like the lost fifth Beatle!" 😭 While the feminist is just in utter disbelief that a trans racial guy could be transphobic.
I'm not sure what the message of this episode was though. It felt a lot like the South Park trans episodes, where both sides could enjoy the episode because it didn't really take a clear stance. This obviously creates a problem because the transphobes who watch this will think that Donald Glover is agreeing with them, so they won't have their beliefs challenged. I don't think this is Glover's fault though, it's more about the stupidity of transphobes lol. I mean come on, these are the same people who think "The Boys" makes fun of both sides. I still loved it though. Even if it's a bit problematic, all that really matters is that it was funny and I enjoyed it. 10/10.