Remember y’all used to take bathroom pics, In the cribĪnd he said if he ever got rich, we out this bitchīut now you’re living good while I’m sitting… This one’s for all the baby mamas and the down ass chicks ![]() But her position in the show is relatable in its lack of glamor, and an important piece of the tapestry Glover seeks to weave. Of course, she doesn’t, and soon the tedium of her everyday rushes back to greet her. Van gets caught up in the hype too after a nasty fight with Earn, when a girls’ night out becomes a quest to flex on her ex by snagging a selfie with Drake. The criticism isn’t exclusive to men, either. Image: Courtesy of Everett Collection/FX. We find out early on that Earn is smart, but he isn’t very wise. After Darius brings him in on a dog breeding deal to yield dividends down the road, Earn scolds him that “poor people don’t have time for investments because too busy trying not to be poor.” But later, when Darius gives him his share of that very investment, Earn is easily duped into a gift card scam by Al’s paroled friend Tracy and winds up forfeiting the bulk of it. And yet for someone who so often needs money, he can be extremely careless when he gets it. It’s no coincidence that the character nicknamed Earn spends most episodes teetering on the dollar edge of abject poverty. He got to be behind the charade at the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards, where Glover had someone attend the ceremony in full Perkins regalia. It was Glover wearing heavy prosthetics and makeup, but Stanfield only learned the truth after asking just about every person on set until the beans were spilled. ![]() Perkins” was kept from Stanfield for the breadth of production. In one of the series’ biggest departures from form, this captivating gothic isolates Darius with this eerie figure in an investigation of sacrifice and identity. Viewers immediately clocked his appearance as mimicking a late-stage Michael Jackson, with shades of both the King of Pop and 70s soul crooner Marvin Gaye manifesting in Perkins’ personal backstory about growing up under the heel of an abusive musician father. Introduced in a self-titled episode, Teddy Perkins is a reclusive musician whose home Darius travels to in hopes of securing a novelty piano. In his case, mystery has yielded some fascinating results, particularly in the instance of Atlanta’s greatest enigma: Teddy Perkins. ![]() Stanfield confessed to initially hating the show and his character, until continued viewings brought him to a better understanding of both. But it’s OK if you don’t always “get” Atlanta. It’s OK if you don’t always “get” Atlanta.īy all accounts this rule-breaking is intentional, and it has led to award-winning results-including two Golden Globes and two Primetime Emmys-despite the series certainly having its fair share of confounding moments. ![]() Earnest and Van take multiple absences throughout the series, as do Alfred and his roommate Darius (Lakeith Stanfield), who has become the series’ most quotable character for his off-the-wall aphorisms and conspiracy theories-like his belief that “AIDS was invented to keep Wilt Chamberlain from beating Steve McQueen’s sex record.” Atlanta’s second season took this character-focused approach to the next level by devoting solo episodes to each of its four protagonists, bolstered by a minor cameo from their co-stars at most. Perhaps that is also why Atlanta so often breaks the traditional rules of sitcoms, like the near no-brainer that every episode should feature each of your principal characters. Part of it could be due to the entirely Black writing team something almost unheard of in this field, particularly when most of the writers were newcomers to the form. There are seldom any guarantees in the world of television, but Atlanta is a particular streak of lightning in a bottle.
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