First Impressions: Atlanta

FX premiered its new Hip Hop-themed series this week.

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Created and starring Donald Glover- actor, rapper and screenwriter 30 RockAtlanta tells the story of Earn Marks (Glover), a young man who tries to rise in life. To do this, he decides to return to Atlanta and manage his cousin's career Alfred Miles (Brian Tyree Henry), also known as the rapper Paper Boy.

Atlanta starts at a rather gentle pace, which dictates the next episodes. The script does not give a chance for explanations about the characters' past, it just throws the plot in our face and we can understand it there. For this reason, we don’t know exactly how Earn hit rock bottom, we just know that he’s not doing well in his relationship or with his wife (I’m not sure if he’s a girlfriend, wife or ex, just that he’s the mother of his daughter ), nor with their parents. Financially, he is even worse and his family does not trust his decisions, but again, we do not know why. Apparently in the first two episodes, Earn's reason for wanting to manage Paper Boy goes beyond money and the lack of information about his musical knowledge was lacking in that information.

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Atlanta | Image: FX

The positive side of Atlanta it is social criticism. With an almost complete cast of blacks, the series left a great opening to show the small prejudices that they suffer daily, and it did it very well, not only with blacks, it also shows social inequality, prejudice against gays / transvestites and etc. In addition, of course, to show the problems already mentioned above, such as family relationships, love, financial problems ...

The idea of Atlanta it is good, but not very well developed. Glover tried to put the problems in a comic way and that, coupled with the lack of information about the characters' background, left the series a little in the air and empty. It's like watching a Stand-Up where the person tries to make fun of himself and can't.

Atlanta it has its positive and negative points. It is always interesting to watch something where the protagonist is trying to get around, and if there is music involved, the better. However, the first two episodes were not very satisfactory. Then there is the hope of improving and explaining the characters better.

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