Community Review: "Documentary Filmmaking: Redux" (3.8)
If you’re reading this article you’re almost certainly aware of Community‘s current troubles. The show is not officially canceled by any means. It has a full order that will, we’ve been assured, be fulfilled. However, that’s the only good news. After December we don’t know when the show will be back, or how long it will be back for. Anyone who remembers the third season of Arrested Development may end up feeling some deja vu here. Similar scheduling shenanigans forced that show off the air after the fall, and Fox only aired the final episodes in one short, difficult-to-find block... read more
Found in: TV, ReviewsChildish Gambino: Donald Glover Does It All
“Yeah! Yes I’m on top! I'm going this hard, and no I won’t stop!” shouts Childish Gambino, aka comic actor Donald Glover, in his song “Hero”—“Actor, writer, rapper. Nigga, I do all of it.” read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesWatch Childish Gambino Perform on Conan
Donald Glover and his live band took to _Conan_ last night to perform his second official single “Heartbeat” to help usher in Camp era. read more
Found in: Music, News15 Essential Pre-Camp Childish Gambino Songs
Childish Gambino’s first official album may have dropped today, but the rapper has released a series of impressive mixtapes and free downloadable albums plus countless miscellaneous songs and covers since starting his impressive rap career in 2008. We take a look at his 15 best songs from the pre-Camp era. read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayChildish Gambino: Camp
"Man, why does every black actor have to rap some? / I don’t know - all I know is I’m the best one." Those lines from Childish Gambino’s “Bonfire,” the first single off of his first release on Glassnote, perfectly exemplify one-half of Donald Glover’s rap career. He’s cocky, arrogant and knows he’s about to break out of this stratosphere. The other half, however, is more humble and he’s still angry and insecure about events that transpired in his life. read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsEight Reasons NBC Should Keep Community Alive
Last night, NBC announced its mid-season lineup and to our dismay Community was not on it. The news makes a fourth season less likely, and that would be a damned shame. read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayCommunity Review: "Studies in Modern Movement" (3.7)
“Studies in Modern Movement” was one of those episodes that helps illustrate how much Community can do within the old-fashioned sitcom format. The episode centers around Annie moving apartments, and there could hardly be a more predictable set-up for the characters to be in. This is the type of high-stress environment that the show’s format loves, one where stakes aren’t super high but they’re moreso than just sitting around a table. There’s a way in which Community takes each one of its four stories revolving around this and pushes them to the absolute limit.... read more
Found in: TV, ReviewsCommunity Review: "Advanced Gay" (3.6)
Community‘s ambition to make every episode an event of sorts frequently has its less-themed episodes struggling for an identity. With last week’s Halloween episode, for instance, there was a clear hook that resulted in a something memorable, but it’s when the show needs to come up with something more organic to the normal school dynamic that Community tends to fall into trouble. Unfortunately, the less wacky episodes are also where the show has to find its emotional resonance. “Advanced Gay,” however, succeeded at for once bridging the show’s wackiness with the seriousness of these characters lives. This was the first... read more
Found in: TV, ReviewsWatch Childish Gambino's Video For "Bonfire"
The spooky music video for Childish Gambino's lead single off of his first release for Glassnote Records dropped earlier this morning. read more
Found in: Music, NewsCommunity: "Horror Fiction in Seven Spooky Steps" (3.5)
The two-week break between last night’s episode of Community and the last one was a good thing, simply because for all of their mutual quality, they’re quite a bit similar. That “Remedial Chaos Theory” was originally episode three of the show rather than four makes sense because it’s hard to imagine that Community‘s creators wanted to have two episodes in a row about variant stories being told by slightly changing the character dynamics. Still, that doesn’t mean that this wasn’t a riveting Halloween episode; it’s just that a little bit of its punch was blunted compared with “Chaos Theory” or,... read more
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