Anonymous
Post 05/18/2018 14:17     Subject: Childish Gambino
Wow, I just watched the video a couple of days ago and now can't get enough. Genius.

Is he showing that entertainment is how we cope with trauma, avoid it, or both?

And damn can he dance!!
Anonymous
Post 05/10/2018 20:45     Subject: Re:Childish Gambino
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Luvvie Ajayyi did a great analysis of the video as well, on her Awesomely Luvvie site.


Thanks for this. I enjoyed reading her take.


Me, too!
Anonymous
Post 05/10/2018 19:55     Subject: Childish Gambino
Floored every time I watch this.
Anonymous
Post 05/10/2018 19:46     Subject: Childish Gambino
Anonymous wrote:I couldn't focus on the message because he should have a shirt on and not do those dances. He has an odd -- not in a good way -- body.


That's the point. While craziness is going on in the background, people are focused on the dancing. Look at this...https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/childish-gambino-s-complicated-catchy-america-music-video-downright-shakespearean-ncna872516

My 15 year old (black male child) was begging me to look at this.
Anonymous
Post 05/10/2018 16:47     Subject: Childish Gambino
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I really liked that song he just sang on SNL tonight. Guy is talented.


And the This is America video is powerful...and he can dance!


I want to know more about his choreographer, Sherrie Silver. Apparently she's only 24 and hails from England. I thought it would've been an American choreographer, but I guess dance is universal!


You might also be interested to know the video director is Japanese.
Anonymous
Post 05/10/2018 15:37     Subject: Re:Childish Gambino
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What do you think is the meaning of the pants he is wearing? It looks like something from the Goodwill bin that was sent to a 3rd world country. Is this a reference that all black people hail from some African country?


I've read that it could be a reference to Fela Kuti, a highly regarded Nigerian musician.

Here's a comparison photo.



I've also read that people have been noting similarities between his pants and a confederate soldiers uniform.


The pants and the yellow shoes are basically replicas of a confederare Uniform.
Anonymous
Post 05/10/2018 15:32     Subject: Re:Childish Gambino
Anonymous wrote:What do you think is the meaning of the pants he is wearing? It looks like something from the Goodwill bin that was sent to a 3rd world country. Is this a reference that all black people hail from some African country?


I've read that it could be a reference to Fela Kuti, a highly regarded Nigerian musician.

Here's a comparison photo.



I've also read that people have been noting similarities between his pants and a confederate soldiers uniform.
Anonymous
Post 05/10/2018 15:13     Subject: Childish Gambino
Who are you people who use the term 'hail from'?
Anonymous
Post 05/10/2018 14:55     Subject: Re:Childish Gambino
What do you think is the meaning of the pants he is wearing? It looks like something from the Goodwill bin that was sent to a 3rd world country. Is this a reference that all black people hail from some African country?
Anonymous
Post 05/09/2018 13:10     Subject: Childish Gambino
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I really liked that song he just sang on SNL tonight. Guy is talented.


And the This is America video is powerful...and he can dance!


I want to know more about his choreographer, Sherrie Silver. Apparently she's only 24 and hails from England. I thought it would've been an American choreographer, but I guess dance is universal!
She is also an activist and a model. She opened a home for orphaned children in Rwanda. Here's her website: https://www.sherriesilver.com/

Anonymous
Post 05/09/2018 12:56     Subject: Childish Gambino
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I really liked that song he just sang on SNL tonight. Guy is talented.


And the This is America video is powerful...and he can dance!


I want to know more about his choreographer, Sherrie Silver. Apparently she's only 24 and hails from England. I thought it would've been an American choreographer, but I guess dance is universal!
Anonymous
Post 05/09/2018 10:32     Subject: Childish Gambino
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I couldn't focus on the message because he should have a shirt on and not do those dances. He has an odd -- not in a good way -- body.


wow way to miss the point!


+1. That PP should stick to Taylor Swift videos, because this shit is waaaay over her head
Anonymous
Post 05/09/2018 10:24     Subject: Childish Gambino
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Where is the video link? I have to see it.


I posted the link yesterday and my post was deleted. When I asked for an explanation Jeff never responded. So go to YouTube and type in Childish Gambino this is America. There are two shootings in the video so be ware. The video is very good.


NP here, I really admire the artist (mostly familiar with his acting and writing) and am glad this is getting attention, but viewers be aware the video has disturbing violence. I couldn't watch much past that first shooting and have only read about the rest.


Well as a survivor of a school shooting who saw someone get their head blow off with an M-1 semi automatic weapon, unfortuntely it seems people have no idea what a shooting looks like. This video is somewhat accurate. The real thing is much worse. More blood, more parts flying around, it does happens that fast. Notice he carefully hands the gun to someone who puts it on a red cloth to take away. Because guns are precious and more important than people. The second shooting is a reference to. Charleston. Wake up. Maybe if more people looked people would actually finally Take serious action that gets results.


I'm sorry for your trauma.

I saw the shootings as also having another meaning -- rejecting the media depictions of "happy" nonthreatening Black art and culture (the happy gospel choir and the picturesque country/folk singer). But also about gun violence. Or he's embodying America at those moments?
Anonymous
Post 05/09/2018 10:21     Subject: Childish Gambino
Anonymous wrote:I couldn't focus on the message because he should have a shirt on and not do those dances. He has an odd -- not in a good way -- body.


wow way to miss the point!
Anonymous
Post 05/09/2018 10:21     Subject: Childish Gambino
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I read a few years ago he made a comment that he fantasizes about being called the N word during relations by a white woman. He's made a lot of questionable statements in the past. I'm skeptical of this guy, a lot of people are jumping on the 'woke' bandwagon just for profit.


That was a joke in his comedy special. You need to watch it in context.


http://www.cc.com/episodes/wllzeu/comedy-central-presents-donald-glover-season-14-ep-1415