Donald Glover Bothered By Comparisons Between 'Dave" & 'Atlanta'

This year will mark the end of the critically acclaimed series “Atlanta” as Donald Glover branches out to focus on other things. Glover will co-star in the upcoming “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” remake series at Amazon Prime Video alongside Maya Erskine (“Pen15,” “Obi-Wan Kenobi‘) and he’s currently writing the show’s finale. With “Atlanta” ending, Glover seems to be keen to clear the air concerning some previous comments made about “Dave.”

Glover was asked to interview himself for Interview Magazine and the topic of “Dave” came up as the “Atlanta” creator had been vocal on Twitter (See below) about folks making comparisons between the two shows.

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One of those since-deleted tweets: “We got black people on here debating which is better, and I’m the sellout?”

He goes into a little more detail about why the two projects are different from each other but did admits at the top he likes the show that features popular rapper, Lil Dickey.

“No! I like that show. But it does bother me when Atlanta’s compared to it,” Glover said.

When asked by himself to expand upon that, Glover stated: “You have to think of it like food,” explaining “Dave” is a different “flavor” than “Atlanta,” and sharing some thoughts on what on the “organic” version of “Dave” could be.

“Although I do feel like the flavor is artificial in some sense. The organic show should be about a white rapper who’s more successful than his Black peers from the jump. Because he’s more accessible. But what he actually wants is to be part of the culture, but his success keeps him from that and a lot of his Black peers and friends resent him for it but also feel like they have to f*** with him because it’s good for them. That’s the internal struggle I see.”

“It should be what it is. Like, people think I’m pretentious. I can be a snob. But I think in entertainment or art it’s important to know the difference between things,” Glover expands on his frustrations with the comparisons.

The latest season of “Atlanta” is currently airing with the fourth and final season coming out later this year.