Value of Black Women in “Value”: Glover’s Critique

In Episode 6 of Season 1 of Donald Glover’s Atlanta, titled “Value”, Jayde (Aubin Wise) and Vanessa Marks (Zazie Beetz) are seated at the table of an upscale Thai restaurant in Atlanta.  The two are clearly friends, and the meal is a reunion between the two before Jayde takes a vacation to London with an…

Color between Art: A Critique of Glover’s in “Juneteenth”

In the ninth episode of the first season of Atlanta (created, written, and produced by Donald Glover), titled “Juneteenth”, Earnest “Earn” Marks (Donald Glover), Vanessa Marks (Zazie Beets), and Lisa (Joan Q. Scott), a playwright, are seated together in a casual living room setting in the house of Craig (Rick Holmes) and Monique (Cassandra Freedman). …