Will The Real Donald Glover Please Stand Up? | Damage Control (Ep. 435)

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4.4 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2018

⏱️ 39 minutes

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This week on 'Damage Control,' The Ringer’s Justin Charity and K. Austin Collins discuss the strange media phenomena surrounding the Parkland activists (1:18), Donald Glover's identity crisis playing out in The New Yorker (12:06), and the outcry over Mo'Nique’s pay-equity campaign against Netflix (26:08). More From The Ringer: The Surprising, Very Public Evolution of Donald Glover Subscribe to 'The Recappables' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey guys, this is Justin Cherity from Damage Control.
0:05.8	On this week's episode, we're going to be talking about Donald Glover and the new season
0:09.4	of Atlanta, among other things.
0:11.7	We want you to check out our Rare colleague Rob Harvilla's recent writing about Glover.
0:16.5	And also, make sure you listen to the new Ringer podcast The Recapables, covering the current
0:21.0	season of Atlanta.
0:22.8	The Recapables drops a new episode every Thursday, and you can find it wherever you subscribe
0:27.3	to podcasts.
0:28.3	All right, now on to Damage Control.
0:30.5	I'm Justin Cherity, and I'm Cameron Collins.
0:36.0	Welcome to Damage Control on the channel 33 Network, a podcast where we unpack what upsets,
0:41.1	excites and divides us in popular culture.
0:43.8	Childish Gambino, aka Donald Glover, spoke with the New Yorker for a profile that the magazine
0:48.7	published this week.
0:49.7	We're going to be talking about Glover's sometimes uncomfortable positioning in mainstream
0:54.3	media, and among white audiences, following the success of Atlanta and his latest studio
0:59.5	album, A Week in My Love.
1:01.6	We're also going to be talking about Monique, the Oscar-winning actor and comedian who
1:05.4	has for several weeks now locked herself into a battle with Oprah, Amy Schumer, Charlemagne
1:10.9	Legade, and most importantly, Black Twitter.
1:14.1	Over Netflix reportedly low-balling her with their offer to produce her latest stand-up
1:17.6	comedy special.
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