In the four long years since the last outing of Donald Glover’s bold, expectation-defying comedy cum absurdist horror, its cast have become megastars – and this epic third season shows why
has evaded expectations, rejected the norms of episodic television and generally roamed far and wide from its nominal home town, without ever crossing state lines. It is four years since the season two finale aired – a long gap even by post-pandemic standards – and Atlanta’s third season strays further than ever: Paper Boi and his entourage are touring Europe.
These nightmares-within-nightmares have a surreal quality – Glover once jokingly described Atlanta as “Twin Peaks with rappers” – but are firmly rooted in historical fact. Lake Lanier, 50 miles north-east of Atlanta, really does hide beneath its waters the site of Oscarville, a former thriving Black community turned into a ghost town by KKK “night riders”.
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