If you're already anticipating the loss of Donald Glover in the fifth season of Community — the actor will only appear in five of the 13 Dan Harmon eps — here's a short film featuring the rapper-comedian, which he also wrote and produced. Directed by Hiro Murai, Clapping for the Wrong Reasons offers a day in the life peek at Glover's alter ego Childish Gambino — a moniker he adopted in college from an online Wu-Tang name generator. There are two versions of the short — an "Internet" cut, which is rather surreal, and a director's cut, about 25 minutes long (also with a loose narrative, but slightly more coherent). Costars include musicians like Chance the Rapper, Trinidad James and Flying Lotus, porn star Abella Anderson...
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- 8/20/2013
- by Alison Nastasi
- Movies.com
Is there anything Donald Glover can’t do?
The Community star, 30 Rock writer and Childish Gambino rapper (and, don’t forget, onetime Girls’ boyfriend) tried his hand at writing a short film, Clapping For The Wrong Reasons, and the result is…. intriguing and disturbing? But in a good way.
It’s a day-in-the-life 25-minute exploration that Glover also stars in, and the quiet, somber tone is quite different than his role as Troy on Community. Directed by Hiro Murai, the film gets points for its extremely unexpected cast of characters, with everyone from Danielle Fishel (Yup, Topanga!) to Chance the...
The Community star, 30 Rock writer and Childish Gambino rapper (and, don’t forget, onetime Girls’ boyfriend) tried his hand at writing a short film, Clapping For The Wrong Reasons, and the result is…. intriguing and disturbing? But in a good way.
It’s a day-in-the-life 25-minute exploration that Glover also stars in, and the quiet, somber tone is quite different than his role as Troy on Community. Directed by Hiro Murai, the film gets points for its extremely unexpected cast of characters, with everyone from Danielle Fishel (Yup, Topanga!) to Chance the...
- 8/16/2013
- by Erin Strecker
- EW.com - PopWatch
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