The stark, chaotic power of Donald Glover’s ‘This Is America’
Infectious in beat, jarring in violence and imagery, Donald Glover's new music video "This Is America" touches on painful racial history and our contemporary ...
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WILLIAM BRANGHAM: In just a few days, a music video online called "This Is America" has been viewed almost 55 million times. As Jeffrey Brown explains, the video has also set off an intense debate about violence and race. JEFFREY BROWN: The video is beautifully shot and choreographed, infectious in its beat, jarring in its violence and imagery. And it's clearly struck a nerve, touching on painful racial history and a contemporary culture of mass entertainment and mass murders. It's the work of Donald Glover, known for writing and acting in the acclaimed TV series "Atlanta," for his comedy, and for the music he performs, as here, under the pseudonym Childish Gambino. Here is an excerpt from "This Is America," with a warning for some of the violent im...
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WILLIAM BRANGHAM: In just a few days, a music video online called "This Is America" has been viewed almost 55 million times. As Jeffrey Brown explains, the video has also set off an intense debate about violence and race. JEFFREY BROWN: The video is beautifully shot and choreographed, infectious in its beat, jarring in its violence and imagery. And it's clearly struck a nerve, touching on painful racial history and a contemporary culture of mass entertainment and mass murders. It's the work of Donald Glover, known for writing and acting in the acclaimed TV series "Atlanta," for his comedy, and for the music he performs, as here, under the pseudonym Childish Gambino. Here is an excerpt from "This Is America," with a warning for some of the violent im...
