During Sunday night’s Writers Guild Awards, Donald Glover made a lighthearted jab at his controversial former Community co-star Chevy Chase. During his speech, Glover joked about Chase’s racism on the show.
According to a 2018 New Yorker profile, Chase allegedly tried to disrupt Glover’s scenes by calling him the N-word between takes. The article also claims that Chase was jealous of his “immensely gifted” co-star, causing him to lash out.
Community
Community is a sense of belonging and trust that comes from shared experiences. This feeling is a crucial part of human existence, and people are drawn to communities for many reasons.
The word community can also refer to a group of organisms living and interacting in a specific place. These communities may be small or large, local or regional, and they have different ecological, socioeconomic, and evolutionary characteristics.
Throughout history, people have created and maintained communities to meet their own needs. They can create community by establishing and maintaining friendships, working together to overcome challenges, or by sharing resources in times of need.
During the Writers Guild Awards on Sunday night, Glover playfully mentioned a past incident from their time co-starring in Community, where Chevy Chase jokingly referred to him using the n-word. This is not the first time that Glover has made this reference, as he has previously spoken about his issues with Chase.
Atlanta
A new profile by the New Yorker details a number of interesting facets of Donald Glover’s life and career. He boasts a diverse range of talents as a writer, rapper, actor, and director, and his outstanding contributions to the FX comedy series Atlanta have earned him numerous prestigious awards.
Born and raised in Edwards Air Force Base, California, Glover has a background in music. His parents are Jehovah’s Witnesses, and he was adopted from a foster home when he was young.
He began his career in stand-up comedy and eventually moved into writing and directing. He was a regular on Saturday Night Live, and he’s also worked on movies like Magic Mike XXL and Ridley Scott’s The Martian.
While he’s certainly a talented individual, there are a few aspects of his career that have been more controversial than others. One is the alleged racism that he allegedly experienced from his former Community co-star Chevy Chase.
Childish Gambino
Donald Glover has spoken out about Chevy Chase once calling him the n-word during his time on Community. At the recent Writers Guild Awards in New York, Glover made a notable reference in his speech while presenting the award named after Paul Simms to honor him.
In the speech, Glover referred to his co-star’s racially insensitive on-set behavior and also joked about Dunham using anti-Black racial slurs to describe Simms, who is white.
Despite his awkward long comedic pause, it is likely that Glover was referring to an incident during his time on Community when Chase reportedly used the n-word in a tirade. He was a fan of Glover’s while working on the show and may have been in a hurry to get off set before anyone realized he was saying that line.
Lena Dunham
Lena Dunham has a knack for writing and directing witty, nuanced films that tap into her millennial perspective. She’s famous for creating and starring in the HBO show Girls, but she’s also a writer who has released several books and short films.
Dunham has always been a feminist whose stories challenge the status quo, and her latest film, Catherine Called Birdy, is no exception. Adapted from the 1994 novel by Karen Cushman, it tells the story of a smart and spirited teen who lives in medieval England.
The PG-13 movie is charming and well-made. In many ways, it resembles another one of her previous films, Tiny Furniture (2010), where she documents the trials and tribulations of a young woman who’s attempting to fit into society while dealing with familial challenges.
But unlike Tiny Furniture, Dunham’s latest film veers more toward the medical issues that she’s dealt with throughout her life. Her heroine, Sarah Jo (Kristine Froseth), is faced with an Ehlers-Danlos syndrome diagnosis and endometriosis, and she must overcome them in a way that’s a lot like her own experience.
