How Stefani Robinson Pens A Skewed Sense of Reality for 'Atlanta'
essence.comStefani Robinson isn’t interested in playing it safe. As the sole woman on the writing team for Atlanta on FX, she’s constantly finding a unique angle from which to illustrate a point or convey a feeling that most of us know all too well. “I just like telling stories.
I feel like my resume is a little bit chaotic because of that,” Robinson said. With credits that include the dark comedy thriller Fargo, comedic horror mockumentary What We Do In The Shadows, and the lesser-known gem surrealist romantic comedy Man Seeking Woman, it’s clear that Robinson’s humor and pen travel far beyond the parameters of the ordinary. “I like things that feel specific and interesting and different.
I think I’m less interested in something that feels completely grounded and slice-of-life naturalistic,” she continued. “I think that if you’re going to tell a story in a visual medium, why not do it as crazy or as visually stimulating or as interestingly as possible?” Season three of Atlanta was nothing short of stimulating and interesting.
Deviating from the show’s prior more linear format, this season found the series’ core cast seemingly relegated to a meandering secondary storyline, making discoveries about themselves and their interpersonal relationships while on a European concert tour with Paper Boi.
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