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Stay Woke: Why Donald Glover Should Receive the 2018 Living Legacy Award
The afternoon glow of the sun shines through a bedroom window illuminating a child hunched over his cassette recorder. The year is 1993 in a small town in georgia. He uses a variety of silly voices to create his own plays to pass the time. Approximately twenty three years later, The sun now beats down on the same boy as he stands behind stage in the Mojave desert. Sporting an outrageous outfit he modeled off of traditional nigerian masquerades (Weiner 63-67), he listens to the crowd gathered here anticipating his unreleased album. The drum beat signals the beginning of the song and his entrance as he takes one last deep breath before walking out onto the stage.
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For instance, even his fans say one can not listen to his music around family or in professional settings. Upon actually examining the lyrics of Glover’s music, the lines can be downright offensive. In a positive review of Glover’s stand-up show “Weirdo”, the critic warns his audience by saying “When going into a listening of ‘Weirdo’, make sure your boss or family are not in the same vicinity. Then, take it in,”(Walsh). This advice can be given for most aspects of his career; his music, comedy, and even some of his acting daringly walks the line of offending its audience. However, as society continues to develop, once obscene content matures into commonplace and the population is appreciating his genuine, unfiltered substance. For instance, the same people who warn others of his crass personality often have very positive things to say about Glover and his messages. The earlier mentioned critic, Walsh, later went on to say, “All in all, Glover’s ‘Weirdo’ is just another avenue to show his talent and remind those that still care about actual talent that it does still exist.” Even though Glover is not a candidate for a good role model of young children, those mature enough to comprehend his ideas see through the tough exterior to the brilliance of Glover’s
Specifically, Glover frequently Dontes to a charity for foster families called Community Connections (Gap). In the words of Glover himself, “Community Connections is a charity i’m involved with where somebody who is interested in foster care can go and get all the tools they need to be a foster parent.” Glover’s parents were also fostering children as they raised him and his two other siblings; his parents connections to organizations such as this one throughout his childhood has inspired him to help families just like his to succeed. Additionally, Glover inspires his audience to contribute to causes like this one or even something they are passionate in. At the end of Glover’s Gap ad, there was a message notifying the viewers for every like the video got on Facebook, Gap would donate one dollar to Community Connections (Gap). Throughout the video, Glover discusses the joys of giving to charity and even suggests to give to charity in the name of loved ones as a gift. “Especially for the people who say not to get them anything like oh I didn’t! I got you the gift of giving,” says Glover (Gap). Through Glover’s donations and his encouragement of others to do the same, he circulates the idea of sharing wealth with those who are less