Money Bag Shawty
"Money Bag Shawty" is the third episode of the second season of the American comedy-drama television series Atlanta.
According to Nielsen Media Research, the episode was seen by an estimated 0.561 million household viewers and gained a 0.3 ratings share among adults aged 18–49.
The episode received extremely positive reviews from critics, who praised Donald Glover's performance and humor.
The episode begins with a woman (Blair Busbee) posting Instagram stories, where she tells her audience her frustration with a new song by "Paper Boi" after listening to her young daughter singing it.
She recites the song's explicit and controversial lyrics, which ends with a statement supporting Colin Kaepernick, prompting her to express her frustration.
He, in turn, takes Darius and Tracy (Khris Davis) to meet with Earn and Van, who have rented a limo.
Earn and Van decide to leave the strip club, where they see a crowd seeing Michael Vick racing other people for cash bets.
More specifically, why are the producers of Atlanta paying and, arguably, celebrating a man who spent 21 months in federal prison for running a dogfighting ring?
But the many ways in which things don't work out are as surprising and fun as the understated character Donald Glover created for himself to play.
"[10] Matt Miller of Esquire wrote, "The spectrum of these perspectives points to the shades with which Atlanta colors these issues.
Truly, there are 'problems between black and white relations in this country based on misunderstandings', and Atlanta is right to point out the nuances of this issue, as Donald Glover has always attempted to do with the show.
"[11] Bryan Washington of Vulture gave the episode a 4 star rating out of 5 and wrote, "Van is Atlanta's most elusive character, which is to say that she's the least autonomous.
"[12] Leigh-Anne Jackson of The New York Times wrote, "They both empathize with Earn's plight and ultimately hit him with some frank advice: In order to get treated like he's better than other people, he needs to start acting like he's better than them.
"[14] Alison Herman of The Ringer wrote, "'Money Bag Shawty' is, in essence, an episode-long version of the line from last season in which Earn, explaining why he can't get Al the money he's due from a club appearance, whines: 'N----s know I drink juice and shit, man!'
Given that locking down payment is the sum total of a manager's job, Earn has to put down the juice box before it's too late.
