How ‘Atlanta’ Finale’s Focus on Van Continues Season 3’s Departure From the Norm
thewrap.comswore that the writers simply predicted the future. Robinson doesn’t know if they predicted the future, per se, but she does think that the room Glover curates allows the writers to think beyond the present moment and build stories that may or may not ever become reality. “It’s kind of spooky.
Like, I don’t know what it is about,” Robinson said. “We have a lot of arguments. We have a lot of debates, we have a lot of really frank and honest conversations, and that’s sort of where we start.
That’s not necessarily different than any other writers’ room, but I also think there’s just that element of surrealism that feels a little bit out of this world with ‘Atlanta.’ We’re constantly thinking in terms of alternate universes, or ‘What if this happened?’ or ‘What is the future?’ When we’re talking about the world that we’re living in or the state of the world or something… there’s always a little bit of like turning it on its head in some way.”Defining “Atlanta” can be a bit tricky, as the show often takes an avant-garde approach and, truthfully, works hard not to fit into any sort of box.
That’s how Robinson could tackle the issue of Van’s emotional turmoil this season, while also putting her character up against the backdrop of a Parisian cannibal. “I think [Glover is] so good about just treating ‘Atlanta’ as an opportunity for us as creators to do whatever we want.
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