The Goof Who Sat By the Door
8th episode of the 4th season of Atlanta
8th episode of the 4th season of Atlanta
"The Goof Who Sat By the Door" is the eighth episode of the fourth season of the American comedy-drama television series Atlanta. It is the 39th overall episode of the series and was written by supervising producer Francesca Sloane and Karen Joseph Adcock, and the final episode directed by series creator and lead actor Donald Glover. It was first broadcast on FX in the United States on October 27, 2022. None of the main characters of the series appear in this episode. The episode, structured like a documentary, tells the fictional story of Thomas Washington, a Black man who was appointed CEO of The Walt Disney Company and intended to make "the Blackest movie of all time", which would be A Goofy Movie. The title and plot heavily reference Sam Greenlee's novel The Spook Who Sat by the Door, as well as its film adaptation. The storytelling and style strongly resemble the documentary Floyd Norman: An Animated Life about the first black animator at Disney. The manner in which Washington is appointed...
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