Donald Glover's interview with himself deemed on Twitter to be “cringey,” “weird” and “self-aggrandizing"

Los Angeles Times

"Much like his hit FX series, the exercise is profoundly meta and introspective — to a fault," says the Los Angeles Times' Christi Carras of the social media reaction to Glover's self-interview for Interview magazine. “Donald glover interviewing himself is a great example of how the skills of profilers/critics/interviewers are so undervalued,” tweeted Vulture and New York magazine critic Angelica Jade Bastién. “Let’s let go of auteurism please.” In his interview, Glover explains why agreed to be interviewed by himself. “I guess I don’t love interviews and I asked myself, ‘Why don’t you like interviews?’” Glover said. “I think part of it is that the questions are usually the same. This way I can get questions I usually don’t get asked.

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