Childish Gambino's Short Film "Chicken and Futility" | Complex

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  • Опубликовано: 21 янв 2025

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  • @backgrrroundguy
    @backgrrroundguy 8 лет назад +940

    I like to think of this as Atlanta Ep. 0 while Earn is at Princeton

  • @GVBRXEL
    @GVBRXEL 4 года назад +213

    “We’re never gonna do that”
    idk why that resonates so much with me.

    • @mattygeno
      @mattygeno 2 года назад +1

      Because you lazy bruh, you don’t even care to think for a minute about why you don’t know, like why that resonate with you 😂

  • @JhaaronLshae
    @JhaaronLshae 10 лет назад +837

    I met childish gambino in a daydream once, he told me "bro, just be you", and to this day I have remained Jhaaron Lshae

    • @juggsxsnipes
      @juggsxsnipes 10 лет назад +18

      haha change that name though...

    • @thegoldmolar6171
      @thegoldmolar6171 10 лет назад +69

      Twist Clip nah the name tight

    • @JhaaronLshae
      @JhaaronLshae 10 лет назад +29

      the gold molar and so are the bars

    • @Mr-ep2qi
      @Mr-ep2qi 9 лет назад +1

      I had a dream I met him at his concert. He was kinda a dick actually...

    • @aarenas96
      @aarenas96 8 лет назад +1

      dope name ha, notice the reference

  • @ethanmathew3257
    @ethanmathew3257 10 лет назад +461

    there's always a deeper meaning to everything gambino does. otherwise, there would be no real point to this film other than a cool short film, which it was.
    -doing things just so he can say he can
    -people protesting people that hate you
    -chick-fil-a not being open on sunday, the urge to do things when you can't do them
    -the moth chasing after the wrong light
    -saying your going to do something and knowing youre not going to do that (selling chick-fil-a on sunday outside of the store)

    • @jjs_arkade
      @jjs_arkade 4 года назад +22

      I think this ties in to the "because the internet" story

    • @johnindigo5477
      @johnindigo5477 Год назад

      @@jjs_arkade *theme

  • @augusttierney3199
    @augusttierney3199 10 лет назад +206

    I know there is a deeper point to this, but the idea of selling chick-fil-a on Sunday should not be overlooked.

    • @jjs_arkade
      @jjs_arkade 4 года назад +2

      This ties into the "because the internet" story

  • @tybond6463
    @tybond6463 10 лет назад +128

    i fucking love his twisted existentialist approach on life.. i can watch this everyday..

  • @MojitoMatt
    @MojitoMatt 3 года назад +161

    Donald explaining that Moth metaphor is an example of it in itself. He’s showing his deeper side, his true self, but to the wrong people. He’s being who he’s supposed to be, but he’s in the wrong space.

  • @xlapse
    @xlapse 8 лет назад +99

    Seeing someones life played out like this is somewhat fascinating, he perfected casualty in film. I could honestly watch this film in full because of how relatable it is

  • @GVen005
    @GVen005 10 лет назад +219

    It kinda shows how his friends aren't really interested in the boy. They're interested in the materiel things he has.

    • @HybridDolphin
      @HybridDolphin 10 лет назад +27

      you nailed it!!!
      he even admitted this in the Because the Internet Screeplay towards the end

    • @udopiarecords
      @udopiarecords 5 лет назад +23

      Not even kinda, thats exactly what it is! He feels so different from his closest friends, thats why dude was amazed when he met Jhene, cause he felt understood, and similar to her

    • @jjs_arkade
      @jjs_arkade 4 года назад +22

      "Got a house full of homies, why I feel so the opposite?"

  • @miyeyoo
    @miyeyoo 10 лет назад +632

    that moth stuff is deep man. i feel like that in college... idk if im going towards the right light

    • @MrRMbeatz
      @MrRMbeatz 10 лет назад +5

      same

    • @fredjones762
      @fredjones762 9 лет назад

      what are you majoring in?

    • @MrRMbeatz
      @MrRMbeatz 9 лет назад +26

      i did a presentation in my college tech comms class defining the word futile. i played this video as well. i got a 94.

    • @guinessdrinker_azc29
      @guinessdrinker_azc29 9 лет назад

      Mieya Young I know what you're saying, im like that at university right now !!!

    • @elstupido2233
      @elstupido2233 7 лет назад

      my dick if fluffy...
      i didn't go to college

  • @MrRMbeatz
    @MrRMbeatz 10 лет назад +196

    I am using this video for a presentation for my technical writing class. I have to define the word futile. The president of the college will be present. I am about to blow their fucking minds.

    • @DeOriginalDavid
      @DeOriginalDavid 9 лет назад +10

      Dues Huxley how'd it go?

    • @MrRMbeatz
      @MrRMbeatz 9 лет назад +71

      DeOriginalDavid i got a 94 on my presentation and a 90 on my essay.

    • @DeOriginalDavid
      @DeOriginalDavid 9 лет назад +27

      Dues Huxley thats awesome. Congrats on that man.

    • @CaptainKickAss01
      @CaptainKickAss01 9 лет назад +13

      Dues Huxley dude post your essay on the web and send us the link

    • @runbeforeyoucant
      @runbeforeyoucant 9 лет назад

      +Dues Huxley Dopeee

  • @christianjfrank
    @christianjfrank 10 лет назад +37

    BINO, you just showcased how I feel when trying to open up and go into something that matters to me but is met with futility. THANK YOU

  • @party__SHY
    @party__SHY 9 лет назад +115

    Bino the type of guy to tell Drake "you're better than this"

  • @StaticbeyfrmSemoran
    @StaticbeyfrmSemoran 8 лет назад +315

    I dont think y'all got that Interpretation om when he said the moth seems futile because he's searching for the wrong light. if u notice right after he said that he told them that they should sell chick fil LA biscuits on Sunday but buy them on Saturday. he used the same analogy and applied it to real life. by him wanting to sell biscuits hes inner self is telling him the right thing to do but not the right setting. he should approach that way of thinking and apply it to something more productive. he's a freaking mastermind

    • @30hrs44
      @30hrs44 8 лет назад +13

      Wow that's a great way of thinking of it. I love him

    • @riwindrwall2853
      @riwindrwall2853 8 лет назад +13

      static 47 static 47 maybe your right and wrong I think he's using the analogy of being able to choose for our selves being able to deduct when something is a good or bad idea seeing as the moth just does believing it's right we can think about the actions ahead of time and we have a choice to follow through on stupid decisions or not.

    • @duhJaank
      @duhJaank 6 лет назад

      riwind rwall 👏👏👏

    • @jnnx
      @jnnx 6 лет назад +1

      Yeah, it’s almost like he saw Clerks, or Slacker, and just did the same thing, but put his own twist on it...

    • @ADKBuddy
      @ADKBuddy 2 года назад

      Same with the paper, focusing on the wrong paper 😩

  • @notryangosling3065
    @notryangosling3065 7 лет назад +22

    This is basically Atlanta before Atlanta, everything about it is so similar

  • @daddymac970
    @daddymac970 9 лет назад +153

    Damn. You can tell that's his brother by the nose

    • @AmericanNerdLife
      @AmericanNerdLife 8 лет назад +11

      that's his actual brother tho

    • @jessw.6250
      @jessw.6250 8 лет назад +5

      You know the only thing I can tell?...
      Is that they rrrrreally like Chick Fil A.😒

    • @alantomy1444
      @alantomy1444 8 лет назад

      But isn't his brother adopted?

    • @stoneycarter6429
      @stoneycarter6429 8 лет назад +16

      He has a blood brother but in there household they have had a lot of adopted brothers and sisters in and out the house

  • @jjs_arkade
    @jjs_arkade 4 года назад +3

    This is why because the internet is one of his best albums

  • @TOWNERENTERPRISES
    @TOWNERENTERPRISES 5 лет назад +3

    So fresh. I have not owned a tv for over 13 years, and I really enjoy seeing your stuff as it pops up on youtube. It's always nice to see in real life other people creating thoughts into art just like I think. It's dope to not be lonely in the field of ideas and seeing others ideas come to fruition. It makes a point and speaks clear. I hope to work with you in the near future.

  • @j4n3m84
    @j4n3m84 10 лет назад +30

    The ending to this was genius

  • @Caesar_Online
    @Caesar_Online 2 года назад +3

    This is so well written

  • @cefballer101
    @cefballer101 10 лет назад +54

    I'd assume this is an extra from "clapping for the wrong reasons", the title of which ties into Gambino's point on how we're taught to go towards the light but it might be the wrong light for us personally. e.g. we're taught to become doctors and lawyers when our light is supposed to be through art or music perhaps.
    Basically, this is like a bonus track. Are there any more of these?

    • @gregorythe6th646
      @gregorythe6th646 10 лет назад

      I dont think so.

    • @thequarrywoman1
      @thequarrywoman1 7 лет назад +4

      sorry im three late but you should definetly read the because the internet screenplay

  • @DeadManeWolf
    @DeadManeWolf 10 лет назад +31

    I just realized the dude who said he wanted chic fil a is childish gambino/donald glover brother

  • @bradcarriero488
    @bradcarriero488 9 лет назад +142

    At the part about the moth, The moth is doing exactly what its supposed to but its just the wrong light. just like Clapping for the Wrong Reasons.......... anyone else pick up the analogy.

    • @samich7371
      @samich7371 8 лет назад +2

      +Brad Carriero so meta

    • @randumbbeats7588
      @randumbbeats7588 8 лет назад +1

      lol nah, elaborate? I guess I didnt pick that part up lol

    • @Faithhail4233
      @Faithhail4233 8 лет назад

      how does it relate.. can someone explain?

    • @TheKiddballer21
      @TheKiddballer21 8 лет назад

      respond to us!

    • @Faithhail4233
      @Faithhail4233 8 лет назад +6

      +olliej21 I think he just means people are clapping, like the moth follows the light, but we're not clapping for the correct reason, like the moth is following the wrong light. Idk

  • @DCSpoodle
    @DCSpoodle 8 лет назад +41

    "Hey boi you write that paper yet?" 😏

  • @breezydrews
    @breezydrews 11 лет назад +3

    YES!!! Thanks for uploading this finally. I couldn't find a way to download it from the site and I wanted to gif it.

  • @areaves20
    @areaves20 10 лет назад +22

    this shit is so real on so many levels. fuck.

  • @uhkeelay
    @uhkeelay Год назад +2

    This is canonically somewhere on the BTI timeline.

  • @giovannigonzalez2416
    @giovannigonzalez2416 8 лет назад +7

    I just feel like i get this. on every level. even if there is nothing to get. I GET IT. It makes me feel like I get it. which makes me feel less lost in life.

  • @Kermit_E_Frog
    @Kermit_E_Frog 8 лет назад +13

    I couldn't stop staring at the middle dude's head.

  • @DoinHer69
    @DoinHer69 10 лет назад +1

    Dam I'm really glad I watched that! Wish there was more because this had me dying and it had some serious point to it as well. Please make more of these CG!

  • @lizrooney8741
    @lizrooney8741 Год назад +1

    Gambi's insight & intellect is beyond the masses. He is deeper than the 7 seas - respect.

  • @CoreyMcKinneyJr
    @CoreyMcKinneyJr 10 лет назад +95

    This dudes like me in a lot of ways..hes just the genius version :-/

    • @guinessdrinker_azc29
      @guinessdrinker_azc29 10 лет назад +1

      I feel exactly the same way man

    • @SpaceyNYC
      @SpaceyNYC 10 лет назад

      I feel the same way haha

    • @CoreyMcKinneyJr
      @CoreyMcKinneyJr 10 лет назад

      LoL weerd Arran Chander SpaceyNYC It Sucks..im boutta start eating hella olives/ blue berries and increase my memory/ IQ

    • @apolloknight9691
      @apolloknight9691 10 лет назад +14

      We are all geniuses that choose not to show it

    • @guinessdrinker_azc29
      @guinessdrinker_azc29 10 лет назад +1

      ThatDudeOnUtube don't forget fish buddy, fish is brainfood !!!

  • @mynar_lenahan
    @mynar_lenahan 10 лет назад +4

    I think that was deceptively sweet and honest. I was expecting like some silly funny or die thing with cheap pot jokes or something, but that was a really sweet short story with, like, a soul and stuff. I super liked it.

  • @caromarquez
    @caromarquez 8 лет назад +45

    moths flock to light = correct action , but the lightbulb = wrong light
    people want chik fil a but it's not open sunday = correct action, but the chick fil a sold on sunday (but the guys) isn't authentic because it's food from saturday = wrong chick fil a
    literally how my brain thought of about what he said. Then my brain thought this video about chicken and moths made us all think more critically than any english class has ever done in the public school system.

  • @tankerteez13
    @tankerteez13 8 лет назад +2

    For those of you looking for the poem that was cited for the first 19 seconds it was called "Annie Died The Other Day" by E.E. Cummings.

  • @frostbyte317
    @frostbyte317 5 лет назад +3

    Funny how years later after this video drop he collabs with Adidas and uses the moth as an inspiration for his "Nizza" sneakers

  • @Calmonay
    @Calmonay 10 лет назад +6

    We're never gonna do that...

  • @jordanltaylor
    @jordanltaylor 9 лет назад +3

    Idk why but I find myself watching this once a day for the past couple of weeks now..

  • @tatlifelover
    @tatlifelover 8 лет назад +13

    I strive everyday to be the best pretender.

    • @TuxedoKnox
      @TuxedoKnox 8 лет назад +5

      I'm a classically trained liar....

  • @larsolsen2594
    @larsolsen2594 8 лет назад +8

    Everything in the video touches on futility, like the paper he's rolling is to
    Learn but not ever roll again, then chik fil a isn't open anyways so it's in vain then he talks bought the moth, and then they talk bought selling the biscuits knowing it's the smart thing to do then ends the film saying we're never going to do that like they're never going to make a difference not going to chik fil, and he's never going to need to roll that paper

  • @gehazelmuse1507
    @gehazelmuse1507 2 года назад +2

    1:14 That’s The Funniest Truth Ever 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @spencProductions
    @spencProductions 10 лет назад +26

    current hero

  • @KaysAnimus
    @KaysAnimus 9 лет назад +1

    this has given me chills every time for like, the last, 30 times or so

  • @skistarno2
    @skistarno2 8 лет назад +7

    He still aint roll the papar, peep his homeboy looking down at it in the last second

  • @MegaLakeStar
    @MegaLakeStar 10 лет назад +13

    prolly takes place between the end of the time the boy first gets home in the script and clapping for the wrong reasons.

    • @AdiT306
      @AdiT306 10 лет назад +5

      idk man cuz after his dad died he moved out the mansion and started selling drugs (pink toes) with the group. clapping for the wrong reasons takes place in the mansion, and it's kinda like the settings for the screenplay

  • @coreyburney2331
    @coreyburney2331 10 лет назад +4

    This speaks to me!

  • @anonimus9921
    @anonimus9921 10 лет назад +1

    The last line sums up what he's been saying assuming you watch it through.

  • @pimp12927
    @pimp12927 6 лет назад +1

    They play that street fighter vs snk...respect to gambino

  • @jackfaulkner8479
    @jackfaulkner8479 8 лет назад +3

    how does gambino look homeless but amazing at the same time? somebody please tell me

  • @alex-sm2iw
    @alex-sm2iw 7 лет назад +1

    The audio is of E Honda vs Adon but when they show the game it's C Viper vs Sakura

  • @fabo36
    @fabo36 10 лет назад +4

    That Chik-Fila-A on Sunday shit is beyond true

  • @Althadonchi
    @Althadonchi 10 лет назад +3

    Ive had this exact chic fil a convo before lmao

  • @wangsizzurp
    @wangsizzurp 6 лет назад +3

    This is the rough sketch of Atlanta.

  • @therealestable
    @therealestable 8 лет назад +15

    I literally saw a moth near my candle when he said that

  • @antoniojohnson7914
    @antoniojohnson7914 10 лет назад +1

    vintage vibes.

  • @brandoalt7510
    @brandoalt7510 10 лет назад +1

    On his coffee table is Crap Kingdom by DC Pierson, from Derrick Comedy

  • @sir_greendown
    @sir_greendown 9 лет назад +4

    Just noticed that the book on the table is DC Pierson's

  • @davontaereed8733
    @davontaereed8733 10 лет назад +5

    At 1:50 you can see D.C piersons book Crap Kingdom. Sick.

    • @wataloopus
      @wataloopus 10 лет назад

      What's that book about?

    • @davontaereed8733
      @davontaereed8733 10 лет назад +4

      A boy named Tom Parking is taken from earth to a magical kingdom. He is chosen to restore the kingdom back to glory but he turns it down because the place sucks. The Kingdom then picks tom's best friend, Kyle, to replace him. He gets jealous cause Kyle has always been better than him, so he wants to take back that crappy kingdom back.

  • @lemuelkayani6871
    @lemuelkayani6871 8 лет назад

    i still watch this everyday

  • @yakub9933
    @yakub9933 2 года назад

    "we're never gonna do that" idk why but that line hits deep

  • @audidreamin
    @audidreamin 2 года назад +1

    I love how they're playing xbox, but the xbox console is actually sitting in the background, not connected. Interesting

  • @daniellefrancis9495
    @daniellefrancis9495 9 лет назад +1

    this is honestly so very interesting. Now every time I see a moth I'm gonna cry

  • @lacroixboix
    @lacroixboix 10 лет назад

    at like 15 seconds it shows him reading from over his shoulder, his legs are crossed. Then it cuts to a different frame and his legs are open.

  • @ftg419
    @ftg419 10 лет назад +1

    I think this might be a preview to the show he's suppose to be doing on fx

  • @CrystalMario64LPs
    @CrystalMario64LPs 10 лет назад +2

    I'd watch the shit out of this show.

  • @user-if8tb9ks9n
    @user-if8tb9ks9n 3 года назад +1

    I literally just teared up thinking about how detrimental our impact on nature is. That poor moth

  • @stillmatic880
    @stillmatic880 8 лет назад +7

    He on some other shit with this directing writing and creation

  • @MrBrohamSandwich
    @MrBrohamSandwich 5 лет назад +3

    I took shrooms last night and this all makes sense. Thank you.

  • @okayskylar
    @okayskylar 8 лет назад

    this was the most relatable thing I've ever watched

  • @UnsupportedGoods
    @UnsupportedGoods 11 лет назад +1

    One of the shortest short films I've ever seen. But still interesting.

  • @ATRTAP
    @ATRTAP 9 лет назад

    Smooth and real. Loved it.

  • @oceanp-dl7gf
    @oceanp-dl7gf 10 лет назад

    So tru. Always want chik-fil-
    a on sunday.

  • @jsan2586
    @jsan2586 7 лет назад +2

    Seems to me that the moth going towards the light parallels them playing video games rather than going through that chicken biscuit idea

    • @lovestarlightgiver2402
      @lovestarlightgiver2402 6 лет назад

      The chicken itself is futile. They want the wrong things and if they could get it Sunday then they would, just like the moth wants the fake moonlight of the artificial lightbulb

  • @domthekidd6300
    @domthekidd6300 9 лет назад +14

    Why is the audio for the game E.Honda Vs. Fuerte, but the video Sakura Vs. Viper... but good shit anyway

  • @astronautjones7761
    @astronautjones7761 6 лет назад +1

    Gambino is a Mastermind

  • @CIII328
    @CIII328 6 лет назад

    The Dream part on STN MTN makes so much sense

  • @KoalaDropEmOff
    @KoalaDropEmOff 11 лет назад +1

    Gambino is a fucking MASTERMIND!!!

  • @zequanstevens
    @zequanstevens 10 лет назад +1

    He's such a genius

  • @jesusavila8364
    @jesusavila8364 10 лет назад +6

    It's doing the right thing but going to the wrong light...

  • @kirstenDINO
    @kirstenDINO 10 лет назад +1

    God I love Donald Glover, like damn, just DAMN. I was supposed to goto his Gambino concert and it got cancelled. Unfortunately it was the only location I could go to so suppper bummed.

  • @TheAndreCato
    @TheAndreCato 8 лет назад

    I like this over all subtle, smooth poignant. Stillness used well.

  • @harukiamida
    @harukiamida 2 года назад

    atlanta season 4 episode ten brought me back to this everyone sitting around watching the popeyes commercial

  • @NBA2232
    @NBA2232 11 лет назад +5

    Dope

  • @orm1982
    @orm1982 6 лет назад

    'we're never going to do that'

  • @labeolder6152
    @labeolder6152 4 года назад +1

    This shit changed my life in high school lmao

  • @anitalopis5225
    @anitalopis5225 9 лет назад

    hes so smart, genius

  • @mieshiadyches
    @mieshiadyches 8 лет назад +2

    I didn't know about the moth thing, and now I'm kinda sad about it... but more bc it reminds me of a bunch of other stuff

  • @JCDawghound
    @JCDawghound 10 лет назад +1

    Shouts outs to Street Fighter for the one time.

  • @FrankThaTank00
    @FrankThaTank00 8 лет назад +1

    1:05 in chicken gay what someone help me hear this right pleas

    • @soybreexo5000
      @soybreexo5000 8 лет назад

      a while ago chic-fil-a didn't serve a gay couple so a lot of people including my mom was like boycotting there restaurant.

    • @shaicry
      @shaicry 8 лет назад

      yea

    • @acetate909
      @acetate909 8 лет назад

      OMG. That is not true. The controvery wasn't about Chick Fil A not serving a gay couple. Read my reply above. Damn, it would take you the same amount of time to Google your facts as it would to make up stupid shit that perpetrates false rumors and lies. Check this link and educate yourself for 30 seconds. I mean shit you're already on the Internet.
      www.dennyburk.com/two-lies-about-chick-fil-a-perpetuated-in-the-media/

  • @keeganwoods3108
    @keeganwoods3108 7 лет назад +3

    What’s the name of that book he was reading?

  • @TheMatchesMalone
    @TheMatchesMalone 7 лет назад

    I wanna meet this man so badly

  • @JamesSmith-mb2jt
    @JamesSmith-mb2jt 10 лет назад +3

    "Doing the right thing but going to the wrong light" kind of like saying doing the right thing but for the wrong reasons, hence "clapping for the wrong reasons". But it doesn't matter of thinking of it that way because it's "futile" to think of it that way because we're going to do it or not do it anyways. Not supposed to be eating chick fil a but they're going to do it anyway, idea to sell biscuits on Sunday, great idea but they won't do it. Ya smell me son?

  • @JL-yq9xn
    @JL-yq9xn 7 лет назад

    Dis is art

  • @Detman101
    @Detman101 6 лет назад

    I miss having friends.
    Used to do stuff like this all the time....

  • @acefaaace
    @acefaaace 10 лет назад +1

    Shout out to C. Viper

  • @bashbarti75
    @bashbarti75 9 лет назад

    Wow. Very compelling.

  • @mrkay4757
    @mrkay4757 4 года назад

    “We’re never going to do that”
    Bro

  • @ergman3
    @ergman3 10 лет назад +1

    Are there more of these? The Rap is great and all, but his videos are fucking awesome

  • @OGNICKMARSH
    @OGNICKMARSH 7 лет назад

    this makes me wish i had friends

  • @veeezis
    @veeezis 3 года назад +1

    Yo that's not Childish Gambino. That's Brian. He likes to ~skateboard~. You won't find any poop in his pants.