VINCE STAPLES ALMOST died from asthma. He also stood next to a bank robbery hostage just moments before they were shot in the head by the police. He also joined a gang, he claims, just to kill people. Only one of those moments was turned into a scene in the avant-garde rapper-turned-actor’s surrealistic new Netflix series The Vince Staples Show. But, once you get to know the 30-year-old genius, you’ll understand how he turned the unreal stories of his life into 2024’s weirdest show.The Vince Staples Show is normalized chaos. It’s the type of show where Vince, playing himself, will do battle with an angered gang of amusement park mascots, pull a gun on someone moments after being released from prison, and still go home to his girlfriend with the emotionless face of a man that just ran a few errands. Unlike most new series that feel like an assembly of algorithmically successful TV tropes (spy thriller rom-com with objectively gorgeous people, anyone?), The Vince Staples Show has an offbeat voice in perfect harmony with its unorthodox world. Courtesy of NetflixShootouts are explained to a child by his father as “grown-up laser tag” they’ll one day be able to participate in. In the middle of a bank robbery, the racial implications of how we view criminals are explained by comparing Queen Latifah in Set It Off with George Clooney in the Ocean’s franchise. The show isn’t absurd for shock value. It’s shocking to keep you attentive to the lessons Vince… Click below to read the full story from Men’s Health
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