"His work marries a depth of thought with inscrutability, and for over 15 years, this has resulted in rap music that is ambitious and vulnerable while Staples comes off as ambivalent about it in interviews. His Netflix comedy, The Vince Staples Show, captures both sides - the creative polymath and the dispassionate observer of life - at once. It's a show that interrogates fame, especially Black fame, while also conveying how unimportant and irrelevant it is."
"Simpson is named James Brown, but it's definitely O.J. Simpson, but also a little bit Jim Brown, and it's also a completely fictional guy. Staples is similarly hard to pin down about his influences. He admires deep cinephile directors like the Swedish absurdist Roy Andersson, but later in the conversation, he says he still prefers Back to the Future III."
Vince Staples balances a mild-mannered public persona with a trickster core, producing rap that is ambitious and vulnerable while remaining inscrutable. His Netflix comedy, The Vince Staples Show, portrays both creative polymath and dispassionate observer, interrogating fame—especially Black fame—while portraying it as unimportant and irrelevant. Season two reframes the legacy of O. J. Simpson as a fictionalized figure named James Brown, blending real and invented elements. Staples cites diverse influences, from Swedish absurdist Roy Andersson to Back to the Future III. He grew up watching animated sitcoms like The Simpsons and King of the Hill and timed them to fall asleep.
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