This probably isn’t true, but The Vince Staples Show feels like a bunch of Netflix executives asked the titular rapper-actor to make the next Atlanta. I don’t even fault him for trying…but Donald Glover, he ain’t. In these five almost sketch-like episodes, Staples simply lacks the outward charm and charisma to sell such a carbon copy of that surreal masterpiece, which is wild because I know he’s a charming and charismatic cat. Staples obviously is multi-talented, but his seeming attempt at mimicry instead of being original here, plus the lack of on-screen support (even Glover had Brian Tyree Henry and LaKeith Stanfield), holds the series back.