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September 5 - 11, 2016 Page 3 ACROSS 1. "__ Boss" 9. "__ Life to Live" 10. Thrown for a __; flabbergasted 11. Prefix for loyal or like 13. Role on "Little House on the Prairie" 15. Coeur d'__, Idaho 17. Actor on "Last Man Standing" (2) 18. "Star Wars: Episode __ — Return of the Jedi" 20. Word in the title of Howie Mandel's 2005- 09 game show 21. Paul's cousin on "Mad About You" 23. Butterfly or Bovary: abbr. 24. Mom on "Little People, Big World" 25. Mr. Linkletter 26. One of the Kettles 29. "Orange __ the New Black" 30. Series for Aunjanue Ellis 34. Eve of "The Brady Bunch" 36. "Drop Me __ __ Harlem"; Duke Ellington song 38. Prefix for center or gram 39. Home for Mister Ed 42. Pea casing 43. "__ __ __: The Wrath of Khan"; 1982 sequel DOWN 1. Actress __ Merkel 2. Neither masculine nor feminine 3. Old Western actor Jack __ 4. Rosie's initials 5. "Here Come the __- eds"; Abbott & Costello film 6. October birthstone 7. Sher of "The Middle" 8. "The Adventures of __ Tin Tin" 9. Role on "Scandal" (2) 12. "__ __ Lies" 14. Actor __ Torn 16. Goodman, for one 19. "__ la Douce"; Shirley MacLaine movie 20. Actor Katz 22. "__ yi yi!"; cry of frustration 23. One of the Kettles 27. Freddie the Freeloader, for one 28. Monogram for comedian Fields 30. Give up 31. Shortened form of a word, for short 32. Actress Skye 33. "Life __ __"; 2012 film for Suraj Sharma 35. Record albums, for short 37. "__ Dalmatians" 40. "Switched __ Birth" 41. Initials for the portrayer of the Sundance Kid Solution on page 2 CoverStory By Jay Bobbin © Zap2it In honoring the area where he was raised, Donald Glover wants "At- lanta" to be unpredictable ... just like life. The former "30 Rock" writer and "Community" co-star wears many hats including actor, writer and executive producer on the FX series that premieres with two episodes Tues- day, Sept. 6. He draws his other career as a rap artist — under the name Childish Gambino — into the saga of promising rapper Alfred (played by Brian Tyree Henry), who's being guided by his man- ager cousin Earn (Glover). Though the show is billed as a comedy, it can and does turn quickly toward dramatic and even vio- lent content, and Glover doesn't mind keeping viewers on their toes. "There really isn't a lim- it, I feel, to how abstract you can get as long as you believe it," he rea- sons. "There has to be some sort of grounded nature to something so people don't start be- ing like, 'I don't believe this,' and then they turn the channel. if you have something that is ground- ed on some level, you can go anywhere. People want to go there with you if you do, but you just have to have it so people are like, 'OK. They are guided by their own rules every step of the way."' Despite his own back- ground in music, Glover determined early in de- veloping "Atlanta" that he didn't want to play the rap artist "because that would be weird. I wouldn't have enjoyed that. It's possible to do that, but then it actually makes it harder for me to do (the show). It just clouds a lot of things. I think it just wouldn't be fun as much. "If David Bowie made a show about him being a rock star, you could defi- nitely watch it ... but then there's some times you'd be, like, 'Is this dude play- ing me a little bit? Like, what's going on?' There's a level of magic realism and suspended disbe- lief that you need for all genres, and it's important to me as an artist to keep those intact." Glover prides himself on using many Atlanta-ar- ea actors in the 10-epi- sode first season that was filmed on location. Co-star Henry also was raised there, and he notes, "There are different worlds in Atlanta. The absurdity for one person is the reali- ty for another, and we just take it as it is. And I think that's what's so special about that city, that it is always constantly growing and changing." Donald Glover stars in "Atlanta," premiering Tuesday on FX. Donald Glover goes back to 'Atlanta' in new FX series WE CARRY LAWN MOWERS 711 E. WATERFORD • WAKARUSA • 574.862.1163 SALES • SERVICE • RENTALS ® MOWERS ®

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