The cast of Community reunited for a special table read and while doing so, they poked fun at co-star Donald Glover. The actor, who played Troy Barnes on the NBC series, served as a core character before exiting a few episodes into season 5. Here's how the table read playfully mocked Glover and what it means for the future.
Community was created by Dan Harmon and originally ran from 2009 to 2015. The comedy series lasted five seasons on NBC before Yahoo! Screen revived it for a sixth and final season. It primarily focused on a study group from Greendale Community College and their wild shenanigans while on campus. Headlining the series along with Glover were Joel McHale, Alison Brie, Yvette Nicole Brown, Chevy Chase, Danny Pudi, Gillian Jacobs, Jim Rash, and Ken Jeong. While the majority of the core cast remained for the duration, Glover was one of the few who exited early to focus on his personal growth, as well as his music career as Childish Gambino.
To raise money for the coronavirus pandemic relief, much of the Community cast reunited with Harmon for a virtual table read of the season 5 episode "Cooperative Polygraphy." The Mandalorian's Pedro Pascal joined in to read for Walton Goggins' character for the specific episode. After presenting a pandemic version of the credits song toward the beginning of the table read, Harmon joked that Glover had to leave. The actor played along by abruptly removing his headphones while Harmon explained that Glover only committed to doing the first five pages of the script. This was an obvious dig at Glover's exit after five episodes in season 5, and was made even better by the reaction from his castmates.
What The Community Table Read Revealed About Donald Glover
Considering the rest of the cast involved with the table read giggled during the gag aimed at Glover, it proved that there were never any hard feelings stemming from their co-star's exit. There had been various rumors about the cast and crew changes over the years, but it was evident that the rest of the cast remained supportive of Glover. The fact that he even took part in the table read revealed that Community still holds a special place in his heart. He may have outgrown the series, as did many of the other actors, but they're all still very proud of their time on the comedy.
With rumors still running rampant regarding a Community movie, seeing much of the cast together again will cause an even greater demand for some type of sequel. Following the read, those involved took part in a Q&A and of course, the notion of a movie was brought up. Glover had his own idea of what it could focus on but he did share that he would be interested in doing a follow-up movie. With Community now streaming on Netflix and Hulu, the show has found a second life so it may be now or never for Harmon and the Greendale alums.