The Boondocks: Were There Unaired Episodes For Some Reason?
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From what I recall, the main character is a full-on black power advocate, but he's also shown to be ridiculous and/or wrong. A lot. And he's also shown to have enough other endearing qualities that you don't hate him for being an idiot.
Y'know, from the days back when writing was decent, and a show with strong messaging could still manage to have humility.
Of course, I'd probably be turned off by it entirely if I tried watching it again today, knowing what I now know about most of these types of writers. I have zero patience for it and give zero benefit of the doubt at this point, sadly.
I agree. I have zero patience for race discussions. I do remember an episode where MLK was really in a coma and woke up and was disappointed in black ppl. I guess they wouldn’t show that today
I guess I should’ve clarified. I can watch older stuff about race because it wasn’t as obnoxious as today and there was criticism that wouldn’t be done today. I generally Have a rule of thumb not to watch most stuff after 2014 unless I eat a recommendation I trust. But I think I’ll check out boondocks and hen I can. I have heard what you are saying that he goes after certain mind sets. Now a discussion on race is nothing more than “white people bad” which ignores actual problems.
BET is ignorant celebrity worship garbage, so I can hardly blame him.
Probably because I'm not a yank, taking a wild guess: is BET Black Entertainment Television?
Who even is the lead? Huey, or Riley? Huey at least seemed to be an intellectual that doesn't make excuses and recognizes "the black community" for what it is, while Riley was literally everything about "the black community" personified. Seemed like Huey was supposed to be the main perspective, but I didn't watch much beyond the first season, and they might've gone full Riley antics.
I may be mixing them up. It's been close to 20 years since I watched it. I just remember basically all of the characters having both good and bad qualities, and antagonists/situations weren't just cartoon strawmen written so that the authors could feel good about beating up on them.
I don't remember a lot; like there was one bit about "Nigga/er moments" where two white guys bump shoulders or something and say, "whoops, 'scuse me" and go on their way, then two ghetto black guys bump shoulders and proceed to blow it up into an existential crisis.
Then a black and a white guy bump into each other and the white guy starts to get angry but says "oh wait, I'm white!" and just walks away, leaving the black guy to say "hey get back here, you're missing the perfect opportunity to throw your life away".
The best part is the black guys missing every shot.
They are both the main protagonists, though Huey provides narration, and can been seen as the more vocal lead.
I found it incredibly difficult to watch now. As I just kept wondering what messaging was intended, and which were forced upon the authors by outside influences.
It is interesting to note that Aaron McGruder is absent for the fourth season, and the final currently aired episode was written by Rodney Barnes instead.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Boondocks_episodes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boondocks_(2005_TV_series)