POOM POOM DOOM

4mo

In that same episode they played up the fact that the 14 year old could've just moved out the way as a huge gotcha moment.

insertcoolnamehere

4mo

By comic relief character riley

Almost like…he’s supposed to not be taken seriously

teku izing

4mo

you’re supposed to laugh at how ignorant riley is because some people actually think like that

that was like the joke itself

insertcoolnamehere

4mo

By comic relief character riley

Almost like…he’s supposed to not be taken seriously

POOM POOM DOOM

4mo

Typically yes, but in that scene where Riley is debating Robert, it ends with Huey (who is supposed to be the enlightened and militant one) going "damn you just got told by an 11 year old" or something like that.

If it's just for the sake of a gag, not only did it not age well (just like Dave Chappelle's version of that same joke), but it's also consistent with the overall message of the episode.

OHGRASSMAN

4mo

What happened to the boondocks though, even by season 3 it becomes a lot less thoughtful, the characters become very generic. We go from episodes like A Huey Freeman Christmas, The Passion of Reverend Ruckus, Wingman, that Riley art episode, to s3 where the entire tension of the episode is whether or not grandad gets his s*** split open

Ron Mexico

4mo

Aaron was checked out

OHGRASSMAN

4mo

this is what I wondering I thought it was just season 4 but I'm seeing ppl say a good bit of S3 as well

OHGRASSMAN

4mo

Also the largest controversy from boondocks is that the show is greatly a black man critiquing negative aspects of his culture

KILLA CAM 300

4mo

Thats my whole point as a grown man i see it different now then i did then

I found that s*** funny and maybe im overthinking about the impact but was mfs laughing with you or laughing at you when they watched that s***

bigdíckgirl666

4mo

south park had kids laughing at osama right after 9/11 happened they forever goated for that

KILLA CAM 300

4mo

Imagine you a substitute teacher and had Riley and Cartman in ya classroom

internet buddy

4mo

You think it’s hard to ridicule Osama?

bigdíckgirl666

4mo

it's probably a risky thing to do right after an event like that

KILLA CAM 300

4mo

Imagine you a substitute teacher and had Riley and Cartman in ya classroom

internet buddy

4mo

The Muhammad s*** was risky

bigdíckgirl666

4mo

i forgot about that

Nero 92

4mo

McGruder is a weirdo tbh the show is a classic but you can tell that he cares way too much about respectability politics.

OHGRASSMAN

4mo

I've had a phase where I accused him of being a light skin intellectual making fun of black people, but I'm off that now. I think his critiques are valid. I do think his framing of Oprah Winfrey being president a positive thing as strange.

POOM POOM DOOM

4mo

The sentiment in that scene I mentioned is very much "the comic relief actually made a good point"

OHGRASSMAN

4mo

I see your point, though I find Chappelles take more daming (his glee at having seen the video) ultimately the episode shows different view points the black community has on the subject, some people having a mix of two, but it is clear which viewpoint the show sides with at the end. It is disingenuous to say boondocks thinks the 14 year old shoulda just moved.

Nero 92

4mo

he's pretty uppity, he thinks Black Americans as a community need to earn white folks' respect and basically been acting a fool for the past few decades. I disagree with that notion, find it to be anti black af and think he's completely ignoring the bigger picture.