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The Boondocks is a 2005-2014 animated sitcom created by Aaron McGruder for Adult Swim, based on his comic strip of the same name. The series is centered on the Freemans, a Black family of two young brothers (Huey and Riley) and their granddad Robert, and follows their let's say "escapades and misadventures" in white suburbia. The Boondocks is known for its anime-influenced style — particularly borrowing from works like Samurai Champloo — as well as its irreverent satire of Seppolandic politics. It is considered one of the greatest Black cartoons of all time, if not the very greatest, coming about in a perfect storm that allowed for such a radical show to be created.

I had some vague awareness of The Boondocks as a kid, but it wasn't until I joined Hexbear that I actually sat down and watched the show. And I can aver that it is a banger. And so I want to watch it again, and perhaps introduce it to some new people along the way.

Tonight we'll be watching the first six episodes of season 3:

• "It's a Black President, Huey Freeman" — Easily one of my favorite episodes, Werner Herzog interviews the Freemans and others and follows them to the inauguration of Barack Obama. This episode helps keep me sane during election seasons, I first watched it around the Trump 2 election, now I'm rewatching it after the midterms.
• "B####es to Rags" — Thugnificent's new album flops, so he starts a rap beef (a parody of Soulja Boy's beef with Ice-T), which only leads to him getting dropped from his label. So now he needs a new job. This is the only episode in which Huey Freeman has no lines.
• "The Red Ball" — Ed Wuncler gambles Woodcrest's economic fortunes on a kickball game with the suburb's sister city in China, in order to pay off debts to some Chinese businesspeople. A parody of Shaolin Soccer and Samurai Champloo's baseball episode.
• "The Story of Jimmy Rebel" — A parody of real-life racist singer-songwriter Johnny Rebel, this is the most controversial episode of The Boondocks and the only episode to never rerun. Uncle Ruckus sends a racist song to his favorite racist musician, but lands in a difficult position when Jimmy Rebel is so impressed by the song that he comes to visit him.
• "Stinkmeaner 3: The Hateocracy" — Stinkmeaner's old crew come to avenge his killing by Robert, so Robert hires Bushido Brown to protect him and his family. The problem is, Bushido Brown isn't as good a bodyguard as they'd hoped.
• "Smokin' with Cigarettes" — Riley befriends a juvenile felon named Lamilton Taeshawn, but that kid proves to be some pretty bad news, and Riley is a bit in over his head.

Content warnings, accessibility, and land acknowledgement

Audio description: Not available

Sign language: Not available

Captions: English softsubs

Language of audio: English

Land acknowledgement: The Boondocks was created on Tongva land for the profit of settler capitalists, including Adult Swim, headquartered on Muscogee land under the 1821 Treaty of Indian Springs. Piracy does not exempt one from contributing to this profit.

• https://tongva.land/
• https://creeknationfoundation.org/
• "An Indigenous Perspective on the Chicano Movement"

Content warnings:

• SUICIDE ATTEMPT
• ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE
• Child sexual abuse
• Graphic decapitation
• Murder of a dog
• More or less all forms of prejudice and their assosicated slurs

https://unconsentingmedia.org/items/3622

https://doesthedogdie.com/media/600759

https://imdb.com/title/tt0373732/parentalguide

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