'Boondocks', however, has received a three-thumbs-down rating from me.
Posted on 02/28/2006 2:52:36 PM PST by SmithL
'Boondocks', however, has received a three-thumbs-down rating from me.
I have only watched it a little bit. And really the only thing amusing is the Charlie Murphy and Samuel L. Jackson characters who make fun of wannabe gang members.
I have seen those guys.
I got the impression that they are meant to symbolize Bush and either Rumsfeld or Cheney?
(One has a giant "W" necklace, the other a red-white-and-blue headband)
I didn't really get that from it. At the beginning on an episode they practice robbing a bank that is owned by an uncle. And they seem to be otherwise fairly well off. It seemed to me to be a statement about rich people who want to adopt the thug lifestyle. Or wealthy rappers who still like to act like they are "from the streets".
*shrugs*
You may be right. Honestly, I haven't seen enough of it to be certain.
I only wish I could give it more than 3 Thumbs Down on my TiVo!
Bumping this old news because it just got mentioned in the Dallas Morning News today. When McGruder takes aim at current events, like he did with the Cheney incident, it's stupid and predictable. His "I don't draw mass murderers" response to a question of whether he would ever feature Condi Rice in his strip was idiotic. But, I do have to admit that the strip can be funny when it isn't political. The strips revolving around Huey's grandfather are usually pretty good. There was one series where he was clueless about the gay content of Brokeback Mountain, so he and a buddy went hoping to see an old-fashioned western. The more recent "grandpa puts up a myspace page" was pretty on-target.
I actually would have pegged McGruder as a conservative back during the Clinton years, when he was mainly taking aim at the leftist black leadership. I guess the Bush victory pushed him over the edge. I actually can't believe I would still look at the strip today, because I'm not one to tolerate leftist moonbattery from my entertainment. I guess I'd say I'm not a fan, but there is sometime a diamond amongst the trash.
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