What they're missing is a brilliant expose of the problems of the black community. They take one look at it and decry what they see, making big scenes in magazines, newspapers, and television. People are afraid of stuff like this for reasons completely unknown to me.
I won't comment on the controversy, other than I'll say that many have already missed the point, and "The Boondocks" has only been on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim for a month. I won't dissect McGruder's views, which he funnels through his characters, but they are inflammatory and make me want to watch more, just to see what he's really trying to say. I know, and viewers should know a reaction like that shows you're watching something special. Bush and his administration, and McGruder has been completely unapologetic. It was yanked from circulation due to its attacks against the Iraq war, George W. I really can't see how anyone can't like "The Boondocks." I'm 20, a young black male, and my mother saw two minutes of it the other night and her jaw hit the floor. Its two main characters Huey and Riley are presented in a way reminiscent of "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air," the ghetto youths taken out of their world and placed in land foreign to them and have to adjust. (Arrggh) I haven't been able to find too many black-themed comic strips or books that take a hard look at life in the black community without resorting to stereotypes without irony. No wonder it only comes on late at night. It's way over the top in terms of animation, which is pseudo-Anime'-style, and doesn't forsake entertainment or message for political-correctness. and I love it! I'm absolutely, positively hooked! This is what I've been waiting for as far as animation with an urban twist.
It's already stirred up a sh*tstorm for its fiery political rhetoric, pervasive language, sexual content, and frequent and unrepentant use of the N-word. Created by Aaron Mcgruder in 1997 while a student majoring in political science at the University of Maryland, his comic strip "The Boondocks" is revolutionary on all fronts and takes no prisoners. There's also a fine cast that includes Regina King, Gary Anthony Williams, and John Witherspoon voicing the main characters. This is "The Boondocks" - "remote location far from civilization" (IMDb trivia). Both young boys, the revolutionary-in-training Huey and the hip-hop-loving, hustler-in-training Riley, are moved from the big city to the 'burbs to live with their grandfather, and chaos ensues. His 8-year-old brother Riley isn't of equal intelligence but what he lacks in that area he makes up for in attitude. With his basketball-sized afro and genius I.Q., you'd never guess that 10-year-old Huey Freeman is WAY beyond his years.