It's Going Down

Episode 15, Season 3 - The Season Finale (hopefully not series)

The Color Ruckus

Episode 14, Season 3

Mr. Medicinal

Episode 12, Season 3

The Marijuana debate, Boondocks-style

Lovely Ebony Brown

Episode 11, Season 3

The Story of Lando Freeman

Episode 10, Season 3

Can you believe I didn't get a chance to watch!? Once I do, I'll let ya know

A Date with the Booty Warrior

Season 3, Episode 9

You know the drill

Writing this review/post has been plaguing me. I know I am suppose to give an explanation about what the episode was about but I witnessed some crazy ignorance from some semi-self hating black people last night. I say semi, because its not all the time, but its enough for me to comment on. Anyways, lets review the episode. This particular episode was inspired by an MSNBC mini-series entitled "Locked Up", in which they interviewed inmates in the prison system. One of the more famous interviews was with an inmate by the name of Fleece Johnson, who had an afinity for...well, simply said, the male behind. He explained how being in prison, men are sexually frustrated and that the only out they got is to have sexual relationships with other men, whether its forced or not. During the interview, Fleece Johnson would explain how he would obtain it and constantly talk about how much he loves...umm...booty. And the interviewer just kept asking him questions regarding it, as if he was getting a personal joy of hearing about another man lusting after the same sex. The Boondocks also spoofed another internet video about a guy talking about using Peanut Butter and Jelly for his exploits, but I don't think I have to go into all of that. The main message of this episode was a more indepth look inside the prison system. Between the censor bleeps and talk of making love to another man, the character Huey was spittting straight factual knowledge about the prison system and how flawed it is. He talked about what the prison system was meant to do but what it ended up doing and even mentioned how some prisons are run by private firms that, in the end shouldn't be. The Boondocks then choose to present this episode that resembled those "Scared Straight" specials, in which troubled youths go to prisons to get lectured by inmates to scare them from doing any other illegal acts i.e. straight. Scared Straight used to air on network television and was completely uncensored. The Boondocks is one of those rare shows that actually takes many, if not most, of it's story lines straight from the papers/news/etc. Yet people talk about how coonish it is or how wrong the show is, however won't ever attack the originators of the content. Why does The Booondocks have to be coonery but MSNBC is just a new source? MSNBC, CNN, FOX News, they all exploit the hell out of true life, especially with shows like "To Catch a Predator". Lemme guess, because The Boondocks features a primiarly black cast and is created by a black man its automatically classified as coonery because they use jokes and satire to get their point across. You know why this show is so controversial? It's because it publicly says what everyone is thinking and afraid to say. MSNBC/CNN/FOX News and all those other news channels make millions off of violent and terrible stories, but they get a pass because they are just reporting? Excuse my language, but Get The FUCK Outta Here! What makes this even worse is that Black people are either some of the most supporting people out there or some of the most hating. Oh, we need to support black shows/stores/infastructure, yet we complain, chastise and degrade everything we are suppose to support. Somebody made a comment about them laughing at Detroit being the weave capital but not at the fact that kids can't read and then said that certain issues shouldn't be toyed with. Well, you are wrong, sorry, hate to hurt your feelings, but I rather someone toy with the issue of kids not being able to read than some weak-ass weaves, because by toying with the real issues, people will become aware of it and want to change things so they aren't being laughed at anymore. Sad to say this, but sometimes you gotta embarrass to make some sort of positive change, because if you are so damn scared to mention it how will it ever be fixed? My bad for the rant, but I really dislike self-hating black people and/or black people who put themselves at some higher pedistel and judge everything. Just because you are college educated doesn't mean your ass is smart. Anyways, I posted links to the video that the episode satired....courtesy of MSNBC :)

MSNBC's Lock Up

2nd Video-Clip <----I don't even know what to title this one lol

Pause

Episode 8, Season 3

If you watched this episode its very evident what it was about, but if you failed to, then I guess thats why I'm here. Episode 8, "Pause", went directly at Tyler Perry's neck and cleaned cut that thing off. Everybody has their own opinion on Tyler Perry's productions, whether it be the stage plays, the movies or the TV shows, and from what I found it all sounds the same: He is ruining Black Cinema worse than BET. The episode went in on his Midea(sp?) character, the fact that while admist all of foolishness that he tries to incorporate some God praising in it all and that pretty much all of his movies/plays are the exact same: black woman, either successful or not, gets treated horrible by the black man that she is currently with, breaks down, goes stays with family in the south, builds her self-confidence back up, meets a new black man (who always tends to be more attractive than her last companion), falls in love, stands up against their abusive husband/boyfriend/lover, lives happily ever after. All of that as well as some random ass side-story starring Midea and her rebellious yet caring ways. The Boondocks even had the whole business plan of Tyler Perry down to the T; first the play, then the movie based off the play, then the TV show based off the movie based off the play; all starring the actors/actresses that were in the intial play/movie. The episode even touched on the on-going battle between Tyler Perry's productions compared to Ice Cube's. It's crazy how a former gang member/gangster-rap artist has better movies (and more variety) than some supposedly super-clean writer/creator. The episode even touched on the fact that some actors/actresses will do anything or play any part to get famous, in which you have to ask yourself, what is your self-worth. It was another funny episode, but as I watched the show and look at twitter, a large question that was asked by a lot of people was: I wonder if Tyler Perry/Oprah are watching this? I look hope they were, because it will give them some insight to what people are actually thinking about all this Midea goes to Jail, Midea goes the Space, Midea goes to the Grocery store BS.

Until Next Time

The Fundrasier

Episode 7

So I was about finished with my original write up of this episode and then my computer did some random select-delete and that was all gone. So I'm going to do the write up like I previously did it before.

1. The episode was a satire of school candy fundrasing and how a kid can sale about $5,000 worth of candy but will get a $20 prize.

2. They choose to relate the candy sales to drug sales, satiring movies like Goodfellas and Scarface and even hood favorites like State Property.

3. Like majority of their episodes, they hit a lot of their marks right on the head; like the parents at their jobs trying to get candy sales from their co-workers or people getting beat up because they are trying to sale on some other person's turf.

4. Riley's monologue at the end was pure classic (It can be found under the video). My cousin said it should be Emmy Nominated, I agree.

5. Just like in the movies, either in the beginning where the main character gets out of jail and gets back in the game or at the end when he gets caught, goes to jail and then gets released, there is that temptation of getting back into the business.

I honestly am enjoying this season a lot. Every episode is well-written and hilarious and the Riley character is so absurb its perfect, you can't say that he doesn't have some of the best quotes in the entire series.

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"F**k you, f**k the plane you flew in on, f**k them shoes, f**k them socks with the belt on it, f**k yo gay ass muthaf**kin’ accent, f**k them cheap ass cigars, f**k yo yukmouth teeth, f**k yo hair piece, f**k yo chocolate, f**k Guy Ritchie, f**k Prince William, f**k the Queen। This is America। My president is black and my Lambo is blue, nigga. Now get the f**k out my hotel room. And if I see you in the street I’m slappin’ the s**t out of you" - Riley Freeman

Smoking with Cigarettes

Episode 6

Damn Boondocks, you just don't care who you be going in on do ya? I'm not mad at it though, ya'll do a great job at it and I hope to see more. This particular episode focused on the issue of America's youth. These days these kids are bad as hell, they talk back to their parents, treat people or their personal properties with no respect. Its actually very scary if you take some time and think about it, these kids are suppose to be the future of our society, and honestly thats why the epsiode was set up to be like a horror movie. Yeah, we all know where the inspiration came from, the news story of Latarian Milton, a 7 yr old who took a joy ride in his grandmother's car and raised all kinds of hell. If you haven't seen the news clips, I leave some links at the bottom of the post for you to check it out. However, the episode did a great job at presenting its issue by satiring classic movies such as Juice and Halloween. Lamilton was pretty much a mix between Bishop from Juice and Michael Myers from the Halloween movies. He was cold-blooded, showed no regret for the actions he did or any fear of the consequences. The scene at the end of the episode where he falls off the school, hits the ground and then supposedly disappears....taken straight from the 1st Halloween movie. Even the crazy doctor chasing and obsessing over him for the entire episode was taking from Halloween movie series. And the way the ended the episode with the white kid acting the same way, classic. Why you ask? Because its a vicious circle, these kids aren't getting better if we continue to make excuses for them like the grandmother was doing throughout the episode (which is even more hilarious because Aaron McGruder made her look and sound just like the real grandmother), we need to get in these kid's asses and instill fear in them. And I'm not trying to sound like no child-beater or hater, but if the child doesn't fear consequences then they will do whatever they want. I look at it like this, I respect my dad, he has never laid a finger on me, but no matter how old I am (I could be 35 with my own kids), I will still be scared of my dad because he instilled that fear/respect of him in me. All I'm saying is....if your kid is acting like a damn demon in the grocery store, throwing temper tantrums, when nobody is looking, give that boy/girl a solid slap to the back of the head and that evil eye (ya'll know what I'm talking bout). I bet they shut the f**k up then, because I be damned if my kid is stealing my car or talking back to me. Do I look like a white person? Until next time :)

Links!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcqOgnQyXp4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-Mr3irlWIk&feature=player_embedded

The Hateocracy

Episode 5

Honestly, I'm too tired or lazy to really put out a full-out synopsis, so I'm going to do it in a quick run through.

1. You noticed that Stickmeaner's crew was pretty much old, black sitcom stars: JJ Evans (Good Times), Red Fox (Sanford and Son) and the woman, I'm not 100% sure.

2. The initial dream sequence scene was based off the beginning scene in the movie 28 Months Later, a european "zombie/infection" film.

3. The action again resembles a mixture of Anime from the likes of Ghost in the Shell and Afro Samurai as well as action films such as Kill Bill.

4. It was your standard Nigga Moment episode, in which showcased the idea of gangs represented by the Hateocracy and how niggas are so prideful that they will continue to carry on beefs of revenge when everybody knows its better to just take an L in life sometimes and continue to move forward.

5. Lastly, I enjoyed this episode. I like episodes that are infused with political consciousness but I also like episodes that are action oriented and that also focus on issues that our society has besides what goes on in the politic world, i.e. Gangs.

Flyest Thing I've Seen in a While

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