Hard R | The Boondocks 4x10, The New Black | Group Reaction

[@Thenormies]

Wait, so this is it? This is the ending we get? OMG. Let's hope Freiren does us better - you can see a few of our reactions to this new series on Patreon! patreon.com/normies

[@mikechicago6200]

You know I would like to drop in a show that is not that long but also has a decent amount of episodes with a lot of comedy and yet with heart it's called camp Camp you reacted to Ruby I believe that's a good series to begin until that show comes back

[@troymatthews9541]

eminems new album

[@dwilliams380]

Nah this episode is top 10 cultural commentary

[@dwilliams380]

The reason you all missed the point was because you’re not watching on TV. When this episode dropped, every “slur” was beeped out except n***a. The thesis was revealed through Goodlove, it references the title in meaning. That n-word f-word sequence hits different when one of them isn’t censored. The medium you’re watching through affected the whole point of this episode.

[@lexzone-six9912]

We tried to warn you.

[@nathanmoffitt6663]

I'd love for them to checkout black dynamite next, since some people from the boondocks worked on it too

[@shadowone01x99]

Same here!!! 🤝🤝

[@shadowone01x99]

Have they reacted to CHAPPELLE SHOW.

[@dwilliams380]

@@shadowone01x99no, and I’m not sure I want them to, after this. Idt many of them understand the black experience enough for me to be comfortable with them laughing at us.

[@shadowone01x99]

@@dwilliams380 Anyone who understood Boondocks is well enough to enjoy the Chappelle Show.

[@dojo999]

Agreed!

[@IBTL1]

I think season 4 can be summarized as the what’s the point season. Each episode feels like it’s halfway to saying something and then either makes to many dumb jokes, has a deflated ending, or both. Nothing gets resolved, all the characters act out of character at some point, and worst of all it’s not even funny most of the time. Freedom land is the worst offender of this season by just saying “well you know how wage slavery is bad? Well what if we just compare it to literal chattel slavery! That’s a good idea right!?” Overall this series is great but Aaron leaving the show kills its creative flair and you can feel it.

[@DDarkestKnight]

Especially since it's pretty clear that he wasn't finished with what he wrote

[@Condoriano474]

@@IBTL1 No lies told 💯

[@dwilliams380]

I’m glad you said freedomland is the worst episode. I feel like people who say the last episode was the worst have some things they need to work through subconsciously

[@DDarkestKnight]

@@dwilliams380 Yeah that thing is wondering how yall live through life with all that brain damage you got. The New Black is the worst episode. End of discussion.

[@dwilliams380]

@@DDarkestKnight You shouldn’t try to dismiss someone with a valid opinion. Yours isn’t for one reason: if you’re wondering about it, it’s not subconscious. You’re welcome for my time, thoughts and prayers.

[@TheShockVox]

Much as I don’t like Season 4, I do find it funny how when it’s not critiquing the black community, shits uncomfortable for people. That Chappelle bit Pat referenced is pretty on point. “Why is it I can say the word N-- with impunity but I can't say the word F--?” “Because David, you are not gay.” “Well Renee…I’m not a n--- either.” Feels like the jokes are alright as long as it’s a certain target but not others. I saw some laughs being held back on this couch.

[@dwilliams380]

This season started critiquing society instead of mostly black people, which they failed to realize. But, yes, the amount of times I had to tilt my head while looking at the couch due to them laughing at a joke they didn’t completely understand, just the “black joke” of it during the first 3 seasons. They proved one of the main points of this episode about word policing. They have no problem with n***a, but the other two words were a bridge too far. The funny thing is, this season isn’t bad. It’s not as good as 1-3, but there’s not many shows that ever reached that level of comedy and commentary.

[@johanliebert4622]

​@@dwilliams380 Nah, it's bad. You don't need to write the same 10 comments though

[@dwilliams380]

@@johanliebert4622 I’m gonna share my multiple opinions as much as I please, thank you for opinion as well. Thoughts and prayers, friend.

[@assymcgee9459]

@@johanliebert4622dudes a weirdo

[@DDarkestKnight]

5:03 Yeah Cee-Lo was dealing with an assault case and something giving someone ecstasy so he wasn't coming back. Funny how that didn't stop him from being on the Proud Family 10 years later

[@Lazy_snorlax95]

In Rileys defense that dance was gay af

[@dwilliams380]

A male twerking on a table in a skirt 😂😂 he just made an astute observation

[@ShockByte94]

Pat might have actually been Riley when he was younger lol

[@Reyna_Amaturi]

I think he's still Riley, only now; if he says certain words that Riley used in a way in this episode, he would immediately get canceled

[@RodrickLongII]

😭😭😭

[@DDarkestKnight]

18:52 Huey basically did nothing except slap Riley this episode

[@DDarkestKnight]

14:17 This season was actually supposed to be longer but this was how far the creator got before he was fired and/or left the show.

[@ConstantineFurman]

The creator was not involved with Season 4 at all.

[@TheShockVox]

@@ConstantineFurmanyes he was, it’s a myth that Aaron had no involvement. It’s been proven he was involved but they had his name taken off of the parts he was involved with

[@ConstantineFurman]

@@TheShockVox "It's been proven" Where is this proof?

[@dariogaelreyes7534]

Really cant believe this is the end.

[@dionysusmclaren12]

They can still check out the Pilot.😢

[@GenXeroFilms]

It was supposed to be revived for a season 5, but John Witherspoon died and it was scrapped.

[@ignisinfernal1843]

It was scrapped due to creative differences and between the creator and HBO actually and HBO complaining about production taking too long. Production was halted after John Witherspoon passed, but they continued working on it again for a few years after.

[@2crazy738]

Sadly they were gonna use a another voice actor for grandad they even denied Witherspoons son who can do a amazing impression of his dad and wanted to carry his dads legacy

[@jefferyjr.939]

Thank you, Normies for watching this cartoon. Its mean a lot to me.

[@miguel_dcs]

Thank you for the series guys! Watched it years ago, but re-watching it with you, was as if I was back in high school, when we had nothing else to do but study and commenting our favourite shows

[@SorenAlba54]

Man, what a reaction series. Well, it’s been a blast. I was hoping that every single one of you would be here for this finale like you’ve started. Still, you guys are the best. Catch you later.

[@Wezt334]

And now for 7-8 months of Frieren

[@michaelblake746]

Lol😂

[@ShantalhaitianPrincess]

booo Blue Samurai should have won

[@Wezt334]

@@ShantalhaitianPrincess nah, besides it wasn’t even in the poll to begin with

[@ShantalhaitianPrincess]

@@Wezt334 it wasnt ? i remember voting for it maybe another anime poll then

[@Wezt334]

@@ShantalhaitianPrincess nope definitely not on the Boondock replacement poll

[@qualiasound7569]

x-men 97 is quick!

[@Wezt334]

They can’t have it replace this show as there were 2 polls for the replacement and the Frieren community would kick off about it. They have said they could watch X-Men 97 (Spidey has already watched it) but it would likely be on a poll to replace either Harley Quinn or Young Justice once they’re over with

[@qualiasound7569]

@@Wezt334 gotcha thanks

[@Wezt334]

@@qualiasound7569 in fairness having watched their Q&A they mentioned that they may do X-Men 97 after Young Justice and didn’t mention it going on a poll so you never know

[@qualiasound7569]

@@Wezt334 hope so! they will love it

[@Wezt334]

@@qualiasound7569 I agree the issue is they have said on Patreon that all replacement shows will be voted via poll and asked for suggestions for shows to replace all their current ones so some people may get upset if they slot X-Men 97 in without a poll. Plus even if they do just auto play it it will be after Young Justice which won’t finish on Pateron until 28/11/24 so the earliest they’d react to it is 05/12/24

[@Ramos--re1pp]

Was a hilarious episode, maybe missing the mark with landing a strong message but it had everyone on the couch laughing at many points. Was not a series final to be sure, but a decent episode to end on compared to other season four episodes

[@alchemyst321]

I'm in Illinois Media School and we're actually doing a live action Boondocks.

[@DDarkestKnight]

2:27 Riley Freeman: Olympic class hater

[@strayhav3n]

The whole discussion afterwards is why television sucks now , we dilute everything because people be butthurt

[@Ghost8386]

Marvelous commentary.

[@dwilliams380]

Top 10 in the series. This was the beginning of cancel culture and heavy vocabulary policing

[@dwilliams380]

The point of this episode was that only one of those slurs can be said on TV at almost any time. The lack of censorship changes the episode

[@ignisinfernal1843]

Well one of the points, at least. Unfortunately is probably the only one actually communicated well in the episode and honestly still holds up to this day. They really should've just left that one intentionally censored for the uncensored version.

[@dwilliams380]

@@ignisinfernal1843 yea correct, one of the points. It changes the video because it turns into “slur slur slur” instead of “slur beep slur beep” lol

[@DDarkestKnight]

@@dwilliams380 No it doesn't dumbass. The Boondocks is written by black people so Adult Swim wasn't going to say anything. And theyre one of the few that'll do that, most networks don't let shows say either word, black on network shows have to use alternate words to be similar to the n word. You can't find the point of this episode because they start multiple points and never finished any.

[@ghostspider2056]

Honestly, what this shows is that a lot of these groups have too much free time and get offended easily.

[@anothervagabond]

You... you get that this is a fictional animated series, right? This didn't actually happen, it doesn't "show" anything at all.

[@ghostspider2056]

@@anothervagabond There are people and groups in real life that riot over any little thing they get offended over.

[@anothervagabond]

@@ghostspider2056 Yeah, like on January 6th, for example.

[@justinrivera1618]

22:46 why didn’t y’all have this kind of smoke when gangstalicious literally was ostracized and discriminated against and nobody took the time to do some kind of moral of the story then?

[@TheShockVox]

Because it was funny. But I agree, people tend to pearl clutch more when The Boondocks isn’t solely critiquing the black community.

[@dwilliams380]

@@TheShockVoxyou didn’t find this episode funny? Even back when you first saw it?

[@thomasjohnson1885]

The whole episode was a message about black culture and this weird stigma against gay people. This episode vaguely brings up this weird division but mostly just says slurs to make you go “Oh woah they said it”

[@dwilliams380]

@@thomasjohnson1885 No, that was a part of a piece of the show. You have to watch the censored version to understand. Two of those three words about specific groups were censored but one was not. The fact that a child saying what he said would cause a huge problem was absurdly funny in 2014. Now it’s reality. You missed the entire commentary about pc vocabulary and the behaviors that accompany it. Naming it “the new black” should have been the hint you needed.

[@justinrivera1618]

@@thomasjohnson1885 the amount of times Riley has said nigga and the like and people wanna focus on the amount of slurs used in this episode? Nah, it’s deeper than that.

[@DDarkestKnight]

9:14 Another reminder that Riley is an idiot and his whole character is that he never learns anything

[@curtiszyr]

Gay is gay 😂

[@Skeezer66]

This was a series finale that wasn't, but I think this was a good episode. The whole point is that words have been weaponized, including the n-word, which is 'forbidden' but gets used all the time, right or wrong. Gay slurs are still used, and rightly called out, but are still used. Funnily enough, the 'r-word' is the one most taboo now; will this all change in 50 years? Probably. This isn't trying to 'teach a lesson' but make a statement of how things are in a moment of time. I think Huey was such the voice of Aaron McGruder that without him, they really didn't know what to do with him, which is a shame.

[@14s0cc3r14]

I don’t know anyone who uses the gay slur anymore

[@Skeezer66]

@@14s0cc3r14 Then you hang out with the right people.

[@DDarkestKnight]

15:54 OK but like South Park there are Boondocks episodes that don't hold up over time and are just seen as offensive (Jimmy Rebel, Ebony Brown, Killer Kung Fu Wolf Bitch, Katrinians). Season 4 is cut from the same cloth as seasons 1-3, written by people who've worked on, with the creator since the comic strip and the creator himself. Air this between 2008 and 2010 and it would be a hit. It just isn't polished enough, like handing in an essay without proofreading it

[@curtiszyr]

You sensitive Af 😂

[@TheShockVox]

Killer Kung Fu Wolf Bitch and Ebony Brown are seen as offensive?

[@assymcgee9459]

@@ShardSpydernot really. from the very start of season 4 you can really tell theres been a shift

[@sjw4life546]

I just think it's interesting that people laughed and were fine with the first three seasons of boondocks when black people were primarily the butt of the joke, but when the jokes became aimed at mexicans and gay people and people with special needs then all of a sudden there was a lot of pearl clutching.

[@dwilliams380]

Shhh that’s the secret

[@TheShockVox]

Bingo.

[@Spikero2]

5:17 What's funny is how true it is when it was on Adult Swim.

[@dwilliams380]

Exactly. Changed the entire episode

[@florinzam6964]

The fact the granpa wants to host the oscars I think is a reference to kevin Hart wanting to host the Oscars and getting canceled

[@otisroseboro5613]

Thanks For Doing The Boondocks, Everyone 😊

[@dwilliams380]

This episode is top 10 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@kevinguerra13]

The last episode of the boondocks

[@DDarkestKnight]

The worst one too. It's worse than watching a movie character get tortured then murdered

[@rorobrown6036]

A teacher for my college class showed this episode didn’t even know it was season 4 good series appreciate you guys

[@washingtonwall]

Honestly this was one of my favourite episodes people need to stop getting offended or acting like they’re offended by things just because they’re not “pc”

[@PanAfricanist213]

YES!!! OMG preach! I literally was just saying this! How did "some" people survive back in the 2000s? This was prime comedy back in the day! That explains why comedy as a whole has been dying since the PC mafia took over.

[@Delta-sj9dy]

RIP to Tommy Lister Jr. who's best known as Deebo from "Friday"

[@jayjay-cw5bg]

what we need is the my hero academia double episode. been waiting for it for so long

[@mikechicago6200]

To be honest this was a terrible series finale and honestly I feel like last episode was much better finale we were supposed to get a reboot but unfortunately they took too long and with the passing of the voice actor for grandad it's pretty much dead in the water which is such a shame the world needs The Boondocks more than ever maybe in the future it'll be brought back

[@Hoenhime344]

AAAAAAAHHAHAHAH this fuckin show is awesome

[@justinrivera1618]

I don’t care how old these kids are. They’ve gone through too much to be considered children. Huey and Riley should know better by now.

[@vsimp2956]

Hey y'all! Hope you're doing well. An animated trailer for Cradle just dropped, would be awesome to see you guy's reactions to it! It's one of my favorite book series, I really need to see some new faced reacting to it!

[@jpshikigami]

Still pains me that this the last epsisode of the show. Deserved so much better

[@xSoporific1]

Great show

[@strayhav3n]

Great episode, calling out how ridiculous censorship and cancel culture is , everyone a wokey now

[@greyworld6242]

So……. What’s next???

[@captaintacomeat.223]

Orange is the New Black according to Former Future President T-Rumpert...

[@user-be9fn8ch1o]

WHAT WE DO IN THE MUTHA FUCKIN SHADOWS!!!!!!!!!!

[@neogamest123logic2]

Malcolm X didn't need satire to address the truth.

[@justinrivera1618]

This episode felt similar to the episode with Riley and his teacher

[@DDarkestKnight]

3:38 Ruckus got me there. Ruckus and Deebo have the only parts and that's terrible

[@LemGray]

The theme of the episode is how silly cancel culture is, and how a lot of outrage and protest culture is a grift. It wasn't really about offensive words, it's about how out-of-kilter people can become due to "outrage." An eight-year-old saying an offensive term became something nationally televised.

[@Condoriano474]

I thought the theme of this episode was: Lets try to be as offensive as possible for some cheap laughs , without arriving to a meaningful conclusion of the story

[@DDarkestKnight]

That's what it was trying to do except it became a half idea that's never fleshed out. It's really just a lazy rehash of "The S Word" except this time the Freeman's (black people) are Mr. Petto. That the LGBT community is the "the new black", the new marginalized that you'll get trouble for offending. But instead any meaningful conversation on that, it's just what happened to the Freemans in S Word but now they're on the other side. There's a gay Rollo Goodlove... that's it. He supposed to be commentary on how the LGBTQ civil rights movement was inspired by the Black civil rights movement but they do nothing with that. Huey doesn't even have anything smart to say he just slaps Riley on the head and tells him to apologize so they can and the episode. And the worst part is centering on Riley, whose whole thing to never learn anything from what's happening. So nothing was gained, just lost. Why did Aaron and Rodney write this crap? This episode is *so awful* .

[@DDarkestKnight]

​@@CLDJ227"Cancel culture" has always been around under many names, that's what The S Word was about too. Black community remember every white celebrity that gets caught saying the N word and every public racist. The thing is "cancel culture" isn't real, these people don't actually face anything longlasting unless they're criminals (and even then some will eventually become President). Really Riley could've sat at home and this would've blown over in a week. Kids at school won't like him but they never did anyway except maybe Jazmine and Cindy. Jazmine ould probably keep her distance.

[@justinrivera1618]

Yeah, whenever they feel uncomfortable that’s when they don’t like an episode. This episode made me laugh so hard.

[@Francis-Kanja]

‘God’s Clowns’ really messed me up!

[@DDarkestKnight]

18:26 Facts

[@rustecohle591]

Black Dynamite or Drawn Together next please

[@peteroni9114]

I'm still waiting for the ANGEL TV show release

[@jamesgarcia743]

I couldn’t imagine asking for donations so I can keep watching t.v. Shows all day.

[@MarkFrancisco_354]

This season tried hard to be something its not.

[@jeanneymar3744]

Samouraï champloo

[@elitezenkai9435]

This episode was a critque on people like you and cancel culture as a whole.

[@assymcgee9459]

the people acting like this episode is so clever and antiwoke are so braindead

[@asmrfactory9056]

I mean isn’t how these things go lol

[@themegatonmenace1224]

This episode is comedy gold. The Normies didn't like it because they're woke and are afraid to laugh at things that aren't PC.

[@assymcgee9459]

is this your first time watching or something?

[@KeywanHarris-k2h]

10:39

[@acceptinglife6491]

I liked this episode

[@DDarkestKnight]

To the final episode. The worst episode. It's the perfect way to go down a toilet

[@dwilliams380]

In no way is it the worst. Them being slaves was better? Check your subconscious

[@DDarkestKnight]

@@dwilliams380 *Hell* yes! Freedomland may have aged poorly but it's not a lazy rehash of a better previous episode. At least it followed through on it's themes of classism and not hopscotch from one half-assed idea to another half idea to another. At least it didn't gay people as pdf files. At least Huey had focus for the 1st time in years instead of saying a line or 2 and slinking into the background. At least it wasn't the final episode for the franchise to go out on unlike *this* shit!

[@dwilliams380]

@@DDarkestKnight After you say all that, go watch the censored version of this episode and you just might get how nothing in this episode is random at all. This episode aired a decade ago and look at society now. For better or worse, whether you agree with being “pc” or not, they nailed the “new black” aspect of it all

[@mreso5.x]

🔥

[@DDarkestKnight]

What do you mean a good chunk? Only 3 have passed and the reboot McGruder was trying to make only 1 was getting recasted and the others irrelevant. But yeah we need run out the clock on this bring back The Boondocks thing. Let the past die. I hate that it ended on the worst episode but it is what it is

[@gabrieloseguera7799]

Chris don’t be mad at South Park cuz the last season of boondocks sucked ok and how dare u say South Park didn’t do good with the three part episodes those were some of the best parts of the series and the whole Mr garrison as trump thing was a work of art in story telling am I saying all of South Park are bangers no but let’s not lash out at greatness for no reason

[@jahlink1ify]

please do freiren next i promise you won't forget

[@gamercaliberie6374]

U guys were sleeping on this episode. Switch your channel name to the softies. This episode is saying stop being soft and leave people the fuck alone. Everyone is offended by something and it's usually what effects them and they treat people like shit in other ways. Everyone in this in this episode is a hypocrite for caring about words but are willing to offend other groups, beat up a kid, extort a family, etc. to me this speaks to me because I think anyone who gets offended by words is just a narcissist that needs to understand perspective. There's more to life to worry about besides words in a ever shifting culture

[@milesbradshaw6643]

What a waste of a season.

[@JakeMatthews-OnLo]

The fact that Pat found anything funny can tell you how it failed to deliver a message, last few seasons he was mad for having things he like be criticized. Now it’s turn your brain off entertainment for him.

[@Condoriano474]

I feel like this goes for all of season 4 tbh. The clever writing and witty jokes from the previous season is gone. Now it's just turn your brain off entertainment like you said

[@RashadWilliams-vi8nl]

Even though it’s serious info doesn’t mean it’s not funny. Chill out

[@cosmicsonata7307]

Pat haters truly have the smoothest brains

[@jamesparker1601]

Get off his balls lol it’s a joke shits meant to be funny.

[@Staygttinmunyun]

Stop Bxtching bro

[@Yeen66]

ill never understand straight people getting offended over the funni f word

[@shadowone01x99]

Please do reaction videos to Black Dynamite (movies + animated series) and GANGS OF LONDON (from the writer/ director of THE RAID movies).

[@Narutoanime16g]

I’d love to see em watch Fate Zero & Fate/Stay Night Unlimited blade works

[@TomJack-oe2bx]

You guys should react to the last kingdom. Much better than vikings imo

[@UnrulyChanell]

REACT TO TRAPPED IN THE CLOSET‼️‼️‼️‼️

[@BobbyMoore2-mp8wb]

😅😅😅😅

[@Crazyhuner]

Do venture bros never 😊

[@Crazyhuner]

Next

[@vaultshadow]

can you please continue dragon prince? it got much better and they renewed it to 10 seasons

[@jomoooo]

they did take down they previous dragon prince reactions ? cant find em anywhere

[@DDarkestKnight]

10:43 Riley. Can't. Read.

[@DDarkestKnight]

*DEEBO*

[@InfiniteAssetsLLC]

Is Rana single?

[@chrissaint-louis488]

Was thinking the same thing😂

[@Midnight-Haze155]

No she got married

[@DDarkestKnight]

9:00 Did everyone forget that Riley can't read?

[@junglekxngtalksanime]

No he can read, he just chooses not to🤣

[@TheShockVox]

Yes he can. He just doesn’t

[@akshayjain6346]

react to big dawgs by hanumankind

[@ronniedeezy4831]

Its ova

[@LeonMooky]

To me, this was the episode that killed the boondocks

[@ShantalhaitianPrincess]

booo Blue Samurai should have won