No Diddy or No Homo | Boondocks - 3x8 Pause - Group Reaction

Grandpa gets a role that may or may not involve kissing a man as The Normies react to Season 3 episode 7 of The Boondocks "Pause." Be sure to stick around after the reaction for our discussion.
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[@Thenormies]

Make sure to wait until discussion to hear Normies controversial opinions. Meanwhile, check out banned episode (3x4) on patreon now: www.patreon.com/posts/premium-access-101097947?Link&

[@L0stwitn0nam3]

This can be traced back to the days theater didn't allow women to perform in plays. So crossdressing and romance scenes were fully performed by men. This makes Shakespeare's plays a bit more wild especially when a man is pretending to be a woman pretending to be man. It's on a degree of meta commentary as Tropic Thunder. It's argued that Tyler Perry was in fact trying to make that level of meta humor but it only high lighted that it's considered meta if done by white people which isn't the case and wasn't within the educated populace. The broader social commentary only fed the ideology that it wasn't high minded but closeted despite being during peak lgbtq acceptance in society. That especially within certain circles like heavily toxic masculine community like here in the Tristate, it was reduced to a gay thing regardless of the meta commentary. Ultimately, both were slightly correct for different reason. The meta commentary of the romance period did have high borne homosexual acceptance but social common rejection and persecution of it, just like Diddy and Meek Mills. Where Kat Williams explains how successful circles all required selling your soul and doing some kind of gay. There's some truth in the powerful and rich don't live by the same standards of boarder society and often do whatever it is they want without shame or guilt since the establish order of society is meant for majority working/lower class. It's the saying of "laws with fines aren't meant that you couldn't do it, just you needed to be able to pay to do it." Now it doesn't really work that way but also it sorta does especially within some circles. Not everyone with 70 Felony Charges can freely travel as they please but Trump can. Not everyone can show up in a different town and kill someone claiming self defense but a white boy with connections can. Tyler Perry regardless if he was gay or not, couldn't get away from the stigma even within his own community due to standards of society even though many white actors could. The Wayne Brothers did it better than Tyler Perry suggesting the contrary, Tyler was just gay and trying to hide his shame and conflicts within his beliefs where Marlon (my name sake) and Shawn embodied the true meta narrative case that was both performatively humorous but that their rendition would be accepted especially since they're not any of those things mentioned. I relate this to Tropic Thunder had the best use of Black face that wasn't distasteful and accepted by the Black Community. Which "what you do mean you people" was unironically used both within and outside the community. Where Tyler Perry was a bit more niche.

[@CLDJ227]

​@@Ryanchopper12 They just reacted to it on patreon 🤔.

[@mehoo8]

Will it ever be unlocked?

[@SuperWindsage]

but money.

[@Fatalbeast22]

Tyler perry got this episode banned, and it's speculated he's part of the reason boondocks got canceled in the first place

[@TheIcemanthomas]

I mean the show had run its course after mcgurder left anyway. Do u doubt Perry had much to do with it.

[@DDarkestKnight]

The first is technically true, the second is an idotic conspiracy theory

[@dreamshakejunya]

⁠​⁠@@TheIcemanthomas this makes no sense. The show was canceled after this season… (3) Aaron MC didn’t leave until beginning of Season 4. So saying “it had run it course after Aaron left” doesn’t really make sense on the timeline because it got canceled while he was still working on the show.

[@Fatalbeast22]

@@DDarkestKnight I said speculated, implying it's just a belief people have

[@BozoJeez]

How u get here 2 weeks early ?

[@kh23234]

In 2024, Pause turns into No Diddy for the world

[@junglekxngtalksanime]

​@@mp6640 yes🤣

[@jd7337]

That is not gonna stick

[@lavenderllamamusic]

My brother just started using this recently. I assume he got it from tiktok lol i thought it was funny, but it's gonna get old real quick

[@TheAnswerWillleaveyou]

Tyler Perry got this episode banned a week after airing.

[@DDarkestKnight]

It was more like a shadow ban

[@gabrielesolletico6542]

I NEVER saw this...

[@nmcintosh8769]

7:20 That Katt Willians impression is one poooint. I wasn't expecting that.

[@JDeuce]

"You guys know Madea used to be plays before it was movies." -Chris talking to a group of people who've never seen The Boondocks. 2:47

[@ambskater97]

I can't imagine the explaining he'd have to do if they watch Atlanta.

[@coolio_2510]

Pause might be getting replaced with saying, “No Diddy” 😂😂😂

[@azenar1894]

It already is

[@ChristaLeah]

This episode is also a nod to The Rocky Horror Picture Show with the song they sang at the compound being a parody of “Time Warp”!! It’s scene for scene! 😭😂😂

[@CrystalisQ]

Yeah, they directly mention that in the video.

[@TribalCheif-ku4vn]

I forgot how wild this was lmao

[@chidiumeh]

One of the show's writers auditioned for a Tyler Perry movie so had inside information on Perry's "recruitment practices". They originally used his name in the script but the Legal team at Sony forced them to change it. Nonetheless, Perry hit the roof when he saw this episode and successfully had it banned

[@dariogaelreyes7534]

Huey's summarization of "Winston Jerome" plays was hilarious

[@haywoodabanks]

7:21 Suraj that was a pretty solid Katt Williams impression lol

[@1nkredibeHunk]

Ok guys the next episode you’re gonna wanna listen for the background lines in particular. Just about every word uttered is hilarious, and I can’t wait😂😂😂

[@Sarara14]

He like you! And he want you! Whatchu want Tom?! I can't hear you, Tom!

[@aidenarmand8016]

Y'all better listen to him.

[@sharellweatherspoon4401]

This is the perfect time for you guys to be watching this episode LOL.... Pause is now called "The Diddy" 😂😂😂😂

[@lavenderllamamusic]

*No Diddy

[@i94yeh2p]

Tyler Perry admitted to Oprah that he struggled with his sexuality back in like 2010. I think he tried to pray the gay away but of course it failed. If there were ever any gay rumors most people shrugged them off saying I wouldn't be surprised. 😂🙃

[@CLDJ227]

I think I saw that interview and I don't think he mentioned anything about his sexuality. In fact I think I remember him saying that he had like 5 significant relationships with women in the past 🤔.

[@cloyceshannonii3991]

Real talk, Navi would be a fun person to explore new things with. I love her energy!

[@ShantalhaitianPrincess]

😂

[@landendrake]

Navi wife material but yall not ready to talk about that🙏

[@noon2230]

How tf you posted a month ago?

[@ShantalhaitianPrincess]

@@noon2230patreon members lol

[@darryljack6612]

I honestly think Pause or Phrasimg are the best of lines for when words can have double meanings. Mainly because the applicable to nearly everything

[@clownprince7]

All time favorite episode right here. The tyler perry slander was so needed 😂

[@CLDJ227]

Was it really lol?

[@nevaxh]

@@CLDJ227 it indeed was

[@CLDJ227]

​​@@nevaxh How so 🤔? Not trying to argue just asking.

[@nevaxh]

@@CLDJ227 Tyler Perry is known to do everything this Boondocks episode stated. Lots of toxic, black stereotypes yet when he stars in his own movies, he always makes himself the “perfect man”

[@CLDJ227]

​@@nevaxh Idk about the "perfect man" but he does tend to follow a particular formula, and while there are some black stereotypes. Many people praise him for portraying black people in high class positions and giving many black talent some work both in front and behind the scenes 🤔. As far as him running some cult or whatever, I'm pretty sure that's exaggerated comedy and there's been no evidence to suggest that lol.

[@wizofauzz]

Pat watched all of the Tyler Perry movies. That clears so much up.

[@miguelbrandt3174]

Right? It's funny how we all know what it Means?

[@ZYaKnoe249]

As much as this episode is hilarious. I 100% get Tyler Perry getting this episode outta here lmaoooooo, especially if I have the money and power to do so. This was slanderous 😭😭

[@ChrisXIllustratesXGaming]

It was a bitch move.

[@ShantalhaitianPrincess]

was it tho🤔

[@ZYaKnoe249]

yes, it was@@ShantalhaitianPrincess

[@Kickinthescience]

@@ZYaKnoe249 I remember Katt Williams saying Tyler can’t play a believable straight man

[@Herpestidae]

Only slander if it’s a lie.

[@chrismorris6865]

Fucking LOVE this episode. I love how much it pissed off Perry.

[@brycehighsmith2752]

Next, the Boondocks season 3 a date with the booty warrior reaction 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@96ncharles]

I Can't Wait To C Their Reaction

[@brycehighsmith2752]

Oh yes

[@Delta-sj9dy]

For those who don't know when Grandad arrives at the compound, it's definitely parody of "Rocky Horror Picture Show" The main song they parody is "Time Warp"

[@IXSICNESS]

Thanks for stating something that was stated by the normies during the reaction

[@yoga_bear.]

fun fact tyler perry forces adult swim to take this episode off the air. In fx Atlanta he called the show stupid on one of his shows called sistas. Idk what he's gonna do when not another church movie comes out.

[@DDarkestKnight]

He won't even acknowledge it

[@majhislife]

Childish gambino also did a episode about Tyler Perry on “Atlanta” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@justinhearst]

Please Chris, I NEED you guys to react to diary of a mad black woman now. That and Madea's family reunion. And while you're at it, do bingo cards based on what's parodied in this episode. It'll probably be one of the normies best reactions.

[@juliant]

I think the point about the dress thing is... it appears that at some point in an actors' career they are going to be asked to wear a dress, and not only wear the dress, but do it like a woman... and if they refuse, they may not receive as many job offers as they previously did. While it seems innocuous, if it is some sort of rite of passage... then it's wrong and perverted and should be exposed by more people than Kat Willams.

[@thermologo3451]

FACTS

[@SupportGamin2024]

The fact that this episode got banned by tyler perry shows that there's a lot of truth to this episode

[@trembledust6819]

Not necessarily. Alot of people, especially influential people wouldn't like being made fun of especially claiming they are running a cult and using his power to recruit men to poke lol. Facts Perry has given alot of people of color jobs and opportunities in Hollywood. That I commend him on. Not the biggest fans of his movies but respect to what he has done. Now if dude is gay (doesnt effect my life) or maybe really IS running a cult (ok that would be something)...jury still out on that.

[@blackwind92]

There's a scene in Family Reunion with 3 young buff shirtless dudes with no lines playing basketball against (clothed) Tyler Perry, & pretty sure you never see 'em again. He could easily be on some Weinstein/Diddy s**t, unfortunately.

[@CLDJ227]

​​@@blackwind92 There hasn't been anything that's come out to indicate that, as far as I know 🤔.

[@lavenderllamamusic]

@@CLDJ227 look up "Christian Keyes EXPOSES Hollywood CREEPS". The man he refers to is Tyler Perry. He doesn't call him out by name though, likely for legal reasons

[@thermologo3451]

Straight up

[@kougamecs3876]

Aah, the episode Tyler Perry screamed at Cartoon Network to ban lmfao...

[@joshuawells835]

In regards to the Madea films, my brother once said that Madea was a side character in her own films because the stories of the main characters were that tragic.

[@brandonleemoss]

Fun fact I actually meant Tyler Perry's father in the country in outside New Orleans😮 He was literally crazy and had issues😂 My mom actually meant Tyler Perry at their family reunion, back in the late 90s! And he was bragging about how successful he was with his plays it was also butthurt because nobody in the family really care that much you made a big deal about it😅 Basically they came to the family reunion to get together hang out and eat and all he wants to do is talk about how successful he is😂 I don't think anybody truly believed he would blow up the way he did😮 but with that said his stage plays were absolutely fire!!!! I love diary of a mad Black woman❤🎉 I can do bad All by myself❤ The Browns🎉 Etc

[@CLDJ227]

That's really interesting 🤔. I know in the late 90s Perry had become successful with some of his first plays and was homeless before that. I also know that half the villainous characters in his film were based off his father. So it's really neat that you have had these connections to Perry. Thanks for sharing 😎.

[@fnitti206able]

Huey perfectly described what I imagine every Tyler Perry movie looks like 💀

[@junglekxngtalksanime]

We gotta say "No Diddy" now🤣

[@blazilfrazil2]

And he said "cross dressing" be killing me😂😂

[@theephoenix]

Next episode is "A Date with the Booty Warrior" Yes Yes Yes

[@camerontroutman1605]

Best Boondocks episode there is

[@CLDJ227]

Watching the Boondocks back in the day I just knew a Tyler Perry episode was coming 🤣 🤣, and yeah I also didn't know about Rocky Horror Picture show, and I think reading info about this episode back then was what introduced me to that 😂 😂.

[@michaelmorales1475]

Great Episode. Can't wait for the next one.

[@DanielGonzalez-vo5ni]

Poor granddad he ate the pig uterus and 100 year old eggnog and still didn't win the 50k

[@Isaiah_Drake]

Rana truly got that shit on rn. Why is she dripped out this hard

[@pormantu]

The whole panel missed the point of the episode😢Why was TP so adamant about TBS banning the episode?

[@CLDJ227]

What do you think was the point 🤔?

[@kougamecs3876]

​@@CLDJ227Tyler thought Cartoon Network was making fun of him so they had to ban it.

[@CLDJ227]

​​@@kougamecs3876 Well they pretty much are making fun of him here lol. Maybe it's not meant to be malicious but still 🤔.

[@LunaBirbosa]

awww my influencers aren't homophobic :c

[@PeterStone-hy6ir]

The dress convo is a bit more nuanced than they’re (mainly Chris) is pretending it is. On one hand, yes.. it can just be a comedy schtick. On the other hand, there’s centuries of evidence of the attempted emasculation of black men so it’s understandable that certain personalities are completely turned off by that proposal.

[@DJfromthenois]

exactly. Idk of any black writers that are willingly putting dresses on their characters. seems like a cultural thing

[@ZYaKnoe249]

@@DJfromthenoisright, like outside of the Wayans & Martin. I can’t think of any known black writers/directors who go down that route just to do it.

[@musayt]

This part. I get what they are trying to say, but between the casting couch culture of Hollywood and the documented history of these thing being directed towards the (perceived) 'emasculation' of black men in popular culture, it can't be dismissed as simple homophobia.

[@bobbybitch7639]

No it's not. Dave said it during that Oprah interview and people been running with it ever sense. It wasn't a big deal before that, and it's over played because people are too lazy to tackle real issues.

[@TribalCheif-ku4vn]

@@bobbybitch7639people have been talking about this since the 90s. Please stop showing your age.

[@jonathanhamlet1942]

16:00 my boy Chris speaking and spitting facts over here!🙏🏾✨🔥🤝🏾

[@shaquilleburton1611]

❄️❄️❄️❄️

[@CLDJ227]

​@@shaquilleburton1611 How so 🤔?

[@Mr.YasQueen]

He's lying either way because he judges couples who are consenting adults all the time. In another episode he was judging some 60 year old man dating some 30 year old woman, so he does care, he just picks and chooses.

[@dominosbech2883]

I used to live in Fort McPhearson as a kid, the place that was bought out by Tyler Perry for his compound. Ironically it’s harder to get in now that is a studio than it was when it was a base. My childhood home is lost to Tyler Perry. Smh

[@digitalsoundbath]

Damn, the stars really aligned for this huh?

[@zexalplays628]

Oh god next weeks episode is gonna be one to remember

[@petergilmer9318]

They predicted that Tyler Perry swung a different way. And they werent wrong

[@Thompson98PL]

Don't forget about that Jimmy Rebel episode yall skipped

[@Thenormies]

We finally reacted to it and it is published on Patreon today

[@Thompson98PL]

Will yall upload it to the channel at some point for us dirt poor folks too tho​@@Thenormies

[@otisroseboro5613]

Great Reactions Everyone

[@mehoo8]

I can’t wait for next week lol

[@MultiDjcraze]

Coming soon... Now we can do this the easy way or the hard way.

[@DDarkestKnight]

4:53 KADEEM HARDISON?! Star of the 1987 hit show A Different World?! Who had a cast reunion earlier this year?!

[@jinxie712]

I think the difference in wearing a dress and wearing clothes that looks like a dress to us, is that the actors are wearing a dress to be a woman. If it's them wearing a dress as a disguise or they are playing a cross-dresser/trans as the character, they are still doing it to be a woman.

[@TheDarkAdventure]

I guess Chris doens't know what Buck Breaking is.

[@thermologo3451]

Big facts

[@lildjay480]

I hate the term pause so much because people use it in some of the most unnecessary situations ever and I came to the conclusion that it’s just people projecting their “sus” thoughts onto others

[@kabelomkhabela4766]

Are you guys planning on doing Atlanta FX anytime soon?

[@1nkredibeHunk]

Hearing all the good mentioned about Tyler Perry now after Cosby, Diddy and potentially Oprah IIIIII’m inclined to reserve comments for a while about him 😂

[@macuna1995]

The Rocky Horror homage was awesome, highly recommended. Also, yeah, I would like to see gender neutral clothing be more available.

[@ImperfectXIII]

This episode is... a LOT to take in. The Tyler Perry parallels, the Rocky Horror parody... I'm not surprised it got banned. XDDDD

[@dr3l959]

We need one boondocks reaction a day lol and South Park

[@seanwilliams7716]

Just wait till y'all react to the next episode 🔥🔥

[@jonathanhamlet1942]

Facts I can't wait🔥

[@seanwilliams7716]

@@jonathanhamlet1942 yup the choice is yours 💪💪💪💪💪

[@jonathanhamlet1942]

@@seanwilliams7716 now we can either do this the easy way or we do it the hard way

[@Ghost8386]

Fanastic episode.

[@DallasHustla2000]

With everything going on with Diddy this hits different.

[@dannyakins8742]

I absolutely LOVE that Navi watches the ShitsXGigs Podcast. Showing love to Jimmy and Fuhad

[@RoyalGuyful]

The video of the girl saying can i pet that dog is not the original version either but still hilarious either way

[@sensaiuriah5440]

Lol my guy spidey lucky 😂 gets to chill snuggly right between 2 women

[@dr3l959]

Didn’t y’all already stream this one lol?

[@catchingbird1]

Its not just his movies, his studios are used by Hollywood so all those deposits they give him too

[@TribalCheif-ku4vn]

@20:00, I’m sorry, Chris is being a bit disingenuous here. If you’re a up coming actor (which is the scenario a lot of the men were in), you don’t have that kind of sway to just say “take that out the script”.

[@PeterStone-hy6ir]

Right, I get he’s PC but multiple men, black men, are complaining and have similar stories. Maybe there’s some warrant there.

[@godofthisshit]

@TribalCheif-ku4vn He also said don't do the movie.

[@TribalCheif-ku4vn]

@@godofthisshit”up and coming”

[@godofthisshit]

@@TribalCheif-ku4vn Most male actors never wore a dress.

[@ZYaKnoe249]

@@godofthisshitthat’s completely irrelevant to the point.

[@DrSharmarke]

You guys gotta react to madea movies man omg its soo funny😂😂😂

[@Frostbyte23x]

Pet that dawg video is a voice over that wasn't the original video 😅

[@alwaysbam]

😂🤣 they roasted TP 😂🤣

[@zrocks2001]

"can i pet that dog" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣❤

[@effortmsimelelo5059]

Damn Tyler Perry shouldn't have a problem making billions if he knows he is in the right but he knows what he's done to the African american image of men and women.

[@CLDJ227]

What has he done 🤔? Not trying to argue just asking you.

[@effortmsimelelo5059]

@@CLDJ227 He has portrayed the angry black and abused women in every 1 of his movie and us as men is the abusers and dead beat dads who are most of the time have a rap sheet. Just saying.

[@tonywalker1954]

7:18 😂😂 spot on

[@brentanderson8275]

No diddy? Yeah he did 😂

[@DeShawnMcDonald]

Crazy how so much of what we thought we just funny zanny cartoons as kids are now documentaries in the 2020s

[@NickEclipse]

Crazy part is, it makes sense why you never really hear or see much of Aaron McGruder nowadays bc he knows way too much and probably has so many opps just like Tyler Perry, 50 Cent, etc out to get him💀

[@DeShawnMcDonald]

@NickEclipse yeah it's crazy what we ignore as a population so long as they either entertain us or make us think they are "one of us". Identity politics literally infests every aspect of American life.

[@LunaBirbosa]

@@DeShawnMcDonald tf are you talking about

[@DeShawnMcDonald]

@LunaBirbosa what was a joke to us saying "look how crazy and insane this is" has now just become real life

[@LunaBirbosa]

@@DeShawnMcDonald Are you talking about drag performers because they've been "real life" since before you were born. Fun fact: The word "bad' literally originates as a word for effeminate men.

[@r1985d]

Y’all cold… they just raided Puff Daddy

[@L0stwitn0nam3]

"No Diddy"

[@georgeprchal3924]

He may be a poor light-skinned gardner who can't even afford a shirt but he loves him some Jesus and he loves him some you.

[@gabtab0000]

We’re one week away from my all time favorite episode of Boondocks

[@artheaux666]

WHOA THAT KAT WILLIAMS IMPRESSION 7:20

[@robertyarrell6169]

1 episode left

[@TheAnswerWillleaveyou]

20:06 A lot of actors said they were Being persuaded. But the whole thing Is about programming, the more you put it in the media, They will pick up on it and imitate it. Kids are impressionable, They will pick up on it and imitate anything.

[@LunaBirbosa]

People have been expressing gender in a nonconformist manner (like dressing in drag) since before television or even radio

[@thermologo3451]

​@@LunaBirbosa irrelevant to the point

[@LunaBirbosa]

@@thermologo3451 I know where the line of thought was heading and I wanted to make my own point to the contrary.

[@thermologo3451]

@@LunaBirbosa making stuff up basically

[@alexdewayne9392]

Its "no diddy" now

[@Afrosamu89]

It’s no diddy now

[@DDarkestKnight]

14:21 Why are yall surprised this is *Grandad*

[@djwright86]

Disney even shoots there

[@damaniqphillip2756]

Nice

[@seanwilliams7716]

It's alright to crossdress for Normies 😂😂😂😂😂

[@dreamshakejunya]

19:57 I feel like this is a bit off… because the entire point (if I’m remembering corrreclty) was Chappelle said he did tell them that he didn’t want to put on the dress and they got kinda weird and pushy about it

[@tillmen4444]

Yeah, and even he eventually did. Check out Robin hood men in tights

[@lilmarleey1607]

@@tillmen4444ummm no he didn’t

[@tillmen4444]

@@lilmarleey1607 look up Robin hood men in tights

[@jd7337]

​@lilmarleey1607 no dude he did look it up

[@lilmarleey1607]

@@jd7337 that was before he even did the interview we’re talking about buddy , I know what I’m talking about

[@layton6202]

*Mikey gotta relax*

[@el.manoseador.nocturno]

This episode... You know... Is supose to be baned by Tyler Perry?

[@jamesparker1601]

CAN I PET THAT DAWG ?????

[@DDarkestKnight]

Did everyone want the Normies to watch just so they can say Tyler Perry got this episode banned?

[@bravenburris1235]

What you meant to say is No Diddy!

[@SupportGamin2024]

That's stupid af

[@startingQB]

Rana got on the dope 1s.

[@bryanmerritt853]

12:49 😂😂😂😂😂

[@queefburglarr]

I thought Tyler Perry got this episode banned

[@camerontroutman1605]

He did

[@haymaker710]

🐻Can I dat dawg

[@BobbyMoore2-mp8wb]

😅 very funny episode about a fake Tyler Perry