reacting to your unpopular boondocks opinions.

[@devontamosley4487]

Popular opinion: They should introduce a black female character around Huey's age to challenge him for his main character syndrome.

[@PrincessLioness]

Apparently they were going to do that, but that got changed.

[@jubilantsleep]

Or a black female character period who isn’t a walking stereotype or archetype

[@faithd2834]

@@jubilantsleep but I think the whole point of the show is to highlight all the stereotypes and troupes

[@tannerboyle6540]

@@faithd2834 that's what the show does most of the time, but sometimes the show reinforces stereotypes instead of poking fun at them

[@jubilantsleep]

@@tannerboyle6540 Exactly

[@tannerboyle6540]

I think the majority of white ppl that watch this show don't really get the fact that most of the show is exaggerated satire. And because of this, I feel like this show might've promoted more racism among the white ppl who didn't get it.

[@DDarkestKnight]

"Jazmine Deserved More" that's a statement for that entire franchise. It definitely got worse when Caesar showed up and she disappeared for 2 years

[@sissysovereign1294]

People were really trashing on Jasmine's hair!? I thought it was fucking cute!! Puffballs are one of the cutest hairstyles on mixed and black girls! Wtf are these people ON!?

[@burmessafox3939]

IKR! They were so big and puffy. I loved it

[@kaixkai0]

LITERALLY❗️

[@heyd0tty]

puffballs are like. the best hairstyle ever, i dont get why people trashed on her hair, its rlly cute.

[@SLYKM]

I really adored Jasmine cause she made me think of one of my daughters who's hair looked like that. I could braid it but she likes the poof, and so do I.

[@_anshin_anshin]

Although the r Kelly episode was a joke that was the episode I was like "yeah this is definitely written by straight black men and only straight black men".

[@greenprimalranger]

Harriyanna: Yeah I stole that from PBS, what you gonna do fight me? PBS: 👁👄👁

[@harriyanna]

note: this video was made BEFORE the reboot cancelation announcement.

[@ayametheepic]

Wait it got cancelled???

[@ayametheepic]

@@kamsismith I don't really keep up with any type of news lol sorry

[@DDarkestKnight]

Well now Aaron Mcgruder can focus on nfts

[@whatagirthypooyouvetaken5825]

Wait what?? Dang

[@dallasss5658]

@@zainmudassir2964 cancel culture? Its not like one of the main characters children died and another main characters actor died..

[@nueshb4797]

I like unpopular opinions about the boondocks. It gives me a break from the people calling everyone sensitive unprovoked about a show that was controversial in it's time.

[@jubilantsleep]

Exactly. It’s meant to spark conversation. It’s controversial on purpose.

[@katymbeke8400]

My favourite female character is Luna, and I'm annoyed that they killed her off. The 'Killer Kung fu Wolf B****' needs more appreciation.

[@alyssapinon9670]

She does! I’m disappointed but not surprised that Grandad was so much more forgiving of Cristal who was essentially mooching off him than he was of Luna who was seeking genuine emotional connection and support. Killer Kung Fu Wolf B > Fake *ss Mariah Carey

[@CaraRowen]

It's so crazy because in middle school I was reading the Boondocks comics, stealing my grandma's paper, then suddenly it was a show and it was a satire that saw and shaped me.

[@CaraRowen]

Honestly I don't think we would have boondocks as a cartoon without proud family, which feels like a correction for bebe's kids.

[@Shay45]

Yes. A lot of the time people looked at Huey as a “good guy” but in reality Huey was just as bad as Riley but just in a different way.

[@ajaiy]

no…he wasn’t lol.

[@theluigifan1]

Unpopular opinion: I find the Boondocks comic strip better than the TV show. I only like certain moments from the show. I used to love reading the strip whenever my dad used to grab the Sunday paper and would give me the comics section to read. Garfield, The Boondocks, Curtis, Blondie, Peanuts, Foxtrot, Dilbert and The Family Circus were my shit.

[@CaraRowen]

Saaammee!

[@crazydancingchick95]

If they’re still doing this reboot (tbh, I lowkey want a live action show tho 🙈), I’d like if they added more of the comic canon into the show 🥺🤞🏾

[@asanitheafrofuturist]

Same!! I like the comic better too, wish the show could have at least included Michael Caesar's character

[@_anshin_anshin]

As soon as Sarah said the line "what did I tell you about messing with a white woman", in the r.kelly episode, I was over her character.

[@DDarkestKnight]

Damn you saw the trial too was she wrong?!

[@crazydancingchick95]

Then she shamelessly flirted with Usher in front of her husband in that one episode 🥴 “Wouldn’t let that shit happen to me thouuugh.” 😂

[@DDarkestKnight]

Honestly Mount Rushmore of black cartoons right now: Boondocks, Proud Family, Static Shock, Kipo and Craig of the Creek

[@flyestgirl]

Sarah is so annoying and I honestly feel like Sarah had some type of thing for blk men. also where did you get the boondocks comics from?

[@sissysovereign1294]

Yeah I feel like she had serious jungle fever for the aggressive black male stereotype. As someone in the comments pointed out, the episode "Tom,Sarah, and Usher" and "Stinkmeaner returns" really implied this. Tom's such a sweet cinnamon roll, and he gets shit on constantly by Sarah for not acting like that aggressive stereotype.

[@flyestgirl]

@@sissysovereign1294 Yup and that one episode where she was talking about Obama and then the chris brown like

[@AlatOnDemand]

i’m literally watching the boondocks right now and i received your notification 🤯🤯🤯

[@glornamtic1045]

same here I'm on season 3

[@jubilantsleep]

I WAS Huey Freeman for a good ten years of my youth so his more negative personality traits kind of eluded me. Today I am much different so I can see when Huey is being cringey.

[@buttercupdabaddieutonium9257]

Unfortunately the reboot got “canceled” hbo max wasn’t interested anymore and the deaths of two voice actors with no replacements was another factor

[@smileybits7833]

Wait another person died? Who?

[@buttercupdabaddieutonium9257]

@@smileybits7833 Charlie Murphy(who is Eddie Murphy brother and the voice Ed Wuncler the 3rd) and of course John witherspoon

[@DDarkestKnight]

Idk if I had to what happened it probably had something to do with the Warner/Discovery merger and Aaron Mcgruder taking too long probably spooked Sony. I heard they were replacing John Witherspoon and Ed and Rummy probably weren't coming back anyway so it's not the voice acting

[@donthevalen]

Love how comfortable you’ve gotten in front of the camera especially from last year

[@DDarkestKnight]

That hurts a little because Sarah is my 3rd favorite female character on the show... or maybe I just love her actress🤔

[@beckettferguson9170]

hey i’m new and came to this for the boondocks but i love your videos! i wanted to say on the topic of non black people watching the boondocks, i’m white and for whatever reason as an 8 year old i discovered the boondocks so it was an extremely formative show for my childhood and now looking back on it i’m honestly rly thankful cuz as much as it has definitely aged it taught me a lot about black culture but also taught me not to otherize black people in any way; not being racist obviously but also not putting an entire race on a pedestal because everyone is just a person! i know that might seem like a non-issue to some people compared to racism and i agree it’s not AS harmful but i was raised in an extremely leftist community which is great but i’ve known so many people who just take it way to far with their white guilt shit lmao. anyway i just wanted to share my experience with the show as a non-black person who grew up on it. it will forever be one of my favourite shows i understand if people think that’s kinda weird but i can’t help it i just love it!

[@beckettferguson9170]

also sorry for the massive run-on sentence adhd go brrrrrrr

[@Rosemont104]

Certain characters would just not work or exist if they were either gender-swapped or "race-bent," because race, sexualities, and genders are not interchangeable.

[@ajaiy]

rather be “cringy” than ignorant. 😅

[@DDarkestKnight]

27:10-27:20 that's basically every adult comedy cartoon except Bob's Burgers and King of the Hill?

[@rinibunny4576]

I’m not black but I find the boondocks funny I can understand concern when people who haven’t grown in that culture laugh at it but it is just generally a funny show

[@sugar5500]

ah hell nah whatchu laughing about in the boondocks if u aint black

[@Feminazi1dc]

I love when I been up all night n u always come thru w the videos ❤️

[@anentiresleeveoforeos2087]

I'm white and I watch(ed) the Boondocks, planning on reading the comic sometime soon. I feel like you either go through it either misinterpreting or just plainly not understanding a lot of the material or you watch it critically and get a good impression of the gap in experiences between you and black people. I'm not sure just how much the white/non-black audience is split along those lines, intuitively I'd say most lean to the former, but it does act as a good culture shock. I think trying to watch it when I was younger and then coming back years later with better a understanding of things is quite humbling.

[@_anshin_anshin]

Too bad about Atlanta it was on my watchlist. Still gonna watch it but I already know how I'm gonna feel after you said that

[@brooklyn5755]

My whole family loves the show boondocks. I don’t think my mom does though.

[@moonhoneymami]

I love the boondocks I’m interested in what people have to say

[@Squirreltasticqueen]

I'm white and picked up pretty quickly it's satire. I started watching the show because of its anime influence art style and then with the right framing you get the jokes. Not the same way as black people and I will not watch it around other white people, because I just don't know if they get it. Boondocks is a show that almost always leaves me thinking about the layers as the credits roll and that's a powerful piece of art.

[@shinycutediva]

Michiko&hatchin anime is similar to the Boondocks...

[@crazyinvaderfangirl1]

Huey= black male Daria. Both have the same annoying holier than than thou attitude.

[@DDarkestKnight]

Yeah the difference is Daria was the main character for her entire show so she got challenged, she developed and she had her own Caesar. She had everything Huey didn't have

[@meepmoop2308]

I feel like she had more character development, but yeah same "youre all idiots" attidute.

[@thewritingloft]

Some of my favorite episodes were the fried chicken flu cause, honestly, it predicted the pandemic and how people reacted, and Riley waz here cause that episode was just funny to me for like no reason. Still, it was sweet how Riley found his artistic abilities and painted the picture of his parent's wedding photo. I loved how wholesome and funny it was! I hated every uncle ruckus episode, I couldn’t stand him cause he just spouted so much bs, and some of the things he would say would catch me off guard and get a chuckle out of me cause what he said would have been so outrageous or stupid, but that's as funny as he got.😑 Least favorite episodes beyond that were when Sarah was just terrible to tom in both tom, sarah, and usher and in pretty boy flizzy. Like… tom isn't my favorite character, but he's not the worst and deserves better than her😒. Also, the final episode… I just… I was so upset when I found out that THAT was the last episode. Not the best way to leave the show, in my opinion, and honestly, this is the first time I’ve heard that there's gonna be a reboot, so I'm excited, but I probably shouldn’t get my hopes up that it’ll be out soon

[@katymbeke8400]

The thing that got me is his miserable theme that plays in the background, adds to the satire.

[@michaeldoery6141]

That ruckus country singer episode was tooooo funny

[@Aria_ariesmagi]

I just we get a wish another black animation series tv mores color diversity

[@_anshin_anshin]

I've learned I gotta read the comic.

[@ambriaashley3383]

I'm ashamed to say that I didn't know The Boondocks was satire at the time I was watching it. I know better now though 🤦🏿‍♀️

[@brycetheoddball]

Cedric Yardborough said the show isn’t coming back at this time

[@mathieuleader8601]

it would have been interesting to see a Mrs. Wuncler

[@FallenStar150]

I thought the Boondocks reboot was canceled

[@Bala_Niranna]

is the reboot still happening? i thought it was cancelled

[@purrinpawz]

No it is canceled. These were probably from a while ago

[@berryjunmill9029]

where can I read the comics?

[@harriyanna]

hi!! i actually bought them from amazon and barnes and noble. but here's a link to read them for free www.comicextra.com/comic/the-boondocks-collection

[@icanbreathe9161]

Didn’t the reboot get cancelled again?

[@CaraRowen]

How dare you serve this looks today ma'am. Stunting on us.

[@Alicewatertribe]

I don't think the Boondocks should come just stay in the past yes season 4 not that good most name one black animation show

[@aaunyea4799]

Wasn't the Boondocks revival cancelled?

[@calvinboucher5741]

I thought the reboot got canceled?

[@overlord915]

Wait its still coming back I heard it got cancelled

[@genesistafari9006]

Omg you’re the best 🥺 Likes a billion ❤️‍🔥

[@nuhaomar9542]

Comic strip>>>>>>> show

[@TheDarkAdventure]

The reason Black women weren't really analyzed as much if not at all is because Aaron said, "Black women can't handle getting criticized". I mean, Aaron was pointing out every poor aspect of thinking and behavior Black men were committing. If you consider KZbin and Twitter as a sample size of how people react to criticism...

[@lowrider276]

It's crazy you framed that as a valid reason to exclude black women and not just Gruder being misogynistic 🥴

[@TheDarkAdventure]

@@lowrider276 Any reason to call Black men names I suppose. If it works for you it works. Doing things to prevent your show from being canceled is just regular business. Nobody cares if you trash Black men on TV. Hence why Black TV like this tends to be hyper critical of Black men but not Black women. If it was the same towards Black women the should wouldn't have gotten more than a few episodes and there would be no show at all.

[@nekrosis6560]

"Twitter as a sample size" lol you see, you don't. Unrelated, I'll say most people in general don't like being criticized. I've seen quite a bit of men like Riley or Huey in my life and at the slightest bit of criticism they get aggressively defensive and can't handle it. But black women is too much huh, I smell a bit of bias. He should of just been like 'im too limited in my perspective to write about black women' and left without all that shit

[@TheDarkAdventure]

@@nekrosis6560 I mean how many Black male reviewers have referred to Aaron McGruder as a Misandrist for his criticisms of Black men? In fact, most of the time they just talk about the themes, undertones, characters, or just laugh at it. The only Black man I know who tried to harpoon the show was Tyler Perry after that episode they did on him.

[@TheDarkAdventure]

@A Great Man Named Lieu 😂😂 it's my favorite episode. "I'm am dark skinned and bald, so I hate you and I hate Jesus"

[@JGregory757]

The boondocks would've been canceled after 1 season knowing how sensitive the world is nowadays

[@Anglz-rj8sp]

Fr 💀

[@lowrider276]

Explain why South Park is still airing

[@theluigifan1]

@@lowrider276 And he need to explain it as quickly as he wrote this comment

[@JGregory757]

@@lowrider276 Because south park wasn't as complex as the boondocks and didn't carry the same stereotypes that most black people have and how we talk and also south park didn't use the N word like the boondocks did because the boondocks is predominantly black characters and south park wasn't

[@EDeeDeeS]

Family guy and south park have been on the air for 2 decades. A lot of the "offensive" jokes were meant to make fun of the issues in the black community

[@Feminazi1dc]

harriiiii where do we send fan art? email?