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What A Cartoon! - The Boondocks "Garden Party" With Guest Leslie Lee III
🕑 Added 2019-03-25 04:00:00 +0000 UTCWe dive into Aaron McGruder's smash hit for Adult Swim, and we're joined by Struggle Session host Leslie Lee III to discuss the show's debut episode! Chosen by premium patron Royce, your hosts dive into how McGruder got his start, how he transformed a newspaper comic strip into an anime-infused political satire, and how the series feels 14 years later! Listen now and remember: Ronald Reagan is The Devil.
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Henry does bring up a good point about the show's attitude towards homosexuals, but the show does get better in later episodes by having Huey challenge Riley's blatant homophobia. There's even story arcs that addresses and satires gay panic, hyper-masculinity and the toxicity surrounding it, and the whole "pause" or "no homo" rhetoric used by young, insecure men at the time (and even today). The episodes involving the character Gangstalicious hilariously hit on all of these points.
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The worst take I've heard about The Boondocks is when one message board user said "A lot of black people could learn from this show". What this racist asshole didn't realize is that most of the topics covered on the show have been ongoing conversations in the African American community for decades.
