Ok I’m angry. I’ve made it known on more than one occasion about my love for The Boondocks. So much so that when I saw the leaked footage of The Hunger Strike episode I posted it twice since You Tube pulled it off of their site. But this bit of news really floored me.
While its still just going around various message boards around the net, it would seem official that some of the episodes meant for release to air in the second season of The Boondocks have been pulled. Two episodes have been confirmed but it might be as many as three. The following is an excerpt from a Newsarama article describing what’s going on:
The reason for this is two of the planned episode, “The Huey Freeman Hunger Strike and “The Ruckus Reality Show have been pulled. The episodes take savage strikes at not only favorite target BET, but also two of its key executives, Debra Lee and former Boondocks producer Reggie Hudlin. In “Hunger Strike,” Lee is made to look a lot like Dr. Evil from Mike Myers Austin Powers films while “Wedgie Rutlandis depicted as a total toadying nerd. “Hunger Strike” takes even broader strokes at the Black Entertainment Television, implying its true goal is to destroy and/or diminish African-American culture, exemplifying what Chuck D statement that the networks letters really stand for the “booty ‘en thugs network. “ Ruckus takes matters even further, working off the premise that the black-hating Uncle Ruckus is given his own show on BET.
I could take this on a tangent that would involve a lot of racial stuff. And I’m so tempted to go there. But what I will say is that if BET wanted to minimize the PR damage they would take on this they took the wrong course of action. Instead of letting this because a cult happening they are about to give Aaron Magruder a national stage. I’m so trying not to spill my personal feelings about “that” network. But it is sad “that” network thinks a show satirizing them is important enough to go after. What’s that saying about protesting too much?
