Wow, I think this is the best episode I’ve seen yet.
Huey’s intro about “Nigga moments” and Ruckus’ ramblings were both excellent.
I finally remembered to watch an episode. That was a hoot!
“You know, we could all be reading a book right now.”
This show’s creators are certainly pleased about the fact that they get to say “nigger” on TV. Yes, Boondocks, you are very edgy. Extremely edgy. Dangerously edgy. And hip. Your display of daring and utter disregard for society’s conventions renders me duly shocked and awed. Ergo, you may stop now.
No, I’m not offended. I don’t care that you’re saying “nigger”. I’m not black, and even if I were, fictional TV characters can say whatever they damned well please. But if those characters are intended to entertain me, I’d request that they kindly not say it 35,932 times in the space of 25 minutes. Were the characters in this show to say, oh, “tuna fish” as often as they have said “nigger” in this show, I would likely be equally annoyed. Well, no I wouldn’t, but only because if I heard “tuna fish” that many times, I wouldn’t also be annoyed by the distinct impression that the creators were trying to convey their incredible coolness in saying it.
Other than that, not a bad show at all. I enjoyed it, despite its excesses. Tuna fish.
Eh, it is what it is. If you’ve ever read the comic strip you’d realize it’s really just more a reflection of the strip itself.
It’s like the use of the word “dude” in some of the popular (although typically bad) stoner movies out there. It’s just used almost ubiquitously to sort of set the atmosphere.
Meh. I missed the first couple of minutes so I maybe didn’t get the full “nigga moment” explanation and thus got less than the full effect of the ep. Regardless, I thought the whole “at the last minute we got the fight sanctioned” thing was stupid and the idea that the old man beat someone to death is kind of lessening my sympathy for the character.
They did that before the fight, right? Otherwise it couldn’t have worked.
You know, I’ve seen so many killings on Adult Swim by people I like (Brock Samson & Frylock) it doesn’t really effect me too much. Just in animation, if it were live action I’d feel differently.
I’m not really sure you’re supposed to be sympathetic towards Robert Freeman. Nor do I think he’s necessarily a “bad” character. But also keep in mind that this show is in some ways similar to Futurama/Family Guy/Aqua Teen Hunger Force. Some people that may have just started catching the Boondocks because they like the strip and aren’t familiar with Adult Swim in general may be a bit confused. . . But basically all of these shows have people getting killed in them but it’s virtually never taken seriously and typically there aren’t any consequences of it.
None of these shows is going for realism.
This was the first episode that I had seen and I was unimpressed.
If I had just started watching, I would be, too. They’ve only shown three eps and this was the weakest. Still, the show has potential, so I’ll stick it out for the full season.
I had thought that this show was angling for being at least a little more grounded in reality than either Venture Brothers or Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
I loved this episode.
“Nigga moments are the third leading cause of death for black men, after Pork Chops and FEMA”
Although I do wish they’d get more general than just making fun of black people. As a white guy, I feel a little bit guilty. 
Well, in Grandad’s defense, Huey had managed to scare the hell out of him by convincing him that the blind man was a highly-trained fighter with an almost superhuman sense of hearing. Also, the guy was still standing when Grandad threw his last blow. Had he intended to kill him, he’d have probably given him a few good kicks while he was down.
Well we did have a ho running about 60 mph in high heels last week. I should have tossed out ATHF and went with Futurama or Family Guy or American Dad. Death just feels more like a joke in this block then anything else. Williams Street has just desensitized me to animated death after 10 years. Certain situations can still get me but this rematch between two old men (with the blind guy up by 1) who’s a raving lunatic about whom nothing nice has been said nor shown and who is definitely going to kill someone himself, if he hasn’t already, speeding around town without being able to see where he was going. To me it wasn’t that Robert killed the guy to me but rather “the powers that be” screwing with him.