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Aaron McGruder is an admitted militant liberal, and his comic strip has provided quite an insight into his world view on politics and the lack of political tactfulness. But the television show has effectively upped up the ante, making even starker commentary on society and the racist ills that have fallen on it.

Some may attack McGruder for attacking African American culture by using the profane language and in his depiction of Riley, but what he has effectively provided is a sensible argument toward the ills of all cultural settings. He's effectively illustrating what people EXPECT from black culture.

McGruder has always been very critical of the "hip-hop" culture, calling it feminine and useless. In my opinion, McGruder's commentary is almost as powerful as Spike Lee's "Bamboozled," where he basically states hip-hop culture is just another form of black-face to entertain suburban white people. While the television seems to border more along the lines of cultural inequities and absurdities as opposed to the full-on political commentary of the strip, he still hammers home a lot of good points. Years from now, people will look at this show as a daring look at junk cultural paradigms and laugh at the absurdity of it all.

This is Adult Swim's most socially conscious and possibly most clever show. It's loaded with parallels to real world events. (A convenience store robbery works as a perfect metaphor for the early stages of Iraqi Freedom.) There are also heavy doses of Eastern influences, with references to Japanese cinema (Zatoichi, specifically) and action scenes comparable to what you'd normally only see in anime. The heavy dosage of quality hip hop is also refreshing. Aaron McGruder is man with good tastes, and they help to make his material so brilliant.

And yes, it is damn funny. John Witherspoon is incredible, and Regina King's voice grows on you after an episode. Also, frequent appearances by Samuel L. Jackson and Charlie Murphy as a couple of rich white boy gangstas lend an unequaled comic value to the show.

Now, onto the controversy factor.

Not to sound like a broken record, but this show is not racist. It does not lampoon black people, nor does it lampoon white people. This show specifically makes fun of just plain ignorant folks. Regardless of race. If you are a viewer who gets offended by the show, or thinks it's just an excuse for Adult Swim to prominently feature the "n-word," then you are exactly who this show is making fun of. (That's not to say that you have to like the show. If you are not offended but still do not like the show, that's your own prerogative.) I always thought that any show that always has to include a moral message must be a crappy family sitcom or kid's show. Not so in the case of Boondocks. Not to sound to preachy, but racial tensions still exist, even if the most common result is a white person being awkward and overly friendly when meeting a black person, saying things like "So, you hear the new Jay-Z?See the new Spike Lee?" This show is just what society needs. ***** out of *****

This show is "black" comedy in multiple senses of the term. Here is a memorable example. Grandad opens a restaurant featuring a menu high in fat, pork, sugar, and serving sizes. Huey comments that the food is "destructive" to those that eat it. Grandad asks him, "What's wrong with you boy, this is your culture." To which Huey responds, "well then the culture's destructive!" Now that's a point worthy of consideration coming out of the mouth of a small child in a cartoon. Personally, I think its worth watching several hours of this show just for the reward of being challenged to think about that one line, but others will not agree. My wife hates the show because, in her opinion "its simply not funny." I must agree, that the writing is bit uneven. Uncle Ruckus's trip to "white heaven" and King's speech at his political rally are absolutely priceless, while the entire episode "Let's Nab Ophrah" was a complete waste of time when Samuel L. Jackson's character wasn't talking. I strongly expect the reviews of this show to be highly polarized - you either love it or hate it. Watch a few episodes and make up your own mind.

Having read and watched both the print and televised versions of the Boondocks I can honestly say, to me it was a diamond in the rough...until now. The antics and sometime semantics of the lead characters Huey, Riley and Grandpa are enough to keep ones funny bone in stitches while at the same time sending a message to the viewer loud and clear. The message is that no matter what color, no matter what creed or race....everyone is F'ed UP! I know the brothas and sistas will be jammin on how Huey is sticking it to the white man and so on, but that is only one side of the equation for the story often shows the illogic and humor of how African Americans view life. A stinging indictment on how the gov't seeks to obstruct and keep down the black man gives way to portrayals of black men stereotyping one another with colorful and racial epithets. The mocking vision of white males acting like black gansta rappers melts into the savage humor of hoes and pimps and black men and gun play. Its the long stretch and cleansing breath of the soul the racial landscape of America has needed for a long time. No one is perfect and this show is unafraid to show that no matter what color or ideology , that you have a bullseye on your back when Huey and Riley come around!

I heard y'all were banned. But this show is widely loved. Please bring it back in Season 5.

Thank you.

That's the question I keep asking myself. My favorite character is Uncle Ruckus. How in the hell did this get onto relatively mainstream television is completely beyond me. Today, this would have howls of twitter protests and nervous nancies screaming at the top of their lungs. Thank God there was a time when artists were allowed to take risks.

This is a show that anyone with a brain should be able to relate to, you don't need to be black, I'm not. It is brilliant. It is up there with the Simpsons in animated comedy, not quite as good, but close. Highly recommended. Except if you're easily offended, then do everyone a favor and stay away. I'm someone that doesn't care much for vulgarity, unless it serves a purpose. It does here.

I give the Boondocks a 10 out of 10.

This show is awesome. To set up, the show follows the exploits of Huey, a cynical down to earth minded character that serves as the proper moral spinal cord, who most of the time has to clean up after his brother, Riley, what you could call the representative of gangsta wannabe kids, and Grandpa, a wild and destructively optimistic and under minding parent figure, in Huey and Riley's lives, as they get into wacky and more often than not, social and political situations that challenge the thinking of the subject.

Its sort of like Family Guy when it was good, mixed with the Wayan Brothers, mixed with action fantasy anime. The animation in this is top of the line, while most of the time it will be spent in the Adult Comedy section of things were most of the morals and questions will be raised, Huey is a master of the Katana, and more than one character seems to be trained in Martial Arts, which results in some of the most BAD ASS fights seen in mainstream action movies or TV shows today. So more like Family Guy mixed with Wayan Brothers mixed with Afro Ninja.

This show is by and far the greatest adult animation on TV today, and if you've missed out on any of the wacky and challenging situations that these characters get into, then you've missed some of the most awesome action scenes, incredibly thoughtful and funny plotting and storyline, and great stabs at what has become culturally acceptable.

Watch it! 10/10

The Boondocks was a brilliant, wildly funny show I saw years ago. Then one day it was just gone. And then, weirdly, years later it came back.

Unfortunately it came back without its creator/show runner, and based on the first two episodes, that's a very bad thing. The first episode of season 4 was sometimes funny but seemed to embrace rather than subvert stereotypes, and was thus neither smart nor true to the original vision. The second show, Good Times, was abysmal, and the third, a parody of Breaking Bad, was the last straw. The forth season has been compared to the third season of Community, which also lost its show runner, but that was just not as good a season as the others. Season 4 of The Boondocks is kind of gross, politically oblivious and somehow racist, even though I would hope it's still being produced by black people.

But once upon a time it was great. And it's a shame my review is all about this last, inexcusable season, but it's been years and I can't say much about the original run after all this time.

My first viewing of Boondocks, so many years ago, left me wonderfully uncomfortable. It was dark humor; I accept that it's a double entendre. Who was I to root for? Who was the protagonist? By the end of Season One: Episode One of most episodic television shows we would discover who we were to consider the protagonist, be they the hero, or anti-hero. I thought it was Huey Freeman. I was wrong. But why?

As the show progressed,, I soon understood that Huey had no character arc. He was, and remained, the voice of reason and conscience in a reality in which both attributes allowed him to say, "See, I told you!" Huey was the hook and the heart that drew people in. He was the constant. So, who was the protagonist? Easy. Robert "Granddad" Freeman.

Robert believed he stood beside the progressive progenitors of social change that were embodied in his character. He believed that he survived to represent what which Rosa Parks and Martin Lither King, Jr., hoped to achieve. Still yet, he was anchored in a past that led him to "whoop" his kids as, sadly, that was considered a sure fire method of imposing one's will on another. Had he been the father he imagined he was, be wouldn't have had to assume the responsibility for children to that his own flesh and blood could not. This strength v. Subservience is reflected in his wards, Huey, the strong and righteous side, and Riley, the rebellious and pragmatic gangsta'.

We watched as Granddad made choices with the best of intentions that ultimately put him in difficult circumstances. I knew this character, just as most, who are honest with themselves, know this character. My grandfather, an incredible human being, would frequent remind us, "Your background always catches up to you." I truly believed I understood as much, recognizing that my grandparents and my parents were "good people." They were.

That good people can be mistreated and screwed over? That took time to understand. Without going down the intellectual rabbit hole, I learned to comprehend that Granddad's character was well represented by the extremes that separated Huey from Riley.

Then the series throws as two slippery curveballs. Uncle Ruckus, the hard working black man working menial jobs based on his race and disabilities, imagines himself a white man and sees the world from an oddly self-destructive point of view. Next we have Tom, the well paid DA, who might be construed by some, to be an "Uncle Ruckus" with an education and dignity. I considered Uncle Ruckus and Tom the Attorney to be two distinct sides of the same coin. Ruckus was aggressive in his denial, every bit as much as Tom was in denial.

I dare not try to condense all of these complex characters in a few paragraphs. Even the show's title, "The Boondocks," seems antithetical. What became four seasons in syndication, did incredibly well in portraying characters as real human beings, albeit in situations which were created to demonstrate character extremes. It wasn't always an easy watch, but what would become the first three seasons proved to be equally as complicated as are most societal interpersonal and cultural relationships.

That all good things come to an end was demonstrated in the lackluster fourth season. Everything that this incredible show brought to the table was discarded. Why? I suppose the powers that be no longer chose to provoke thought. It was as if the underlying messages of South Park suddenly were discarded in favor of the slapstick vaudevillian simple comedy of, "Family Guy."

Damned Shame: i would rate the bulk of the first three seasons a well-earned nine stars, a remarkably rare rating given my peculiar standards. Season 4 dropped my interest and care to such a degree, that I feel I am being generous in giving the entirety of all seasons seven stars.

The leaders in the movement, whom he believed he assisted in setting the stage for a better future.

The comic strip was brilliant, and I think many early reviews of the show were based on the greatness of the strip...the show though doesn't live up to it's promise. I'm used to the book being so much better than the movie, because of course there's not as much room for character development and all, but I don't see how so much was lost in translation here. A comic strip really doesn't leave that much more room for character development, or deep analysis of societal problems...but somehow the strip did that in a smart and funny way, whereas the animated show seems to be just devolving into the kind of BET garbage that McGruder infamously flamed in his strip. I guess maybe you just have to trade in some of your edge for commercial success (wouldn't that be selling out?) I hope I'm wrong and McGruder will turn this around, because I loved "The Boondocks", I loved Huey Freeman, he was my hero and it would be great to see him comeback.

With his basketball-sized afro and genius I.Q., you'd never guess that 10-year-old Huey Freeman is WAY beyond his years. His 8-year-old brother Riley isn't of equal intelligence but what he lacks in that area he makes up for in attitude. Both young boys, the revolutionary-in-training Huey and the hip-hop-loving, hustler-in-training Riley, are moved from the big city to the 'burbs to live with their grandfather, and chaos ensues.

This is "The Boondocks" - "remote location; far from civilization" (IMDb trivia). There's also a fine cast that includes Regina King, Gary Anthony Williams, and John Witherspoon voicing the main characters.

Created by Aaron Mcgruder in 1997 while a student majoring in political science at the University of Maryland, his comic strip "The Boondocks" is revolutionary on all fronts and takes no prisoners. It's already stirred up a sh*tstorm for its fiery political rhetoric, pervasive language, sexual content, and frequent and unrepentant use of the N-word... and I love it! I'm absolutely, positively hooked!

This is what I've been waiting for as far as animation with an urban twist. It's way over the top in terms of animation, which is pseudo-Anime'-style, and doesn't forsake entertainment or message for political-correctness. No wonder it only comes on late at night. (Arrggh) I haven't been able to find too many black-themed comic strips or books that take a hard look at life in the black community without resorting to stereotypes without irony. Its two main characters Huey and Riley are presented in a way reminiscent of "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air," the ghetto youths taken out of their world and placed in land foreign to them and have to adjust. "The Boondocks" is all of that.

I really can't see how anyone can't like "The Boondocks." I'm 20, a young black male, and my mother saw two minutes of it the other night and her jaw hit the floor. It was yanked from circulation due to its attacks against the Iraq war, George W. Bush and his administration, and McGruder has been completely unapologetic. I know, and viewers should know a reaction like that shows you're watching something special. I won't dissect McGruder's views, which he funnels through his characters, but they are inflammatory and make me want to watch more, just to see what he's really trying to say.

I won't comment on the controversy, other than I'll say that many have already missed the point, and "The Boondocks" has only been on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim for a month. People are afraid of stuff like this for reasons completely unknown to me. They take one look at it and decry what they see, making big scenes in magazines, newspapers, and television. What they're missing is a brilliant expose of the problems of the black community. Yeah, it's over the top; that's because it's satire! It is supposed to be ridiculous because black people use the N-word frequently, glorify guns, violence and the gangsta life, condone the degradation of women, smoke weed a lot, listen to blaring rap music, and experience genuine "N***a moments."

It's funny in the same way we've laughed at comedians like Dave Chappelle, Richard Pryor, Eddie Griffin, Eddie Murphy, and Chris Rock in the past. Wake up! Maybe our community can take a cue from "The Boondocks" and take steps to improve our culture in the eyes of the rest of the world. Welcome to "The Boondocks."

The Boondocks offers a hearty helping of ethnic reality with a manga flare. This is the best TV I have watched in quite a while. It presents a lot of things that you see on a daily basis and compiles it in a way that is both humorous and humbling. Watching the show made me feel like there was some hope to politically directed cartoon making. Finally someone listened to the masses and presented some quality artwork and script writing. Instead of mindlessly throwing out stereotypical facts and one-liners, the crew from the Boondocks actually used their heads and packaged reality in a way that was entertaining. Keep up the good work crew!

One white man's review.

I was originally put off watching 'The Boondocks' when it was denounced as racist and condescending by a couple of mutual friends who were greater TV addicts than I was at the time. You know the kind: always wanting to be in on the next great thing before everyone else so they can have the smug pleasure of recommending it to you. Upon closer inspection, however, not only is their assessment incorrect, they missed out a whole lot of good points the show has.

No, the show is not racist at all. Creator and writer Aaron McGruder treats all races with an even hand, showing up their flaws while contrasting their humanities and take on life. He shows us there are white men who hate black men, there are black men that love white men, there are white men that love black culture so much they assimilate it, there are black men who fit gangland stereotypes (Riley) and there are black men trying to find a balance between the cultures (Huey, the voice of the creator). The word 'nigga' turns up a lot in the show but that doesn't mean there's an insult or slur implied - it's just conversational, like calling someone mate or blood or bro - although it is exactly the kind of weapon that overly-conservative types have used without having taken the time to watch properly. Shame on them.

What's good about the show? Quite a lot, actually. Production values are very, very high. Animation, while not overly technical, uses vibrant colours, scenic settings and is very smooth, having a likable Manga inflection for the two kid hero leads and the action sequences. Voice talent is in abundance. A couple of voice actors from my favourite show, Futurama, appear here - John DiMaggio and Billy West - as well as the legendary Samuel L, who I personally never tire of. All the performances are excellent and add depth to even the most basic of lines.

The plots don't quite match the glossy production but they are within striking distance, and often leave the viewer dumbstruck. Very powerful stuff, all told. And did I mention the music? Not only does 'The Boondocks' have one of the best theme songs I've heard (Asheru's line "I am the stone that the builder refused / I am the visual, the inspiration that makes ladies sing the blues" is one hell of a way to open a television program), McGruder tends to pepper the episodes with choice bits of hip-hop and incidental score which seamlessly mix in. I'd recommend picking up 'Hip-Hop Docktrine' parts I and II if you like what you hear.

What's bad about the show? Mostly, that it does what a lot of great art should do - pushes boundaries and forces viewers to reconsider their core values. Through the ages this kind of behaviour makes people uncomfortable. I think that's a good thing so why would I list it as a bad thing? Simply put, shows of this type tend to ruffle so many feathers that funding dries up way before the show peaks. I see 'The Boondocks' as getting ever-closer to combining all the intentions and styles into a cohesive unit, but with Cartoon Network failing to broadcast the last two episodes of the second season it doesn't look so good. It may not get picked up for another season and to lose it now would be a damn shame. I feel although the show is damn good, it has started hinting it could be so much more. The potential is there.

If you want something that entertains and challenges in equal measure and don't mind seeing every race under the sun satirised for comic relief, you might just love this. All thirty episodes are worthy of any viewer who has an open mind willing for more than the trite, non-challenging tripe we're wading through right now. As something of a liberal, that works for me.

I had been a fan of Aaron McGruder's comic strip "The Boondocks" since its debut. The strip drew controversy because of the way it deals with current events such as the Bush Administration, the war in Iraq, Hurricane Katrina, to name a few. It also takes great jabs at racial stereotyping of many cultures. Some newspapers put the strip in the editorial section instead of the comics due to its subject matter. "The Boondocks" now makes the leap from the funny pages to television via the Cartoon Network's Adult Swim line-up. After viewing the first episode, it's safe to say there are quite a few changes that have been made from the strip. It is a little more on the vulgar side than its print counterpart. The strip and show deal with the same cast of characters: Huey Freeman (voiced by Regina King) and his younger brother Riley (also voiced by King) are two young boys from the South Side of Chicago who go to live with their grandfather Richard (the always hilarious John Witherspoon) in the suburbs. Being thrown into an environment of mixed races doesn't exactly set well with the boys: Huey is a militant-type who wants to shake up the Establishment while Riley is a gangsta-wannabe. Both drive Grandpa up the wall with their antics. The show's first episode, entitled "Garden Party", allows each character to jell into their roles. As the show starts, Huey tells the audience about a dream he has where he tells whites at a garden party that "Jesus was black, Ronald Reagan was the Devil and the government is lying about 9-11. Thank you." These comments send "Whitey" into a panic. However, when he makes the same comments in at a real garden party, he's only commended for being an articulate speaker, much to Huey's chagrin. Riley, meanwhile, meets an Iraq War veteran and is only interested in shooting one of his guns.

Also at the party is a black valet car parker who is intent on keeping the Freemans out because "there ain't no room for no mo' n-----!" This scene made me feel a little uncomfortable. Maybe that was the effect that McGruder was going for, maybe not. I just felt that this bit of vulgarity wasn't necessary. The show could have made its point in the same manner that the comic strip does without crossing that shock value line. Still, I think that the show will strike nerves with viewers. Both good and bad. I think I'm a fan of the show, as long as it doesn't push the envelope so hard that it rips.

This show had the strongest first and second season I've ever seen. The third season was not too bad, and I enjoyed but not as much as the first two. Then the fourth season was meh and I wish it had a more satisfactory ending

"The Boondocks" is a self-ironic series by cartoonist Aaron McGruder that combines social criticism with black humor.

The series follows the siblings Huey and Riley, who, after their parents can no longer care for them for unknown reasons, move to live with their grandfather in a rich and mostly white area.

There they are confronted with a wide variety of situations every day. Be it racism, poverty, crime, encounters with celebrities or anything else.

In my opinion, the series is extremely funny, even if it is difficult to fit into today's world because of its very harsh humor.

I also really like the art style and especially the character design of the two brothers.

It is a shame, however, that during the production of the fourth season there were differences of opinion between Sony and Aaron McGruder - the creator of Boondocks - and that the last season was therefore produced without him.

Unfortunately, you can feel that very clearly. Even if the last season is not necessarily bad, it is clearly the weakest of the entire series.

It's probably better that the series ended after that, even if a spin-off series was planned afterwards, but then it was scrapped.

I can only recommend "The Boondocks" because the series embodies something that I miss a little in today's media landscape - risk.

Unfortunately, it has become the norm these days to pillory everything on social media and "cancel" it. I also think that there are certain limits, but if a comedy series has to be careful what it says because it might otherwise lose money, I think a large part of the art is lost...

Young Huey, and Riley Freeman move from the Boondocks of Chicago, to the suburban city of Woodcrest, with Robert "Granddad" Freeman. As they attempt to assimilate with the new life, their life behind them often is reflected, shown in the repression of Huey, the oldest, and for Riley, the youngest, it is another adventure! From saving a gangster from a mob hit squad, to getting into a shoot out at a local mini-mart, they are still strangers in this new, slow world, and they have only their friends, their granddad, and the timely brother to brother understanding to survive.

I am in love with this show! Each episode has me laughing my head off! I mostly connect with Huey, as he reflects someone who doesn't fit in, likes his lonesome and inquiry in the news, like me!

The writing is top notch, and the voice acting is just fantastic!

I give the show a 10/10 film rolls!

First two seasons great.

Third still felt like Boondocks despite it seemingly losing focus. There just wasn't a uniting element present anymore, but the characters are stuill there.

The fourth season, though, does not feel like Boondocks at all. It feels hollow, like a mannequin show trying to use characters as dolls. A lot of characters are no longer present often if at all and none of the characters feel like ones from the prevoius seasons, more like a misunderstood attempt at their recreation. Everything's just so off.

So, in conclusion, if interested, watch season 2 and maybe 3, but not 4.

First, I must say the animation is superb! "The Boondocks" is kind of like "The Simpsons" for black people. The very first scene in the first episode is a to-be-classic. The Protagonist, Huey, is one of the most likable characters I've seen on TV for a long time. Like Lisa from "The Simpsons", He's the one who makes most sense in the show. His little Brother, Riley, is a crack up. The show concentrates mostly on black culture. It's critical of how afro-Americans treat each other and are extremely critical of gangster rap culture. It talks about how black people are threaded in courtrooms. Some episodes have a sad feeling to them, but the show still has "satirical humour" written all over it. Even if the shows is really talking to black people and not the white, I do think every one can enjoy it just the same.

Rating: 6.9

Favorite Episode: Granddad's Fight

A hilarious satirical commentary on the socio-economic and cultural state of black people in America. As a black guy, I could relate to most of the cultural references that were the backbone of the episodes in the show, and enjoyed how they roasted black people while also delivering positive lessons for any race of people. However as the series progresses you get accustomed to the humor so it becomes less funny after season 2, and the final season had a dramatic dip in quality (it was no longer clever and just became the Cleveland show). But overall a pretty funny anime-inspired comedy.

Boondocks tries to entertain while making the white audience feel guilty. At least that is what I can conclude after viewing a few episodes. Faux Anime Overly-wise children point out the Racist nature of police, adults, criminal justice system etc. while pointing out the difference between Blacks and Whites. The "All conservatives, "Uncle Toms" and most whites are racist" gets old very fast and the jokes like "Anal Rape" and "Nigga Moments" pander to the lowest possible denominator. I was excited for this show to come to fruition, since I knew some of the folks behind it. Sadly I was very disappointed. I was upset with Adult Swim until they started Minoriteam, racial humor that is actually funny.