The Boondocks: The Complete Second Season
by Bob Hathcock, Dan Fausett, Seung Eun Kim
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Actor: Cedric Yarbrough, Gary Anthony Williams, Jill Talley, John Witherspoon, Regina KingDirector: Bob Hathcock, Dan Fausett, Seung Eun Kim
Brand: Sony
Writer: Aaron McGruder
Writer: Andre Brooks
Writer: Jason Van Veen
Writer: Rodney Barnes
Writer: Yamara Taylor
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 1.78:1
Running Time: 325 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-06-10
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
DVD Reviews of The Boondocks: The Complete Second Season
DVD Review: Still Worth It!
Summary: 4 Stars
Aaron McGruder is back with the second season of "The Boondocks," his explosive, brilliantly savage satire of Black American culture and race relations in general. As anyone who's familiar with "The Boondocks" knows, this is a (Japanese) anime-influenced series filtered through the eyes of the two main characters, Huey and Riley Freeman, two uncannily precocious and street-wise Black brothers whose constant, often ribald and unprintable repartee provide a running commentary throughout the show. Another constant is the liberal use of the N-word. Huey (who fancies himself as an intellectual revolutionary) and Riley (a would-be rapper/gangster) are wards of their "Grand-dad," who's moved them out of the Ghetto and into a largely white suburb. Neighbors include a mixed-race couple, two young, well off but rabble-rousing White men who speak in Black-oriented slang and street dialect, and the self-hating "Uncle Ruckus," whose constant stream of invective against the Black race defies belief, since Ruckus himself is Black. Ruckus is perhaps the series' most venomous and controversial figure as he harks back to the pathetic, obedient, toadying slave who desperately longs to be White. Tubby, balding and well into late-middle age, the noisy and ubiquitous Ruckus is used as a working-class stiff who keeps popping up throughout the series in any number of guises, at pivotal moments. But no one is spared in "The Boondocks," which lampoons everyone, be they male or female, corporate executives, thugs, pimps, gangsters, famous, high-flying celebrities or average Joes. In Season 2, there is, for example, the scathing spoof of the Black Entertainment Network, when Huey goes on a hunger strike to protest the network's content, which he finds innocuous and damaging. Meanwhile BET is busy filming a reality show featuring Uncle Ruckus, who constantly extols the virtues of Whites and puts down Blacks while going about any number of dirty, subservient or menial jobs (toilet cleaner, yardman, doorman) . "Tom, Sarah and Usher" is about the inanity of celebrity worship, while "Invasion of the Katrinians" finds Grand-dad's generosity stretched to the limit after taking in some relatives displaced by Hurricane Katrina. This episode also underscores the near-unbridgeable cultural and class gaps between ghetto denizens and their wealthier counterparts. Overall, the show is still funny, but the satirical bite is noticeably more cutting and sour! In contrast to season 1 (where the humor practically bled through almost every minute), this set was often merely provocative rather than "ha-ha" funny. Even so, I think that Season 2 is still worth checking out!
Description of The Boondocks: The Complete Second Season
Genre: Television: Series
Rating: NR
Release Date: 10-JUN-2008
Media Type: DVD
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