The Boondocks is airing it's third and final season on the Adult Swim channel which premiered last Sunday. It's a rather premature end, for many of us Boondock fanatics who love the controversial animated social satire which deals with race in America unlike any show ever on television (maybe since The Richard Pryor Show which made NBC super nervous). Where the Family Guy, another very funny animated show exploring it's own scathing commentary on American stupidity, The Boondocks is by far it's college-educated older brother. The way in which The Boondocks handles issues of race, class, gender, and American ignorance with intelligence and gut-busting humor comes primarily from it's cast of characters: militant Huey, outrageous Riley, clueless Grandad, and self hating Negro Uncle Ruckus. The show is definitely hated by many of the people it has offended. The Boondocks never ever plays it safe. I am always in deep admiration of works of art that courageously vocalize the "unsayable." America's greatest contradiction is it's ability to be both exploitative and politically sensitive. Thank God the Boondocks just doesn't give a f***!
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