In fact, the word comes directly from the Tagalog word bundok, meaning "mountain. From until , U. The rebels would often strike quickly and then retreat to the highlands, or bundoks. Most Americans back home had never heard the word "boondocks" until , when six Marine recruits drowned during an ill-conceived training exercise at Parris Island. Creator Aaron McGruder. Top credits Creator Aaron McGruder. See more at IMDbPro. Episodes Browse episodes. Top Top-rated. Trailer Boondocks: The Complete First Season.
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Melique Berger Vanessa as Vanessa. Aaron McGruder. And interestingly, he retained an executive producer credit through the first two seasons of The Boondocks during its Adult Swim years. That was an obligated relic of his work on the Fox incarnation because he didn't work on the show after that. Club of Hudlin in In the second season, the show took aim at Black Entertainment Television, calling it out as a harmful force to the African-American community. In fact, one episode shows BET executives actively conspiring toward "the destruction of Black people.
According to the Los Angeles Times , when executives at the real-life channel heard about these episodes, they called Turner Broadcasting parent company of Adult Swim and Boondocks studio Sony Pictures Television and insisted they not be broadcast, threatening a lawsuit.
As creator of The Boondocks, strip and show, Aaron McGruder was one of the most powerful and influential Black voices of 21st-century culture, not unlike like Tyler Perry , the writer, actor, and TV series creator best known for his morality dramedies starring himself as an old woman named Madea , as well as his TBS sitcoms House of Payne and Meet the Browns.
So that made things interesting in when the Boondocks episode " Pause " co-written by McGruder hit the airwaves. Along the way, Jerome propositions Granddad, and viewers learn that the guy's whole deal is that he uses religion and drag to hide the fact that he's gay. The real Perry took offense and objected to his and McGruder's mutual bosses at Turner. According to the Los Angeles Times , Perry was so upset that he told Turner executives that he might take his business to another network.
It could've been even more incendiary. When McGruder turned in the script, higher-ups forced him to change the name of the Tyler Perry-like character after his first attempt sounded too close to "Tyler Perry," and then had him bury it deep in the season instead of his initial intent to make it a highly publicized season premiere.
Like The Simpsons and Springfield, The Boondocks derives plenty of satirical fodder from its location — a fictional suburb called Woodcrest. Also like Springfield, it's not entirely clear just where exactly Woodcrest is, in terms of state.
It's a significant source of fan speculation and debate, and adherents to each of the major theories have proof to back up their opinion. Some think Woodcrest is a suburb of Baltimore, because that's where the comic strip was set. In a March installment, Huey reveals his area code is , a Maryland prefix. Also, the show's entire premise mirrors that of creator Aaron McGruder's childhood experience of moving from Chicago to Columbia, Maryland.
Admittedly, it would be tough for the Freemans to live in Chicago because they fly back to the Windy City, their former home, to attend a funeral in the episode " Wingmen. In an episode about the criminal trial of notable Chicago resident R. Kelly, Riley asks Granddad if he'll take him "into the city" to watch it. Granddad tells him to walk, and Riley protests, saying, "It's 40 miles! While main character Huey Freeman says a lot of things on The Boondocks that could be considered controversial the first episode begins with his assertion that "Ronald Reagan was the devil" , the most polarizing figure in Aaron McGruder's fictional universe is Uncle Ruckus, a rude, crude, elderly man who's viciously racist against Black people, despite being Black himself, something which he audaciously denies.
The 20 Cineplex is a large movie theater and the setting for the episode Or Die Trying. Based on its name, it may have 20 theaters, and is also said to be part of a national corporation. It is shown to have two floors, a large lobby and concession stand, and an Arcade.
Its employees wear bellhop-esque red uniforms, except for security guards. Ruckus works as a ticket taker and unofficial security guard. Following on Huey's advice, the employees unionize, only to be fired when corporate headquarters got word. The restaurant was formerly a healthfood spot called Fruitorium before Wuncler ousted their "kind. Huey notes that a coffee shop and a day spa used to neighbor the restaurant; then a liquor store and a Foot Locker moved in which to Huey symbolized the destruction of society.
At the end of the episode, Meadowlark Park is demolished and closed for development by Wuncler Construction. Wuncler Plaza, a large skyscraper owned and destroyed by Wuncler Industries , is located among other large buildings. It appears to be part of a city, but in It's Goin Down the suspect interrogated by Jack Flowers gives its location as Woodcrest. The building is destroyed by Ed and Rummy to kill security guard Dan Stucky as a false martyr against terrorism.
There is also a courthouse where rapper R. Kelly is prosecuted by Tom Dubois for urinating on an underage girl. Seen in The Trial of R. Like its real-life counterpart, it is a large supercenter. The car chase between the Police and Lamilton Taeshawn ends in the parking lot of the store. Later, he attacks his grandmother for refusing to buy him fried chicken. The store's slogan is "We Work For Less," a reference to Walmart's low price guarantee and alleged unfair pay practices.
Actual Walmarts have been portrayed in previous episodes.
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