The Boondocks Vs. BET
If you’ve been reading my blogs for a while then you’ve already seen The Boondocks Hunger Strike and Uncle Ruckus Reality Show Now as the reality show is set to be release to DVD and the 2 episodes are set to go on sale the story of why thete were banned is coming to light. The LA Times are reporting that
When BET executives learned of the shows, they complained to Turner-owned Cartoon Networks and Sony Pictures Television, which produces “The Boondocks,” and urged that they be blocked from broadcast, according to sources close to the program who requested anonymity for fear of network reprisal.
Initially, Cartoon Network resisted, but when legal action was threatened, the episodes, written by McGruder and co-executive producer Rodney Barnes, were yanked, according to sources
Aaron Mcgruder the creator of The Boondocks says on the DVD “I was looking for changes and improvements, and I didn’t see any, I didn’t see them. So I said, OK, it’s fair game. It’s hard not to address it. It really was an important part of the strip.”
So let me get this right Aaron, you protect the image of black people by destroying the image of the black people responsible for the destruction of all black people. Make perfect sense to me.
