• SUPAVILLAIN@lemmygrad.ml
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    7 months ago

    The older I get, the more I realize the whole joke about Huey is that he says, and often does the right thing-- but in all the wrong ways. His organizations are rarely larger than two or three people tops, he's prone to individualist adventurism that should by all rights and means go sideways, and by the time the third season started, his self-doubt as a result of so much failed individual adventurism crippled his efficacy. There's always something to learn from the first three seasons, I feel.

    • ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml
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      7 months ago

      Granted the entire joke is also that he’s 10 years old. Even if he was Lenin incarnate, there is very little that someone at that age can realistically accomplish. Even in the Boondocks universe.

      Individualistic adventurism seems very much like what every 10 year old would do.

    • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
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      7 months ago

      To me, Huey is probably one of the most obvious self insert characters by a creator/author you'll see in a show or comic strip. It's done well and the creator of the show was actually cool, so it works. But Huey's views are just the views of Aaron McGruder, from the left wing politics, to the critique of mainstream culture, to the 9/11 stuff, the last of which was made plainly obvious in the final episode of season 3.

      Still love the show though.

  • UlyssesT [he/him]
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    7 months ago

    I'm still proud of the leftist org I started almost ten years ago. I eventually found people to run it to the point that when I burned out and resigned my leadership position, I realized I couldn't get that old position back even if I wanted to and the org was moving on without me.

    I'm truly proud of that and of the people keeping it going. fidel-salute-big

  • Erika3sis [she/her, xe/xem]
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    7 months ago

    As someone who has never seen the Boondocks but is very curious about it, where would we recommend one to watch it?