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Your Learning Zone - Boondocks: Complete Second Season
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List Price: $49.95
Our Price: $19.99
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Availability: Usually ships in 9 to 12 days
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Starring: Regina King, John Witherspoon, Cedric Yarbrough, Gary Anthony Williams, Jill Talley
Directed By: Bob Hathcock, Dan Fausett, Seung Eun Kim
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Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 0043396257375
Format: Box set
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: 2008-06-10
Running Time: 325
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 2007-11-06
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Summary: The smartest show this side of South Park
Comment: I love this show. It's a breath of fresh air, and manages to make the viewer think as well as laugh. BET is a horrible blight on society, and this show is the only one to make the point. I have to give Aaron credit for taking shots at BET, mindless of the consequences. Great show. I hope it continues for many seasons, like South Park. A move to Comedy Central would seem to be a better place for the show.
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Summary: Funny as ever
Comment: Loved the show the first season and there was no let down this season. I would have liked more original material however it was still as funny as ever.
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Summary: funny
Comment: This season was funny as hell; the first one was funny too but this one takes the cake.
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Summary: Boondocks does it again!!!
Comment: Once again the Boondocks have amazed me with the issues they address in it's animated comedy series. It's a must but for all who enjoyed season 1. If you have never seen the Boondocks, please purchase season 1 before purchasing season 2. There are season 1 continuation episodes in season 2. Regina King is amazing! How she can pull off the voices of the two main characters is truly amazing! Looking forward to season 3.
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Summary: A Disappointing Follow-Up To Season 1
Comment: Aaron McGruder's thinly veiled self hate from Season 1 has devolved into a full-blown call for self destruction here in Season 2. The insightfulness and humor that made the first season so funny are gone, replaced by harsh invective and boundary-pushing for the sake of seeing how much the producers can get away with.
The first season of Boondocks was freer and smarter than the strip and slowly won me over. I looked forward to Season 2, but after watching it am sorely disappointed in the wasted potential. There are a few funny moments spread throughout these three discs, but they don't make up for the rest of the garbage on display. And the social criticism is all but gone.
The stand out episode of this collection is "Invasion of the Katrinians," a well played, funny, accurate appraisal of the fall out from Hurricane Katrina. In this episode Granddad and the boys take in some extended family from New Orleans. This one episode lampoons everything from bleeding heart do gooders to the misinterpreting media to the so called "victims" who might not be above a little opportunism in the face of tragedy.
Unfortunately, the rest of the episodes are typified by "The Uncle Ruckus Reality Show," an episode which looks like it actually mirrors the producers' motivations. In it, BET and a stand-in for Reginald Hudlin (President of Entertainment for BET and executive producer of the Boondocks) seek to air a television series so vile and destructive to the African-American image that it actually hastens the destruction of Blacks in America. Sadly, the plot line for this episode doesn't seem to be too far away from the reality of the Boondocks: Season 2.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Popular Adult Swim show on Cartoon Network! Based on Aaron McGruder's comic strip which was distributed in 350 newspapers nationwide. Granddad sneaks the boys into the movies to be cheap. Sarah's obsession with Usher after meeting him threatens her relationship with Tom. Riley and Granddad refuse to talk with cops about two local thieves, even after Granddad's car is stolen. Stinkmeaner's spirit possesses Tom and he tries to get revenge on Granddad. Riley joins the basketball team, and the boys fight over who will be boss while Granddad's on vacation.
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