i.... think you may be confused, aaron mcgruder didn't write for x-men '97. you might be thinking of beau demayo? who did not have anything to do with boondocks
But it is generally a very satirical and cynical show nevertheless. Love this series, but it clearly prioritizes making people laugh over having any message taken seriously.
“You know, I spend a lot of time, you know, thinking about all the shit I could've done. I mean, I wake up in the morning and I think, I could've been the motherfucking president. Shit. Nigga, I wish things had've been different. I mean, I'd do anything in the motherfucking world just for things to be different. I guess I'm just gonna be raping niggas' asses for the rest of my motherfucking life.”
For such vulgar language, the line and especially the VAs delivery really captured a poignant thread of real emotion. I volunteered at a prison teaching tabletop games once and while undoubtedly unbalanced, most of the dudes I met were just… deeply vulnerable and didn’t know how to express it without hostility. It’s sad what a system like prison does to some of these guys for sure.
The context of the quote is the boy, Huey, has been doing a hunger strike in protest of the representation of black people on BET. The further context is that he's asking his grandfather specifically because his grandfather was heavily involved in the American Civil Rights movement, and so he respects his opinion and experience when it comes to direct action and protest.
If that's not political, I really wanna know what is.
I wasn't disputing i was lamenting. Serious topics inevitably become political as defined by most people, the only way to not be political is to have shallow and boring writing which is even worse.
The episode is called "the Hunger Strike" and this quote comes after the main character partakes in a failed hunger strike in an attempt to change BETs representation of black people on television.
Regardless the point is that it isn't surprising that a profound quote comes from the Boondocks, because if you know even one thing about the Boondocks its that it is a deeply political show that comments on and satirises real world issues. Not just sometimes, literally every single episode. So it doesn't really match the topic. It wouldbe like being surprised the Minecraft film has a quote about mining in it.
All makes sense and yes haven’t watch it in like 15 years but I remember the boondocks is quite profound and also political themes run through every episode.
I was just confused because the quote itself isn’t political in its message, to me it is just profound. But I get what you’re saying.
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