the discussion gets heated!! - The Boondocks 1x14, The Block is Hot - Group Reaction
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- čas přidán 28. 08. 2024
- Jazmine finds out just how much the capitalist ownership class values the labor class while Huey brings a (peaceful!) protest right to the doorstep in Season 1 Episode 14 of The Boondocks! The Normies review and (heatedly) discuss the episode after the reaction!
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#boondocks #reaction #riot
Uncle Ruckus isn't meant as just "shock humor", he's a character that's meant to embody self-hating black people specifically. From an interview with Aaron McGruder:
"Uncle Ruckus represents an ignorant past that we can look back and laugh at because we are a long way away from it now. At least, that’s what you hope… But I think part of why the character is popular is because a lot of us know somebody like him. We know black people who are stuck in the 1800s. All of their anger and rage at being black in America has somehow been redirected back onto other black people."
@@gemelwalters2942 Yeah, that would be why I specifically said he wasn't meant *just* as shock humor.
@@gemelwalters2942 Of course Rukus is supposed to be comdeic. It's also clear that you and most of the people on the couch have never actually had to deal with a TRULY self-hating black person in your presence like many black people in the REAL world have had to (usually politically propped up token minorities).....or you have and you either are that person or are friends with that type of person FOR THAT REASON...yikes!
@@anothervagabond I'm surprised Chris had such a simplistic take on Ruckus given how much he seems to appreciate the show as someone who watched it before.
@@cormano64he could just be covering one facet of ruckus without getting too much into it, he doesn’t seem to cover a point for too long he’s short and sweet with it and moves on unless it’s something others start also commenting on much like the discussion that happens after ruckus.
The “T-T-Too damn old” line kills me every time! 😂🤣 Talk about main villain energy.
So funny how all the guys are losing it laughing and all the woman on the couch are jaw dropped instead lol
How you wrote this comment 4 weeks ago?
@@ToBeKingthat’s the real question💀
@@ToBeKingthey watched it on patreon and commented
One interesting thing I like from this episode is that when jasmine yells at Huey and tells him to leave, he actually looks genuinely hurt by that. This is add a bit more depth into their relationship and it’s one of rare moments we see Huey like that.
Yes!! It showed that they actually are friends
@@ssteve760Huey was so expressive in Season 1 especially with the voice too
I feel like the witter thought they would be spin offs, where we see Huey and Riley older and show the dynamics of jasmine and hueys relationship for later. But we can’t see much of it rn cos they’re kids
This show does a great job delivering social commentary in the most hilarious way
Timeless.
@@Vambam121 I mean hopefully not cuz that means shit doesn't get better.
@@Merilirem Oh it's timeless. For better and worse lol
Not really. There is a lot of holes in the logic they use. I'm going to break this entire episode's logic with one sentence:
"Kids cannot sign contracts."
^ This makes almost everything that occurred in this episode stupid.
@@elvisvasquez7553 to be fair, this show also incorporates magic and ridiculous aspects of kung fu, so I think pointing out the lack of actual world logic is pointless imo
Uncle Ruckus is a perfect caricature. He is supposed to be so crazy exaggeratedly stupid it is amazing.
This episode is almost 2 decades old yet so much of it hit today, and the difference is I think people are more aware but wealth has calcify so much since this aired.
yeah its crazy, how many countries are being exploited (slave labor) and now in africa they suffering China's construction investments(buildings, bridges, schools, homes etc..) are falling apart from poor materials and huge amount of debt trapping African countries to these chinese firms.
Not this debate ending with Suraj saying 'Look, I'm a bit of a Jaegerist' lmao
I wanted to hear what he was about to cook ajjajaja
Wtf is that?
Hahah Btw, Capitalist are always looking for something or someone to blame for their mess, and it’s always socialist or socialism that ends up saving their asses. They love to privatize their gains and socialize their loses in form of bailouts, tax cuts, tax credit, etc while they tell everyone else to not “accept” handouts from big government. Pfff
@@MarkFrancisco_354 Aot reference
@@syressx9098 thanks.
"A riot is the language of the unheard." -- MLK. Businesses can be insured, items can be replaced. by the time a social issue gets to riots, people have already been killed/murdered by the state and their voices have not been heard. Folks don't just start responding by destroying businesses. I'm with Marketa on this. It absolutely sucks to have your lively hood messed up, I've been there, but I'm still alive.
I am deeply disinterested in any talk of property damage and/or "looting" when we live on looted land, built by a looted people, and maintained by looting the working class of the wealth they generate.
@@MariaCJ THANK YOU! THIS is the bottom line no one wants to admit. People just wanna argue and defend not caring for others and making excuses for those in power because they have some of that power themselves. They don't want to let go of it. AmeriKKKa is stolen land and that's that. There shouldnt even be any debates about it because, again, that's the bottom line to all of this. Anyone who bothers arguing about it, you already know what side they're on.
Preach sis 👏🏾
People assume the civil rights was just us peacefully getting our ass whooped in the street and getting sprayed down when In reality we fought back and rioted multiple times, and to be clear it wasn’t just we started off with rioting? We tried the peaceful route multiple times did we not???
MLK wasn’t this super non violent and non radical guy as people thought he was, he was extremely radical especially as time went on, he didn’t like rioting but understood why people did it AND knew eventually non violent protest can only go so far for real impactful change he wrote he was starting to see the limit to what non violent protest can achieve it’s obvious what he meant by this line.
The “gangsta shit” line was a reference to a interlude from Snoop’s first album, Doggystyle.
It’s a line said by Goldie in the movie “The Mack”
My name is Sam Sneed
It's actually a reference to a line from and old school movie. The Mack
Rest in peace Ed Asner. Wuncler was a piece of work 😂
Even though it's kind of a plot hole, Tom is more of a criminal justice lawyer, not business lawyer.
And based on the R. Kelly episode not the best one at that
@@KnarkiTo be fair, that jury was extremely bias
Sometimes you forget how much of a savage Mr Wuncler is 😆
All I can say about that debate at the end is, this episode is about 2 decades old and we are still bringing up the same issues we’ve had back then that we currently have now. Maybe I’ll see things change one of these days, but I just hope the change comes even if it’s not in my life time 😉😏
Tell black people from the 60's that shit hasn't changed. Of course things are far from perfect but as MLK said "The moral arc of the universe is long but it bends towards justice."
@@ggss5717 so I guess he didn’t see it in his lifetime. he fought for change PEACEFULLY and he didn’t get to see his dream flourish. My comment remains the same. even during BLM protest we had counter arguments against it: ALL Lives Matter And BLUE Lives matter, but I will say the difference this time was riots definitely sped things up to have people arrested while we still have people debate about it.
Gotta agree with Chris at the end. Corporations/businesses are not people, my friend. IMO calling it “violence” to damage a business detracts from the actual violence acted out on humans
You including small businesses, like those destroyed during the Rodney King riots and Floyd riots?
Violence is “Behavior or treatment in which physical force is exerted for the purpose of causing damage or injury.” If I blow up ur home when no one is in it that is violence
@@DarthMalevolence66 Exactly. Those DID affect people, not "Corporations/businesses" LOL. People seriously justify anything for their agenda.
@@DarthMalevolence66 You mean the riots that happened because police constantly abuse their power and are never held accountable?
@@DarthMalevolence66 What exactly qualifies as a small business? There are businesses in my town that deal in millions but would instantly get closed if their place was trashed because they tend to invest it all. Or do you think that a certain number of employees or branches makes a business "big".
This episode is simply about how we destroying the world 🌎 and everyone worrying about having a good time and capitalism, when the main problem is it’s 90 degrees in February
Huey has his coat the whole time cause he is only grounded in reality, he knows it’s February but everyone else just going ham
Very powerful episode
Huey is those who speak the truth and get hated for it, mislabeled, and ignored
Ironically, years after this series the term "hater" became common place, for anyone with even minor criticisms of things, it also coincided with the growth of the "positive vibes only" nonsense. Which basically made anyone with critical thinking skills a social menace.
@@Necron00b well said.
Every time Pat talks, i have to slowly close my eyes
every time he opens his mouth, i wonder if there’s a god
"Riots are the voice of the unheard. However, it's my hope we can stay away from riots because they are self-defeating and socially destructive." - Martin Luther King Jr.
The extra woke types like Chris and Marketa aren't MLK Jr. fans. He was atheist, violent, and Marxist enough.
The French would disagree
@@gemelwalters2942 they were in the same time period...
@@intimatedesign lol the fuck you talking about? they gained a government that actually listens to and fears them. Unlike the embarrassment that is America.
He was also saying if things don’t change riots will keep happening.
MLK wasn’t going riots=good in fact he didn’t like them? that’s true? HOWEVER he understood why riots happened and knew Peaceful protest wasn’t really going to make REAL impactful change and Real change is what he wanted the most, he even said himself he was starting to see the limits of non-violent protest??
he is right, the idea that black people just peaceful got their behinds beat and killed in the streets while holding hands peacefully protesting and singing and BAM! unity and less racism is Ridiculous and what a white leftist or conservative would think,
reality is..there were riots and black people were getting sick of it, MLK was extremely radical especially as time went on, he knew eventually non violent protest can only go so far.
“T-t-too damn old to be writing your E’s backwards, dammit!”😂
Y'all missed the Al Sharpton reference in this episode. He had complained about this show having MLK use the N-word in the MLK episode and so in this episode the radio show Huey was listening too mentioned how "Al Sharpton was complaining about another cartoon show" lol.
Everyone is out for themselves is the summation of this discussion. Such is humanity.
Quite a topically relevant episode of Boondocks. Wuncler is the big bad of the entire series and no one can take him, there's a nice commentary there
Chris singing block is hot 😂😂
All Time Best Lil Wayne song
I'm pretty sure Mr. Wuncler's lawyers are from Wolfram & Hart.
Angel reference, sweet.
I agree with Chris. Why should I care about the CEO or owner of a CVS In the wake of an injustice? Especially when the CEO probably uses their power/resources to further disenfranchise the community in favor of monetary gain. We, as a society have been conditioned accept the idea that the only appropriate form of protest is one that doesn’t make noise or disturb the piece, when it is in fact, the opposite. No justice, no peace.
Black Lives Matter ✊🏿 Free Palestine 🇵🇸
Ruckus is hilarious. Funniest character in the show imo.
Not even close wtf LMFAO xD RIley and Grandad are waaaaaaaay funnier. Only someone pretending to find Rukus funny for "other reasons" would type that stupid shit. Ruckus is 5/10 funny, Riley is 7/10 and grandad is 8/10
@@mt570your opinion, for me too he is literally the most hillarious character, Riley and Stinkmeaner right after, and then Slickback
@@mt570you are wrong
Chris' face during the post-episode conversation speaks volumes. The rest of the discussion is giving "I'm all for change, unless it negatively impacts me" and that's rather disappointing to hear. As Dr. King said, "A riot is the voice of the unheard."
I don't know why Chris is having this conversation, they will never see his point or perscective as valid.
“Man all these people are homeless”
“What Pat?!”
Lmfao 😂
I got scared and thought they were calling ‘Fight The Power’, ‘Do The Right Thing’
There was a lot of drama around the reboot. At some point John Witherspoon's son auditioned to voice granddad and really nailed it but unfortunately wasn't booked for the gig. It was some shady things happening with that story.
We look down on jazmine but y’all got caught trying to sell 4 packs of candy as a kid door to door till you had emptied the box and no one would buy one and you paid for it out of pocket. That was a scam. And kids are forced to do it. Shows how people use the kids worry for their agenda. They don’t care about the kids.
Been watching this show for years, but I never realized the date Jazmine wrote on the contract at 14:56 gave away the twist of the episode
What happend on February 5?
@@PSYCHOSTORM32 It’s not about what happened on that day, but the fact that it’s blazing hot in February. Before the snow falls at the end, the date on the contract shows that it’s winter.
Yoooooooo the after credits discussion was amazing the back and forth the difference in opinions just beautiful like is that what y’all podcast talks are about ? Cuz not gonna lie I usually just tune in for reactions and readings but if that’s what the talks are about I’m so in cuz that was a perfect example of how discourse should be handled, like different opinions but still keep it civil
Just hoping you caught all the pimp talk from Wuncler.
Aka the Snoop reference
Pat is perpetually stuck at age 12....
Exactly I just binge watched some of their videos. I don’t even know how they talk to this guy for more than three seconds… there’s one thing to be clearly obtuse just for the hell of it, but he’s actually just annoying and it’s not even funny..
“How’s Huey extreme?,” truth.
Huey is the option where we develop class consciousness 🤷🏻♀️ And the up-hill battle can be super depressing, because most people really do seem to be as volatile & able to fluctuate point of view & beliefs like the mob in this episode.
On the conversation of property destruction, one reason I do not support property destruction, (buildings specifically,) is because as a vegan I am not interested in harming the animals that have likely turned the buildings into a part of their habitat, but I’d ask people who are not vegans what part of that definition of “violence” do animals fall under? The definitions of words is unfortunately carefully crafted to support particular positions-Capital.
Anyway, y’all should check out the 1969 organization Weathermen Underground.
Why are the protestors that showed up with Huey literally the Normies couch 😂
Say what ya want, but I was here for that political conversation 😭I’m guilty for not staying for the discussions at the end, but y’all got me hooked
boondocks bringing out deep and intricate debates, really was one hell of a show
Everyone just showed chris the problem. Their problem. Unwilling to fight for change if your bag of coins are affected 😢 damn capitalism 😂
Chris and Marketa for the win man, they get it. I am South African and communities protest all the time about a lot of issues and nobody gives a fuck until the community breaks shit. You guys are coming from a place of previlige that you don't even realize
Great discussion guys
Man in the next episode Uncle Ruckus will be wildin' off the charts, can't wait
Just one more episode until season 2 😬
uncle ruckus is a villain made so you can love to hate him, that's his whole archetype, this is an anime after all.
Damn I forgot how manically funny Wuncler was hahahahaha
Interesting post discussion I think there were important points made on both sides. 36:33
Great discussion at the end. A fun episode but everyone got the gist of what was being said.
I’ve been watching y’all for forever and the Boondocks is the only show that made me get y’all’s patreon. Also I loved y’all’s discussion at end!!!
RIP Ed Asner. He had me laughin this whole episode
great discussion
such a great use of Huey and Jazmine that i feel was lost in later seasons especially Jazmine
Yeah, I wish there was more Huey and Jazmine centered episodes. I love their dynamic.
How did Tom not think to look over those contracts?? 🤦🏾♂️
Thats what I'm wondering. Plus, if I see my little girl being exploited by someone like Wuncler or however you spell his name, I'd start swinging real freaking quick. I can't believe Tom sometimes.
...I agree with Chris, Marketa and Rana. Yall are real ones. Protest happens because "the state" (which includes our mostly idiotic news media machine) cares more about businesses and enterprise and money than the common folk/people who are seen as "lesser". People riot and start destroying shit and, by extension, small business get caught up in this. This will always happen especially when the riots/protests stem from issues which hit very closely to people's unchangeable identities, for example, their race. It doesn't happen purposefully, most of the time, it happens organically as protesters are met with disproportional force by "the state" and those who purport to be protectors of all those within this system; and when those in office with the power to enact change sit on their hands; and when the media chooses to focus on the potential monetary damage these protests could cause.
So, people get upset shit happens and shit gets broken. And then the media puts the faces of these small business owners on TV who are rightfully upset about their business getting looted/damaged which only furthers that tired and honestly milquetoast statement of "nonviolent protest". Throughout history "nonviolent protest" has done jack shit. And don't bring up MLK or Ghandhi. People died, especially on the side of those fighting for their rights, so it defintely was not "nonviolent". And those who own small businesses like those on the TV will side with this statement and in the future decry the protests because it may affect their own livelihood, even if they would ultimately be on the side of those who are doing the protesting/riots in the first place.
"Gotta get mines" right? Capitalism at work.
If everyone set aside their own personal gain, banded together and said "yeah, fuck those buildings" you would see how quickly things would change for everyone. The protesters and those with small buildings alike.
"What about the owner of cvs?"is wild lol. These corporations have the buildings insured. Don't harm the small mom and pop joint but these big retail locals can get the business
The your "daughter chose me" line is from the Mack o chris my boy i thought you would have got that one.
Worst episode to be the only black Person in the room.
The debate is juicy because y’all didn’t even get to to point of Hueys first soapbox was Climate change
I just realized that one Line Ed Wuncler says "Face it you know the name of the game your girl chose me, now we can handle this like some gentleman or we can get into some real gangster shit" is it reference to Snoop Doggs pump pump song where he says that same line in the intro of the song
Of course Pat likes Uncle Ruckus. Pat always likes the villains.
13:49 and that my friends is the birth of what becomes the “lemon monologue” in Fall of The House of Usher
Chris and Marketa are 100% right
Damn. I watched this show as a child when it first aired. I was young and naive and just laughed at the cursing and adult content as if this show was no different from Family Guy or South Park. When I grew up and watched this show again I was able to understand all the expertly crafted social commentary. Everyone says shows like this predicted current social issues but the sad truth is those issues were happening all along, we're just noticing it now. I can't wait for you to watch The Passion of Uncle Ruckus.
Keep in mind Ed Wuncler's name is based on the Once-ler from Dr. Seuss' The Lorax.
Property isn't people. Agreed.
"Be the change you wish to see in the world."
@ANIMATIONWEB3 It does, wtf are you talking about? lmao
Uncle Ruckus works because hardly anyone ever agrees with him (at least in seasons 1-3)
To be completely honest lol 😂 your the first video that always pops up when I get off work ❤ timeee to watch your videos n smoke some shhweeeeed
💨
This got deep and heated. IMO, it is true that buildings are lifelines and when riots happen small ones especially shouldn't be subject to Looting or Burned down.
But the bigger issue is how we got to this point in the 1st place and to ignore that key purpose or detract from that key issue is in turn the problem.
Like if you'd said more about a Target which again matters but hear what you're saying. A business to you carries more weight on your conscious then a human life.
The thing that pisses me off the most is that Tom, Jasmine's lawyer father didn't even read the contract.
"Rioting is the voice of the unheard" MLK jr
It reminds me of the foreign debt traps that the World Bank and the WTO led a bunch of countries into
The line "Lemonade was a popular drink in my day" was a play off of Gang Starr's DWYCK: "...Lemonade was a popular drink, and it still is, I get more props and stunts than Bruce Willis..."
Well often they are not completely ethical. They are a pretty natural result of a society that wants to change but is being held back by those in power though.
Chris and marketa has a point, the others to some extent did to,
Senselessly destroying random stuff especially in a poor area is No bueno, but *calculated* violence has throughout history worked especially in movements that were about the oppressed. Violence isn’t the first resort but it change doesn’t happen it will be the last, and that’s how it always go, especially if it involves a group that has been oppressed
The whole point of the episode flew right over Pat's head
He's retarded, what did you expect?
11:56. I like that Snoop Dog reference!
Top 10 episodes of the show. Hilarious from start to finish. Surprisingly also one with the least amount of Grand dad. Main focus was on Ruckus and Jazmine but Riley has one of my favorite scenes. "It's all I've got, I'm thirsty, .
This is my favourite episode of the first season
Uncle Ruckus represented that loud and up-in-your-face racism, but it was in the form of a self-hating black man.
Wuncler is the embodiment of systemic racism, which is more subtle and yet still insidious. Even when he made very obvious derogatory statements, Wuncler did more damage with his calculated moves.
McGruder really was just a genius.
Ruckus represented a radical raccoon (without the ra)
I agree on the Uncle Ruckus thing fs. I reeeaaallly love San 2 and 3 bc it has more episodes like this one. I feel like San 1 for me is half great, half okay eps - whereas with sun 2 and 3 I feel like most of the episodes are great. The commentary is definitely at its highest in season one, but the characters of Huey, Riley, and Grandad get so much more to them through 2 and 3. Szn 4 is basically ' classic boondocks'.
huh? lol Season 4 is horrible. Also I think S1 has the most character moments.
I would say S1 had great episodes all around, along with S2. S3 was where we got some of the worst episodes along with some of the best. And calling S4 "classic Boondocks" feels like a hate crime, that shit doesn't count as Boondocks.
Not really. The Freemans start getting sidelined in favor of other characters starting in season 2. Most of their emotional range (especially Huey's) starts disappearing there, also, as they become more and more flanderized. Season 4's as far away from "classic Boondocks" as one could get. It's a bastardization of the tone and style from season 3.
I hope Pat realizes how manipulated by the system he is someday
Same to you
@@YuSooKey thanks, I did
He reminds me of Hassan.. just completely lost in the illusion and so unaware that it’s almost blasphemous..
Just gained a crazy amount of respect for Chris after that ending discussion
I was hoping someone had seen "Do the right thing" wuncler had some hilarious lines this episode "You think ignorance is cute" t-t-t too damn old to be writing your Es backwards" "We can handle this like a couple of gentlemen or...we can get into some old gangster shit"🤣🤣🤣
We gotta get boondocks skits from y’all 😂
They not hearing Chris fr
I don't really blame Jasmine for being terse with Huey, not like Huey likes her or listens to her either.
Wuncler's some of the funniest shit.
What a really good episode.
8:25 lol the ladies all shocked while the guys are laughing 😂
1:38 Makeeta with "W" again..... i love yall❤❤❤❤
When your friend was like “he just wanted to show his ID” where has she been?😂 there’s like 1000+ cases of bm reaching into his pocket for ID and ended up dead
NGL, I expected a much bigger rxn to Mr Wuncler casually quoting Snoop Dogg
I find Uncle Rukus hilarious because I went to a 50%white 50%black school in TN, and had an elderly black male science teacher in middle-school that would call all the students "West Nile Crack-babies" every time a group of kids was acting up.
SHOUT OUT TO THE LATE GREAT ED ASNER... HE USED HIS VOICE TO HELP REGULAR WORKING CLASS PEOPLE CONSISTANTLY
I gotta ask. Can yall please ask Rana where she got that dress from? My girl likes it and im tryna buy it for her 😂😂😂
28:39 what happened Rana 😂😂
Just wait 'till you get to Season 3 Episode 3.
Mr Wuncler goes from "Haha funny evil capitalist-man" to *"Jesus H. Christ, they were able to joke about that on TV?!?"*
An amazing payoff!
@@AngelTorres-vu2iz The Red Ball, pay attention to Wunclers Great-Great-Grandfather's name.
It's a good ways off but his evil is gonna seem tame compared to his son's.
One of my favorite episodes 😂