‘Boondocks’ creator Aaron McGruder to BET: %@*$% ^ & !

Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times

- The battle between “The Boondocks” creator Aaron McGruder and Black Entertainment Television is about to get a lot more animated.

Two second-season episodes of the biting cartoon series that attack the black-themed network but were never aired — possibly because of corporate pressure — are slated for DVD release Tuesday. The pair of shows take aim at BET’s top executives and lampoon what it views as the cable network’s harmful negative imagery and stereotypes that work as a “destructive” force within African American culture.

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  • RedBone

    OMG!!!
    For years, my friends have heard me say over and over, “Somebody needs to call the NAACP about BET.” I mean, you can’t blame THAT on white people.

    Having seen the screamingly funny Gangstalicious episodes, trust and believe I’m going to rush right out to get the DVD. Go, Aaron!

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