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Katrina: The Documentary
Published on 3 Aug 2006 at 9:41 pm.
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And at the helm is none other than Spike Lee, who was already riding high this year with Inside Man (which was pretty cool for those of you who haven’t seen it. And for those who have, was I the only one who was appalled by the footage of 50 Cent’s Bulletproof video game featured […]
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The Boondocks debate..
Published on 1 Aug 2006 at 1:27 pm.
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So The Boondocks DVD dropped a week ago today and we have yet to discuss Aaron McGruder’s intelligent comic-strip turned controversial cartoon in the Blackademic forum. So here are the issues: Some intellectuals such as John McWhorter think that The Boondocks (cartoon) is a juvenile, counter-productive program in which McGruder simply “shows (his) behind.” Reverend […]
BET on Sunday.. Not so bad
Published on 9 Jul 2006 at 1:21 pm.
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I’m not a huge BET fan. Between the Sub-par programming on shows like College Hill and 106 and park, a lazy/played out rotation of the same videos, and BET UnCut, (the 2am strip-club video marathon, of which Aaron McGruder makes a satire in his show, The Boondocks, with the music video “Booty Butt-Cheeks”) BET just […]
