The members of the dubois family tom husband, sarah wife, and jazmine daughter are fictional characters and featured players in aaron mcgruders boondocks comic strip and animated tv series. People call me the fundraiser they call me that cause thats what i do i raise funds i get my money up the first rule of fundraising is dont give nothing to nobody. This show has had a broad impact, and has reached popularity among many ethnicities and races meaning that people across many cultures understand and are. Can any other adult cartoon fill the void of genial boondocks. The parts with jazmine hit me right in the childhood. See more ideas about boondocks, boondocks quotes and boondocks comic. Huey and riley freeman are two young africanamerican boys who have moved from chicago to a nearly allwhite neighborhood with their grandfather. Huey tries every excuse in the book to get out of it, ultimately going with a spiel about how extreme sports and reckless suicides are counterrevolutionary and would only play into his enemies hands. Grandpa freeman coerces riley and huey to go to a highsociety garden party, where things take a surprising turn. In episode 7 of season 1, there were not a lot of cultural fights, besides the fight that huey perceives.
Seusss book the lorax, though wunclers family name is pronounced the same way, but only spelled differently. In the comics, her mixed ethnicity makes her an object of ridicule for huey and riley. When her parents install a pool and her mom wanting to plan a summer pool party bbq jazmine turns to her best friend for help. I feel that each of the characters epitomize a particular social and political archetype or stereotype that is represented in some aspects within. She is portrayed as a naive, and innocent 10year old biracial girl. Huey and jazmine kissing in the boondocks coloring page read the results on this poll and other boondocks polls i drew this picture for. See more ideas about boondocks, boondocks drawings and cartoon art. I fell in love with iti was a ridiculously partisan, lefty kid in the middle of the bush administration and was overjoyed to have my own outlet to make fun of the president i had a lot of friends, obviously. Centered around the experiences of two young africanamerican boys, huey. Jan 08, 2017 this feature is not available right now. In a wonderful bit of satire, jazmine voices her worship of the allpowerful, loving santa. This comic strip was political, sarcastic, shocking and thoughtful.
Past and future jazmine and huey, the boondocks love. Apr 12, 2017 the boondocks savage huey the architect of abstinence. Watch the boondocks episodes online season 1 2006 tv. The notoriety landed boondocks creator aaron mcgruder in publications ranging from time magazine to people magazine which named him one of the 25 most intriguing people of 99. I didnt actually plan on uploading this on valentines day, but i kept putting it off. The tv series the boondocks is a provocative, thoughtful animated series based on the comic strip by aaron mcgruder. I havent drawn a kissing picture in a while so this was good p. Centered around the experiences of two young africanamerican boys, huey and riley, who move from innercity chicago to the suburbs or the boondocks. Huey tells jazmine the harsh truth about life boondocks. Huey must find a way to uproot them from this situation. Even after the traumatic events theres still a part of h. Because i know you dont read the newspaper mcgruder, aaron on. Oct 04, 2014 ive been getting into the boondocks recently, and i actually really like riley, and this idea came into my head.
Riley freeman young reezy is the deuteragonist of the adult swim sitcom the boondocks. Martin luther king jr will you ignorant nggers please shut the hell up. Uncle ruckus is the main antagonist in the boondocks. Feb 14, 2011 i didnt actually plan on uploading this on valentines day, but i kept putting it off.
Granddad seems to ship the boys with cindy and jazmine intentionally trying to get riley to show interest in girls or subconsciously calling jazmine hueys little friend and dreaming of jazmine instinctively hugging huey when attacked by the swarm of stinkmeaners. The strip depicts huey freeman and his younger brother riley, two young children. The main characters are huey freeman, the smart practical one, riley. Great memorable quotes and script exchanges from the the boondocks movie on. Because the boondocks is produced on such a delay from when it actually airs, the series has to be careful to not feel like an instant period piece. Read part 1 from the story the boondocks by xolsolz xpm with 4,245 reads. Never afraid to challenge and offer a social critique of race in america. Ok well i am a white man and am 23 i havent watched this show mutch. The boondocks savage huey the architect of abstinence.
Cindy could be considered the white female counterpart of riley and is. Furthermore, huey views tom as part of the white power structure that he detests i. I loved this show, and to be honest, the fight scenes honestly surprised the out of me and blew me away. Huey freeman is one of the main protagonists and hero in the boondocks syndicated comic strip written by aaron mcgruder, as well as the animated tv series of the same name. His role in the series varies depending on the storyline of the episode hes featured in. Season one parts with jazmine dubois, also featuring domestic terrorist huey freeman. In the comic book jazmine has trouble accepting the fact that she is multiracial, wishing her hair to be straight instead of puffy and afrolike. The boondocks comic strip hueys sweetest moment with jazmine sadly it went over her head. For this project we analyzed the boondocks a social satire adult animation series that comments on black culture, as well as the interactions between many cultures and ethnicities. Its also a shipping story too what if rileys once in a lifetime love is murdered, and he couldnt stop it.
In the comics, her mixed ethnicity makes her an object of ridicule for huey and. Politically sapient and borderline militant, huey, being a selfdescribed revolutionary leftwing radical, regularly reflects upon current events as well as the plight of africanamericans as it relates to a greater. This is the second of five installments of character case studies on characters on creator and writer aaron mcgruders comic strip now turned animated series on adult swim, the boondocks. Balkcom for those of you who are fans of the show the boondocks like me, some of you have probably at one point in time or another asked. Jazmine was sitting on the edge of the bed, in her baby blue vneck and skinny jeans, watching huey read. Huey considers wunclers biases to stem from his greed, power and influence rather than actual racism. The boondocks is a rich, multilayered comic strip that offers a frank yet often funny look at race in america. Two young boys, riley and huey, move from inner city chicago to live with their grandfather. What was interesting, though, was that while huey complains of racism, his play only consisted of black actors. Although he helps his brother and his grandad robert freeman when he needs to help them.
What happens if one of them actually develop feelings and the other plays hard to get. Ive been getting into the boondocks recently, and i actually really like riley, and this idea came into my head. Their daughter, jazmine was a naive but innocent girl who challenged huey freemans longheld beliefs about peoples true nature, posing a counterbalance to his normally conspiracyriddled mentality. Granddad, huey, riley and jazmine sneak into a screening of soul plane 2. Huey tells jazmine the harsh truth about life boondocks duration. In season three, the two are seen to have father and son moments, such as. Tonights episode, unfortunately, does feel like an instant period piece, but the best moments of the episode make that into a virtue. The horrible, awful, terrible truth that hurts peoples feelings. The voice of jazmine comes from gabby soliel and later kiarah pollas, who, both were 10yearsold when taking on the voice of the young dubois girl. Jazmine finds out that the tooth fairy doesnt exist and life isnt all fun and games. Huey became best friends with caesar because of their common political views. Huey gets annoyed by jazmines childish enthusiasm about santa claus. Dec 24, 2016 the boondocks 3x01 its a black president, huey freeman.
At the tender age of 10, jazmine dubois has her share of anxiety. Almost 10 years ago, i discovered a right to be hostile, the third collection of the boondocks comic strip at my public library. Small moments between huey and jazmine in in block is hot, the wingman, the passion of uncle ruckus, the date with the health inspector and fried chicken flu. The boondocks not only provided commentary on the complexity of the black experience but how it relates to the changes in society and popular culture overall. But from the three shows i did see here is a description from show to show ok here we go the first one i watched was about the r kelly trial and i found the sexual humor of it to be very offenceive i still remember one joke. Huey and riley freeman are two young africanamerican boys who have moved from chicago to a. A character sheet from aaron mcgruders newspaper comic stripturnedanimated series the boondocks. Jazmine duboishuey freeman works archive of our own. The series was created for adult swim on the cartoon network, intended for more mature audiences. Jazmine dubois is the secondary tritagonist on the boondocks, and was a central character in season 1. Huey seems to take a huge interest in malcolm x books and the newspaper.
Huey sat on his bed, reading a revolutionary book, just as he was earlier today. The controversial show, since its inception, has always done a brilliant job of presenting not only black or hiphop but american culture in a satirical fashion. Despite being an antagonist at to times he can do some. Mar 10, 2015 the boondocks are a favorite here at the show. They live across the street from the main characters, the freeman family robert and his grandsons, huey and riley. Their young daughter jazmine is very insecure about her ethnic identity and is often the. Huey freeman is the boondocks main character and narrator as well as the person i chose as my profile picture, an afrowielding martial arts master, a guntoting terrorist with a che guevara poster on his wall, a supremely intelligent prodigy of few words and one of my alltime favorite characters. I had a dream once but it was a dream that little black girls and black boys would one day drink from the river of prosperity freed from the thirst of oppression.
If nigga moments had their own category, nigga moments would be the third leading killer of black men behind pork chops and f. Huey and jasmine, best comic strip relationship in recent memory. The boondockscharacters all the tropes wiki fandom. Guide to the boondocks characters, including their names and bios. Read jazmine and huey sittin in a tree from the story past and future jazmine and huey, the boondocks love story by anticulture with 5,3 reads. If only people were more like huey, and less like jazmine s parents. Granddad seems to ship the boys with cindy and jazmine intentionally trying to get riley to show interest in girls or subconsciously calling jazmine huey s little friend and dreaming of jazmine instinctively hugging huey when attacked by the swarm of stinkmeaners. Jazmine is afraid of water, having nearly been drowned at a young age. He a lot of the times is a sukup to thugnificant a rapper in the series and argues with his brother huey freeman. There also was not a great deal of gender discussion. All four of them said surprisingly, except jazmine s and cindys sounded surprisingly excited, although huey and caesars sounded surprisingly disappointed. Learn how to draw riley and huey freeman from cartoon networks boondocks.
Because i know you dont read the newspaper, by aaron mcgruder, is a collection of comic strips that tell the story of the freeman brothers. Since the show premiered in the fall of 2005, the boondocks has been a favorite for many in the rapconqueso crew mickey retro and shayj did a whole mixtape based off of the two main characters. Ruckus is used as a workingclass stiff who keeps popping up throughout the series in any number of guises, at pivotal moments. The boondocks was a daily syndicated comic strip written and originally drawn by aaron. The perspective offered by this mixture of cultures, lifestyles, social classes, stereotypes, viewpoints and races provides for much of the series satire, comedy, and conflict. The book i read was the boondocks by aaron mcgruder and the book was overall pretty good. The tension increases, however, because the two boys are africanamericans now compelled to adapt to a white suburban world. He can either be an antagonist primary or secondary, supporting protagonist, antihero, or neutral. The book was about two kids that left chicago and go live with their grandpa in a good neighborhood but the kids didnt want to leave because they left all their friends and family. She looked around, and then stole the book right out of his hands. The story of huey and rileys parents on august 14, 2015 august 14, 2015 by author l. Centered around the experiences of two young africanamerican boys, huey and riley, who move from innercity chicago to the suburbs or the boondocks to them, the. The boondocks 3x01 its a black president, huey freeman. From its early beginnings as a series of comic strips written for the source magazine back in 1997.
Its been done before but id like to go into my own details of the story of love between huey freeman and jazmine dubois. The freemans find that eddie wunclers new slavery theme park freedomland may be a bit to authentic, when they are trapped there and forced to be slaves. One of the kids huey freeman which is the intelligent one does very good in school and is very polite to everybody but the other brother riley freeman is a bad ass he doesnt listen at all and does very bad in school. Name of the song is it must be love by labi siffre. Whether it was laughing at rileys illinformed quest for the thuglife, rooting for grandad and his pursuit of happiness and women, or listening to huey sum up basically everything wrong with the world around him, one thing became clear. He loves to read, hes not scared of nobody, and he actually believes in everything that i believe in. A character case study of the boondocks and huey freeman. Though huey can be quite nasty to jazmine in the comics, he also looks out for her. In the strips earlier days, huey gets annoyed by jazmine s childish enthusiasm about santa claus, and instead convinces her that the real santa is actually an imprisoned black man named jolly jenkins he then continues to push this mostly for the sake of trolling tom. In some episodes, riley and huey would have a single storyline and in. Riley freeman is a character from the syndicated comic strip the boondocks written by aaron. Past and future jazmine and huey, the boondocks love story.
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