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Owl is lostJustin Charity
3/22/14 1:30pm
HOW is this possible?? I haven't seen the show but I've read all the comics and they're brilliant. What a crock.
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  PostedByGhostsOwl is lost
  3/22/14 4:45pm
  "How is this possible"
  
  ....was exactly the same thing I said when I got permanently banned from Jezebel for posting a Boondocks episode!
  
  What the fuck!?!?
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  Owl is lostPostedByGhosts
  3/22/14 5:03pm
  What was the reasoning for that?
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hersaynconjectureJustin Charity
3/22/14 2:25pm
Aaron gave up the show because while he was principle in creating it he originally created the strip with two friends, one of whom who did quite a bit of the writing. When they fell out the strip turned into a long rant about the Bush Administration. When he started the show, comic writer Rodney Barnes, who eventually became exec.producer, was responsible for the bulk of the writing. When Rodney and Aaron fell out, Aaron couldn't deal with pressure to write the show on his own and sold it to Cartoon Network. Aaron, while talented, is kind of unfocused, vindictive and self-defeating. Whereas other creators would have rode their cash cow into the sunset, at the end of the day, Aaron doesn't care as much about Boondocks as it's fans do and previous writers did.

And duh, I'm anonymous because I still work in this industry and all this drama involves my friends, past employers, writing partners, ex-friends and friend-of-friends.
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  Justin Charityhersaynconjecture
  3/22/14 2:31pm
  Anonymity understood; context appreciated.
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  hersaynconjectureJustin Charity
  3/22/14 2:34pm
  Believe me, if I didn't know the truth, I wouldn't believe it. I was in love with Aaron when Boondocks appeared in the comics. Never meet your idols (or the people they screwed over), it gets depressing/weird real fast.
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Patcher PupJustin Charity
3/22/14 12:10pm
What horseshit. I'm not the biggest fan of the show, but how the hell can they have The Boondocks without McGruder? He IS the show.
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  Justin CharityPatcher Pup
  3/22/14 12:13pm
  None other than Huey himself would hurl his laptop upon reading this news.
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  JackieMacPatcher Pup
  3/22/14 12:18pm
  Easy. Ask Dan Harmon.
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AgentRayBansJustin Charity
3/22/14 12:17pm
Nigga Moment imminent.
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DennyCraneJustin Charity
3/22/14 12:38pm
A Boondocks without Aaron McGruder probably isn't a Boondocks I'm interested in watching. That being said, considering the lengthy process of creating an animated show, I find it weird that McGruder's acting like he had no idea this was coming.
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  PetyrBaelishDennyCrane
  3/22/14 12:58pm
  I don't understand, if it starts airing next month and McGruder just stopped being involved last week then aren't the episodes filmed already and it doesn't matter? Is he just being excluded from the promotion?
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Fleur-de-litJustin Charity
3/22/14 12:35pm
That would be like having South Park without Trey Parker and Matt Stone, or Community without Dan Harmon for that matter. Some shows are so tied to their creator(s) that without them they're... well... different shows.
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  PetyrBaelishFleur-de-lit
  3/22/14 12:57pm
  I don't understand, if it starts airing next month and McGruder just stopped being involved last week then aren't the episodes filmed already and it doesn't matter? Is he just being excluded from the promotion?
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  Fleur-de-litPetyrBaelish
  3/22/14 1:01pm
  I hope so. I mean, either that or they went ahead and produced an entire season behind his back while maintaining that the show was on hiatus, which doesn't sound all that likely.
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mojomamaJustin Charity
3/22/14 8:59pm
I've never found this show funny and never understood its popularity.
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  Justin Charitymojomama
  3/22/14 9:02pm
  You don't understand its popularity?
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  mojomamaJustin Charity
  3/22/14 9:06pm
  Nope. I don't find it funny at all. And I'm black! Not sure if that makes a difference or not in getting the humor. It's all too on the nose for me.
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MelisandreJustin Charity
3/22/14 12:20pm
There's something going on with his contract, that's the vibe I'm getting. Someone didn't read the fine print.
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ThatsTheBoonesTalkingJustin Charity
3/22/14 12:48pm
"That Nigga got paid and I am sitting here in two week old Jordan's???!!!! Me and Thugnificent gonna ride on that ass!" -Riley
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GrowlrBearJustin Charity
3/22/14 1:52pm
Jesus Fucking Christ - and I thought The Venture Bros. took a fucking long time between seasons. Why the damn hold-up? It's not like MaGruder was busy writing and drawing the comic since it's been on hiatus for god knows how long.

Yes, I know he was involved in that Red Tails flick, but come on - did that really require him to leave Boondocks hanging for years?
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  cesariojpnGrowlrBear
  3/22/14 6:04pm
  AS supposedly thrives on cheaply made crap, while "lavish" productions like Venture Brothers and property acquisitions like Anime take a back seat (and cost AS $$$$$, thought that doesn't explain Seth MacFarlane's horrendous crap). Why greenlight a season of Venture Brothers when you can get 3 seasons of Squidbillies for half the price?
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  Facethethingthatshouldnotbecesariojpn
  3/22/14 11:57pm
  Squidbillies is the shit. Repent now.
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