The Boondocks by Aaron McGruder for March 21, 2014
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March 22, 2014
Transcript:
John: Do you think a movie named "Booty Call" will really make me more racially sensitive, sir? Man: The black kid behind the counter said it was a classic. Look, we have "Truck Turner," "B.A.P.S.," "Black Belt Jones" - all powerful portrayals of the black experience, according to that kid - and he should know. See here? Jim Kelly in "Black Samurai." I bet you didn't even know there were black samurai. You're learning already. John: Sir, was the kid behind the counter laughing when you rented these? Man: They're a naturally jovial people, John.
I get a huge kick out imagining that laughing kid behind the counter cracking all his friends up with the story of the dumb principal who fell for every word he fed him.
One curious thing is that as different as the comic and animated Boondocks worlds are, the “casting” is almost identical in both, meaning that the same characters fill the same roles, including Mr. Petto here, who is also Riley’s teacher on the show. But this principal is an exception. For whatever reason, the principal in the animated version is a completely different person.