Boondocks #2
Huey Freeman is the series' narrator (with rare exceptions). He is an intelligent ten-year-old boy who is portrayed as the voice of reason and a spokesperson for contemporary Afrocentrism. However, he is constantly being verbally browbeaten and generally mocked by his grandfather and younger brother Riley, neither of whom share his beliefs. While Huey makes a point to try and support black causes, he is openly contemptuous of black pop culture popularized in the media for glamorizing superfluous extravagance and ignorance. He never smiles.
Riley Freeman, Huey's trouble-making eight-year-old brother. Unlike his brother, Riley is heavily influenced gangsta rap culture and black pop culture. Though he is otherwise clever and artistic, he maintains loyalty to those causes even in the face of impending disaster. The bulk of the episodes of the series focus on Riley's misadventures (most of which are fueled by his love for gangsta rap and desire to emulate other street characters in the media) or his various...
2009-01-27 1:35 PM PST von
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