The older I get, the more I realize the whole joke about Huey is that he says, and often does the right thing-- but in all the wrong ways. His organizations are rarely larger than two or three people tops, he’s prone to individualist adventurism that should by all rights and means go sideways, and by the time the third season started, his self-doubt as a result of so much failed individual adventurism crippled his efficacy. There’s always something to learn from the first three seasons, I feel.
Granted the entire joke is also that he’s 10 years old. Even if he was Lenin incarnate, there is very little that someone at that age can realistically accomplish. Even in the Boondocks universe.
Individualistic adventurism seems very much like what every 10 year old would do.
To me, Huey is probably one of the most obvious self insert characters by a creator/author you’ll see in a show or comic strip. It’s done well and the creator of the show was actually cool, so it works. But Huey’s views are just the views of Aaron McGruder, from the left wing politics, to the critique of mainstream culture, to the 9/11 stuff, the last of which was made plainly obvious in the final episode of season 3.
The older I get, the more I realize the whole joke about Huey is that he says, and often does the right thing-- but in all the wrong ways. His organizations are rarely larger than two or three people tops, he’s prone to individualist adventurism that should by all rights and means go sideways, and by the time the third season started, his self-doubt as a result of so much failed individual adventurism crippled his efficacy. There’s always something to learn from the first three seasons, I feel.
Granted the entire joke is also that he’s 10 years old. Even if he was Lenin incarnate, there is very little that someone at that age can realistically accomplish. Even in the Boondocks universe.
Individualistic adventurism seems very much like what every 10 year old would do.
It was meant for Black consumption that’s for sure lol.
To me, Huey is probably one of the most obvious self insert characters by a creator/author you’ll see in a show or comic strip. It’s done well and the creator of the show was actually cool, so it works. But Huey’s views are just the views of Aaron McGruder, from the left wing politics, to the critique of mainstream culture, to the 9/11 stuff, the last of which was made plainly obvious in the final episode of season 3.
Still love the show though.