Several episodes of Adult Swim series have been “permanently retired due to cultural sensitivities,” according to the network, including those from “Aqua Teen Hunger Force” and “The Boondocks.”
The Daily Beast, which first reported the news, noted that Reddit users had pointed out “Aqua Teen Hunger Force” episode “Shake Like Me” and “The Boondocks” episode “The Story of Jimmy Rebel” could not be found — or were only briefly found — on HBO Max, the streaming service launched by WarnerMedia in the spring. In “Shake Like Me,” a reference to the John Howard Griffin book “Black Like Me,” Shake “learns what it’s like to be a stereotype” after being bitten by a radioactive Black man, according to the IMDb description of the episode. In the site’s description of “The Story of Jimmy Rebel,” Ruckus “finds his musical soul mate in famed racist country-western singer Jimmy Rebel.”
According to a source,...
The Daily Beast, which first reported the news, noted that Reddit users had pointed out “Aqua Teen Hunger Force” episode “Shake Like Me” and “The Boondocks” episode “The Story of Jimmy Rebel” could not be found — or were only briefly found — on HBO Max, the streaming service launched by WarnerMedia in the spring. In “Shake Like Me,” a reference to the John Howard Griffin book “Black Like Me,” Shake “learns what it’s like to be a stereotype” after being bitten by a radioactive Black man, according to the IMDb description of the episode. In the site’s description of “The Story of Jimmy Rebel,” Ruckus “finds his musical soul mate in famed racist country-western singer Jimmy Rebel.”
According to a source,...
- 9/29/2020
- by Elaine Low
- Variety Film + TV
Adult Swim has “permanently retired” an episode of “Aqua Teen Hunger Force” and an episode of “The Boondocks,” making them unavailable for streaming on the Adult Swim site and WarnerMedia’s HBO Max, “due to cultural sensitivities,” a representative for the cable channel told TheWrap Tuesday.
“The Boondocks” installment in question is Season 3’s “The Story of Jimmy Rebel,” which focuses on Uncle Ruckus’ relationship with a country singer whose albums have titles like “Real N****** Never Die, They Just Smell That Way.”
The “Aqua Teen Hunger Force” episode that was removed is Season 6’s “Shake Like Me,” which is titled in reference to John Howard Griffin’s “Black Like Me,” and sees Shake become “stereotypically” Black in his behavior and physical appearance after being bitten by a Black man infected with toxic waste.
These episodes are not available on HBO Max because they are not part of Adult Swim...
“The Boondocks” installment in question is Season 3’s “The Story of Jimmy Rebel,” which focuses on Uncle Ruckus’ relationship with a country singer whose albums have titles like “Real N****** Never Die, They Just Smell That Way.”
The “Aqua Teen Hunger Force” episode that was removed is Season 6’s “Shake Like Me,” which is titled in reference to John Howard Griffin’s “Black Like Me,” and sees Shake become “stereotypically” Black in his behavior and physical appearance after being bitten by a Black man infected with toxic waste.
These episodes are not available on HBO Max because they are not part of Adult Swim...
- 9/29/2020
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
It’s been a long decade for Mickey Guyton, but nothing has ever felt quite as long as the past two weeks. As one of very few black voices in mainstream country music, Guyton has spent the days following George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis carrying an unthinkable burden as she leads a larger conversation about widespread racism in the genre.
“It’s been heavy, it really, really has,” Guyton says of the past week. “But it’s been heavy for a long time.”
On Tuesday, she released “Black Like Me,...
“It’s been heavy, it really, really has,” Guyton says of the past week. “But it’s been heavy for a long time.”
On Tuesday, she released “Black Like Me,...
- 6/5/2020
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
What was allowed in 1986 is cringeworthy today
Two movies I loved as a child celebrated their 30th anniversaries recently, and when I looked back upon them nostalgically, as one does, I saw products of their time that mostly hold up — save for one horribly dated, unforgivable element each. The kind of offense that makes it hard to still appreciate the movie when that one inexcusable part dominates your mind.
Both “Crocodile” Dundee and Short Circuit have decent scripts. The former was even nominated for an Oscar. The latter remains quotable. Their main characters are major figures of 1980s pop culture. Not on the level of Arnold Schwarzenegger and E.T., but higher up than Yakov Smirnoff and The Noid. But I can no longer enjoy these movies. Not as they are, anyway.
Their respective crimes are things that shouldn’t have even been tolerated at the time. In Dundee it’s a scene where Paul Hogan’s titular...
Two movies I loved as a child celebrated their 30th anniversaries recently, and when I looked back upon them nostalgically, as one does, I saw products of their time that mostly hold up — save for one horribly dated, unforgivable element each. The kind of offense that makes it hard to still appreciate the movie when that one inexcusable part dominates your mind.
Both “Crocodile” Dundee and Short Circuit have decent scripts. The former was even nominated for an Oscar. The latter remains quotable. Their main characters are major figures of 1980s pop culture. Not on the level of Arnold Schwarzenegger and E.T., but higher up than Yakov Smirnoff and The Noid. But I can no longer enjoy these movies. Not as they are, anyway.
Their respective crimes are things that shouldn’t have even been tolerated at the time. In Dundee it’s a scene where Paul Hogan’s titular...
- 5/10/2016
- by Christopher Campbell
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
DVD Release Date: Dec. 11, 2013
Price: DVD $24.95
Studio: Vsc
The controversial 1964 racial drama Black Like Me stars the late James Whitmore as a white journalist who darkens his skin and passes for a black man in the deep South, where he encounters a great deal of racism from both white and black people.
Co-written and directed by Carl Lerner, the film is based on the landmark memoir of the same name by John Howard Griffin, who used pigment dyes and sun lamps to blend into “negro” society and gain a true perspective on what it was like to live as a black in the deep Jim Crow south.
Co-starring alongside Whitmore are Roscoe Lee Browne, Clifton James and Will Geer.
Restored from its original negative for this release (it was available previously in an inferior edition but has long been out of print), the DVD of Black Like Me wil include...
Price: DVD $24.95
Studio: Vsc
The controversial 1964 racial drama Black Like Me stars the late James Whitmore as a white journalist who darkens his skin and passes for a black man in the deep South, where he encounters a great deal of racism from both white and black people.
Co-written and directed by Carl Lerner, the film is based on the landmark memoir of the same name by John Howard Griffin, who used pigment dyes and sun lamps to blend into “negro” society and gain a true perspective on what it was like to live as a black in the deep Jim Crow south.
Co-starring alongside Whitmore are Roscoe Lee Browne, Clifton James and Will Geer.
Restored from its original negative for this release (it was available previously in an inferior edition but has long been out of print), the DVD of Black Like Me wil include...
- 12/11/2012
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Canadian director Jephté Bastien talks about why he wanted to do Sortie 67, his first film.
Jephté Bastien doesn't believe that his film Sortie 67, which will come in Quebec's theatres on November 5, has to "improve" the image of Montrealers of Haitian heritage who mostly live in the district of St-Michel and North-Montreal. According to him, "the film's story is about an individual instead of a whole ethnic group". Moreover, Bastien said that he sees it that way, because he wants to avoid "abusive generalizations".
Having worked as a video editor and also in the music industry, Jephté Bastien makes his directorial debut with the independent film Sortie 67, which a reference to a bus line that passes through St-Michel and North Montreal. The film follows Ronald (Henri Pardo), a young biracial man who's been involved in a street gang in the Montrealer district of St-Michel ever since his adolescence.
Jephté Bastien doesn't believe that his film Sortie 67, which will come in Quebec's theatres on November 5, has to "improve" the image of Montrealers of Haitian heritage who mostly live in the district of St-Michel and North-Montreal. According to him, "the film's story is about an individual instead of a whole ethnic group". Moreover, Bastien said that he sees it that way, because he wants to avoid "abusive generalizations".
Having worked as a video editor and also in the music industry, Jephté Bastien makes his directorial debut with the independent film Sortie 67, which a reference to a bus line that passes through St-Michel and North Montreal. The film follows Ronald (Henri Pardo), a young biracial man who's been involved in a street gang in the Montrealer district of St-Michel ever since his adolescence.
- 10/29/2010
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
I changed the color of my skin…now I know what it’s feels like to be Black!”
C’mon, you’ve got to admit you’re just dying to see the film now aren’t you? The film in question is the 1964 film Black Like Me based on the 1961 John Howard Griffin’s controversial best seller. I came across an article today marking the 50th anniversary when Griffin, a good intentioned liberal Texan who had done humanitarian relief work in Asia, began writing a series of articles chronicling his experiences the year before about what it was like to be a black person in the South at the time. With the aid of skin altering drugs and a sunlamp (no doubt for touch ups) he darkened his skin and traveled throughout the South for three weeks posing a black man detailing his experiences encountering various forms of racism. Three years later a low budget.
C’mon, you’ve got to admit you’re just dying to see the film now aren’t you? The film in question is the 1964 film Black Like Me based on the 1961 John Howard Griffin’s controversial best seller. I came across an article today marking the 50th anniversary when Griffin, a good intentioned liberal Texan who had done humanitarian relief work in Asia, began writing a series of articles chronicling his experiences the year before about what it was like to be a black person in the South at the time. With the aid of skin altering drugs and a sunlamp (no doubt for touch ups) he darkened his skin and traveled throughout the South for three weeks posing a black man detailing his experiences encountering various forms of racism. Three years later a low budget.
- 4/22/2010
- by Sergio
- ShadowAndAct
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