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Truth in Humor

by Quentin B. Huff

[11.Jul.08] :. The second season of The Boondocks tackles issues that are important to the hip-hop community with contributions from numerous hip-hop artists. Boondocks Response Syndrome explains why we react to this series the way we do.

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TV Review

The Boondocks

by Cynthia Fuchs

[8.Oct.07] :. As always, the adults provide the show's least attractive possibilities. They're slow-walking, fast-talking jokes.

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Film Review

Soul Plane (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[28.May.04] :. Perhaps the tribulations of Snoop's home life produced the tiresome distractedness of his performance in Soul Plane.

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TV Review

The Tracy Morgan Show

by Karida Collins

[8.Dec.03] :. Tracy Mitchell (Tracy Morgan) is more bland than 'streetwise,' a means to market 'blackness' to NBC's viewers.

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Film Review

Friday After Next (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[29.Nov.02] :. 'I look at myself and the movies I do as a brand,' Ice Cube tells 'Variety'.

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Film Review

Next Friday (1999)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Arriving in theaters five years later, Next Friday is the kind of sequel that will elicit much grumping from critics and other people who purport know what's good for you. The problems with the film are obvious -- like all sequels, it's designed to make money.

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