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NET-BASHING 'BOONDOCKS' BANNED; Viral stunt or corporate censorship? Episodes of cartoon criticizing BET executives are yanked.

Publication: Advertising Age
Publication Date: 04-FEB-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: NET-BASHING 'BOONDOCKS' BANNED; Viral stunt or corporate censorship? Episodes of cartoon criticizing BET executives are yanked.(News)(Black Entertainment Television Inc.)(Cartoon Network L.P.)

Article Excerpt
Byline: CLAUDE BRODESSER-AKNER

''Now that's a real shame when folks be throwin' away a perfectly good white boy like that.''

It's the memorable quote from "Better Off Dead,'' the 1985 comedy starring John Cusack. Change "white'' to "black,'' and this week, it could just as easily refer to Huey Freeman, the central character of "The Boondocks.''

Cartoon Network's Adult Swim has tossed away two brand new episodes of Aaron McGruder's animated series, "The Boondocks.'' The show (and the previous comic strip of the same name) has always delved fearlessly into black culture and politics through the lives of two young black siblings from inner-city Chicago who've moved to the suburbs with their grandfather.

In a more conservative time slot on a more conservative network, the jet streams of comedic gore and liberal use of the N-word would be enough to pull an episode. But those elements have been staples of "The Boondocks'' since it began airing-and Adult Swim's other fare isn't...

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