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• JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU
• THE BOONDOCKS: "WAKE UP AND SMELL THE GAY FFEE"{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY BRIAN JUERGENSFEBARY 5, 2008/11:56 AMBY BRIAN JUERGENSFEBARY 5, 2008 / 11:56 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THE BOONDOCKS: \"WAKE UP AND SMELL THE GAY FFEE\"","DATEPUBLISHED":"2008-02-05T16:56:25.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2008-02-05T16:56:25.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRIAN JUERGENS","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ADULT SWIM'S ANIMATED BOONDOCKS SHOW TACKLED CLOSETED GAY RAPPERS THIS WEEK'S EPISO, "GANGSTALIC PART 2". THE EPISO PICKED UP ON A PREV STORYLE, WHICH 8-YEAR-OLD RILEY BEIEND A GANGSTER RAPPER (MR. 'LIC) AND, AFTER A PLITED SERI OF EVENTS NOT LIMED TO KIDNAPPG AND SHOOTGS, WOUND UP SEEG THE RAPPER KISS ANOTHER MAN A SWAMP. RILEY NVCED HIMSELF THAT WAS A DREAM, BUT THIS EPISO THE TTH OUT ... AS DO RILEY, SPE THE FACT THAT HE ISN'T ACTUALLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HERE'S A QUICK SAMPLE OF WHAT GO DOWN (WARNG: LANGUAGE PROBABLY NSFW){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DIV#MA{OVERFLOW:VISIBLE;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MUCH LIKE THE TOPIC TACKL, THE EPISO IS PLEX, OCSNALLY FURIATG, AND STEEPED EP-ROOTED ISSU OF INTY, MACHISMO, AND SHAME. BUT 'S ALSO SLYLY HILAR AND UNQUTNABLY PROVOTIVE, AND SPE TAKG A FEW CHEAP SHOTS AND SHORTCUTS, ULTIMATELY ASKS THE RIGHT QUTNS ABOUT WHAT IS ABOUT GAYNS THAT HIP HOP CULTURE FDS SO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALONG THE WAY THERE ARE SOME PRICELS L, MOST OF WHICH ARE LIVERED BY TWO GAY RAPPERS WHO FOUND THAT SPE THE THE FACT THAT THE 80'S WAS THE GAYT TIME IMAGABLE FOR HIP HOP, THE WORLD STILL WASN'T READY FOR THEM TO BE OUT AND PROUD. AT ONE POT THEY EXPLA:"RAP CULTURE HAS BEEN CREASGLY FLUENCED BY PRISON CULTURE. AND PRISON CULTURE IS REALLY, REALLY GAY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RILEY'S IENDSHIP WH GANGSTALIC (WHICH, UNBEKNOWNST TO RILEY, IS BLACKMAIL-BASED) LEADS TO HIS SENTIALLY TURNG TO A WOMAN, MUCH TO THE NFN OF HIS FAY AND IENDS. HIS GRANDFATHER, NVCED THAT THE NEW CLOTH AND ATTU MEAN THAT HE'S TURNED GAY, EVEN LLS OVER A PIMP NAMED SLICKBACK TO EXPLA THE BIRDS AND BE TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THROUGH ALL THIS, HERO HUEY IS CHARACTERISTILLY PRAGMATIC AND EVEN OPTS TO LET RILEY THK THAT THE FACT THAT HE IS A FAN OF A GAY MICIAN MAK HIM GAY AS WELL, JT BEE WILL MEAN THAT THEIR GRANDFATHER WILL GIVE HIM HIS OWN ROOM. REGA KG IS AS HILAR AS EVER BOTH ROL, AND RAPPERS LIKE MOS DEF (AS GANGASTALIC),B(WHO HAS HAD HIS OWN SHARE OF N-S WH HOMOPHOBIA THE PAST) AND SNOOP DOGG GUT STAR AS VAR HIP {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHECK OUT THE WHOLE EPISO HERE. IT'S GOT PLENTY OF NSFW DIALOGUE (OF THE BLEEPED AND UN-BLEEPED VARIETY) AND IS CIDLY UN-PC, SO BE READY TO BE SHOCKED/OFFEND/TAKEN OFF BALANCE. IN THE END, IS THE MSAGE WORTH ? LET KNOW WHAT YOU THK. (T/Y TO MOVIECHICKA FOR THE TIPOFF!){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU

The BoondocksCast & crewTriviaEpiso aired Feb 4, 2008TV-MA22mDpe many obv clu to the ntrary, Riley ni that his favore rapper, Gangstalic, is gay. Dpe many obv clu to the ntrary, Riley ni that his favore rapper, Gangstalic, is gay.

THE BOONDOCKS: "WAKE UP AND SMELL THE GAY FFEE"{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY BRIAN JUERGENSFEBARY 5, 2008/11:56 AMBY BRIAN JUERGENSFEBARY 5, 2008 / 11:56 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THE BOONDOCKS: \"WAKE UP AND SMELL THE GAY FFEE\"","DATEPUBLISHED":"2008-02-05T16:56:25.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2008-02-05T16:56:25.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRIAN JUERGENS","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ADULT SWIM'S ANIMATED BOONDOCKS SHOW TACKLED CLOSETED GAY RAPPERS THIS WEEK'S EPISO, "GANGSTALIC PART 2". THE EPISO PICKED UP ON A PREV STORYLE, WHICH 8-YEAR-OLD RILEY BEIEND A GANGSTER RAPPER (MR. 'LIC) AND, AFTER A PLITED SERI OF EVENTS NOT LIMED TO KIDNAPPG AND SHOOTGS, WOUND UP SEEG THE RAPPER KISS ANOTHER MAN A SWAMP. RILEY NVCED HIMSELF THAT WAS A DREAM, BUT THIS EPISO THE TTH OUT ... AS DO RILEY, SPE THE FACT THAT HE ISN'T ACTUALLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HERE'S A QUICK SAMPLE OF WHAT GO DOWN (WARNG: LANGUAGE PROBABLY NSFW){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DIV#MA{OVERFLOW:VISIBLE;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MUCH LIKE THE TOPIC TACKL, THE EPISO IS PLEX, OCSNALLY FURIATG, AND STEEPED EP-ROOTED ISSU OF INTY, MACHISMO, AND SHAME. BUT 'S ALSO SLYLY HILAR AND UNQUTNABLY PROVOTIVE, AND SPE TAKG A FEW CHEAP SHOTS AND SHORTCUTS, ULTIMATELY ASKS THE RIGHT QUTNS ABOUT WHAT IS ABOUT GAYNS THAT HIP HOP CULTURE FDS SO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALONG THE WAY THERE ARE SOME PRICELS L, MOST OF WHICH ARE LIVERED BY TWO GAY RAPPERS WHO FOUND THAT SPE THE THE FACT THAT THE 80'S WAS THE GAYT TIME IMAGABLE FOR HIP HOP, THE WORLD STILL WASN'T READY FOR THEM TO BE OUT AND PROUD. AT ONE POT THEY EXPLA:"RAP CULTURE HAS BEEN CREASGLY FLUENCED BY PRISON CULTURE. AND PRISON CULTURE IS REALLY, REALLY GAY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RILEY'S IENDSHIP WH GANGSTALIC (WHICH, UNBEKNOWNST TO RILEY, IS BLACKMAIL-BASED) LEADS TO HIS SENTIALLY TURNG TO A WOMAN, MUCH TO THE NFN OF HIS FAY AND IENDS. HIS GRANDFATHER, NVCED THAT THE NEW CLOTH AND ATTU MEAN THAT HE'S TURNED GAY, EVEN LLS OVER A PIMP NAMED SLICKBACK TO EXPLA THE BIRDS AND BE TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THROUGH ALL THIS, HERO HUEY IS CHARACTERISTILLY PRAGMATIC AND EVEN OPTS TO LET RILEY THK THAT THE FACT THAT HE IS A FAN OF A GAY MICIAN MAK HIM GAY AS WELL, JT BEE WILL MEAN THAT THEIR GRANDFATHER WILL GIVE HIM HIS OWN ROOM. REGA KG IS AS HILAR AS EVER BOTH ROL, AND RAPPERS LIKE MOS DEF (AS GANGASTALIC),B(WHO HAS HAD HIS OWN SHARE OF N-S WH HOMOPHOBIA THE PAST) AND SNOOP DOGG GUT STAR AS VAR HIP {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHECK OUT THE WHOLE EPISO HERE. IT'S GOT PLENTY OF NSFW DIALOGUE (OF THE BLEEPED AND UN-BLEEPED VARIETY) AND IS CIDLY UN-PC, SO BE READY TO BE SHOCKED/OFFEND/TAKEN OFF BALANCE. IN THE END, IS THE MSAGE WORTH ? LET KNOW WHAT YOU THK. (T/Y TO MOVIECHICKA FOR THE TIPOFF!){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

He is a closet homosexual, and go to great lengths to keep this secret om the public. He was formerly volved a secret homosexual affair wh a gangster named Lln, who attempts to kill Gangstalic for betrayg their love while on tour, and at some pot asslted a rerd label executive and rapped about on TRL only to be arrted later. He was also volved a relatnship wh a hip-hop vio vixen named Jsi Ethelberg, who later wrote a book revealg he was gay (spe the fact that there were already untls obv clu to the fact beforehand).

In "The Story of Gangstalic: Part 2" he never told Riley to his face that he was a homosexual, probably to protect him.

See productn, box office & pany Review The GAYme changerHello. Gangstalic is a gay character om The Boondocks. Armoured Closet Gay.

More importantly, he’s a eply closeted gay rapper the mid-’00s—the spirual anctor of Young Thug a few years too soon, a du who uld maybe have been a transformatnal artist (and Lord Jamar’s worst nightmare) if he’d only had the urage to e out. At the end of “The Story Of Gangstalic, ” his homosexualy is close to a punchle, a twist that explas both why he’s beg hunted and what thugg’ love is.

) The fact that he’s gay is almost tossed off as an asi—are we supposed to be grossed-out by Lln and Gangstalic’ long, wet, slobbery kiss, before Lln and his crew miss Riley and ’lic at pot-blank range? That’s why he actually barely appears “The Story Of Gangstalic Part Two, ” which foc primarily on Granddad’s reactn to fearg that Riley is gay.

Huey don’t re, but do explo gay panic to get his own room. Tom thks that ’s a good thg for someone to be gay sce gay people are cleaner bee of urse Tom would thk that. And the rap game wr large gets hyped on the newer, gayer rnatn of ’lic, whose wardrobe as swched om black to pk as a visual signifier and is phg the most homoerotic visuals this si of Hannibal, before he’s outed a tell-all book.

Not only are the members of Lethal Interjectn wearg his clothg le, they buy to a nstctn of masculy that, taken to s logil ncln by a gay rapper the immortal “Homi Over Ho, ” suggts that even needg women is a sign of weakns.

Later on, the young Riley Esbar ref to believe that his hero might be gay, even though he’s sendg him hh money, ee skirts and purs, and thankg him for not gog public wh his proclivy for kissg dus. Lethal Interjectn skips out on their track wh him to avoid beg lled gay (while wearg pearl necklac). Old gay rappers om the ’80s on VH1 claim that orr for homosexualy to be fully accepted, a current rapper will need to e out.

Sure, there are que a few gay rappers, and lots of them are jt now startg to get attentn, but the episo aired 2008, and there’s still no gay rapper wh the star power we’re supposed to believe Gangstalic has. Lln orrs Gangstalic to turn around and walk forward, while he and his crew take aim on the gay rapper.