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Boondocks ‘Game’ Plan

During last weekend’s ‘New York Times’ Fifth Annual Arts & Leisure Weekend,’ Aaron McGruder revealed plans to spin his wildly poplar Cartoon Networks series ‘The Boondocks’ off into motion picture and video game properties. The Chicago native also shared his distaste for the American educational system, while also admitting to currently dating a schoolteacher. Regarding the show’s much ballyhooed use of ‘The N-Word,’ McGruder said he’s heard much more offensive language on black radio stations. In celebration of Martin Luther King Day, ‘Boondocks’ will premiere an episode (Jan. 15) titled ‘The Return of the King’ where Dr. King is thrust into a post 9/11 America, after coming out of a 32 year coma. Another upcoming controversial episode, set to air on Feb. 25, centers around a kidnapping plot against Oprah Winfrey. McGruder revealed that Sony (‘Boondocks’’ parent company) forbade the usage of the visual likeness of the media maven, and it was edited out of the show.