Crazy Lawsuit Game

Hopefully some of you saw The Boondocks episode that aired the Sunday before MLK Jr. Day.

This is quoted directly from Aaron McGruder, creator of The Boondocks, from an interview with the News Tribune.

It starts with his [Martin Luther King Jr.] assassination. And what we learn is that he doesn't die that day. He goes into a coma. He comes out of that coma in 2000. King mania starts to sweep the nation around 2001. He's got the book deal. He's got the movie coming out. Everything is going real good, and then September 11 happens. He goes on "Politically Correct" with Bill Maher, and Bill Maher asks him about what our response should be. And Martin Luther King says "Turn the other cheek and love thy enemy." And at that point he's deemed a traitor to the nation. No one goes to see his movie. He loses his book deal. And we fast forward to the present day where his book has finally come out on a tiny little independent publisher. And he's doing a signing in Woodcrest, and nobody shows up but Huey and Granddad to see him. And Granddad and MLK know each other from the movement. And it's a story where Huey and MLK kind of try to figure out where MLK fits in in the modern day.

Then Huey and MLK Jr. decide to start a new political party. Unknowingly, Dr. King hires an urban PR firm who decides to hold a party, which brings out a different crowd than what they were expecting. So Dr. King gets up and delivers an excellent speech that is very critical of the current black culture. Soul Plane, BET are both targets. (I don't want to paraphrase but I have the episode Tivoed, so I'll have to make a transcript and post it.) But his speech gets replayed over and over again on TV. Then apparently everyone listens and a revolution starts in Black America. NBA players strike until troops are withdrawn from Iraq. Bob Johnson, founder of BET, apologizes for his channel. They take to the streets and go to the White House and express their disapproval at current affairs. The show ends with a newspaper from 2008 that has Oprah sworn in as the new President.

Very powerful and I'm sure all things that could happen with enough support. Just imagine all the people that would vote for Oprah. I know I'd give her a shot to run the country. Can't be any worse than the current one.