Bomani & Tyree on CNN Part 1

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Bomani Armah and Tyree Dillahay with Paul Porter on Tony Harris' show. CNN September 1, 2007

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[BomaniD]

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[apvideogame]

So is everyone at CNN a complete idiot?

[MrTickTickB00Mify]

It's upsetting how few people understand Satire...

[Caeolian87]

People are stupid... You don't complain about Wayne sayin he wants to fuck every girl in the world but get all up in arms over something like this... This is mad old and I'm still upset about it.

[freekzero]

It blows me away that THIS song & video caused controversy. Are they serious? Have they not watched any other music videos in the last 10+ years?!? Or do they just not get satire? Or, and I suspect this is the core issue, are these people in whose minds cartoon=(young) children's entertainment?

bloody naive people downright blind to the world...

[butchermachine]

Stupid ass parents... don't they understand anything? Your child wouldn't be seeing the cartoon if he/she were READING A FUCKING BOOK instead. Get your heads out of your asses with this "it's dangerous" bullshit.

[yngvaibucketrucci]

damn those overly serious overprotective pseudo intellectual parents are a worse stereotype for black people than the filthy negros in the video would be if they WERENT satire and WERENT making a valid point.

which they quite obviously are but I guess some people are just too fucking stupid to get it

[JuanchoMan]

and instead of the parents bitching about what their kids watched on TV... simple; turn off the fucking TV! my step dad would fucking put a lock in the holes inside the power plug so i couldn't even turn the damn thing on when i got grounded or when he didn't want me watching M+ stuff, don't blame BET, blame your own irresponsibility in raising your own children! (@ those parents bitching and reinforcing their own preconceptions towards the end of the video)

[JuanchoMan]

the reporter just doesn't get it, he thinks just because its a cartoon it cant have any serious themes or satirical jokes in it. That guy needs to take rod out of his ass, loosen up and look at the rest of the sewer water they got running on BET, but regardless, i'm all for self-expression, be it rap, hip hop whatever!

[MrHongKongBuffet]

How can anyone with a functional brain and just a tiny bit of wit NOT understand the purpose of this cartoon? It's hilarious, clever, and very gutsy.

My favorite part of the CNN commentary is here: 4:46.

Holy Shit. This guy is just about the last person on the face of the earth to accuse anyone of "missing the point." Buddy, go to the library and pick up some Mark Twain or Voltaire. Expand your mind and learn what satire is.

Bomani is right: READ A MUTHAFUCKIN' BOOK.

[sSChip10Ss]

How do the parents interviewed not understand the satire of this video? The main purpose of a satire is not comedy. When Mark Twain wrote Huck Finn, it wasn't for a laugh.

[ironman711]

I guess Soulplane is a masterpiece in these morons eyes....