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Return Of The King – S01/E09
Lynxi Welcome
Episode synopsis
HBOMax Synopsis: When Martin Luther King comes out of a coma after 32 years and finds himself thrust into the 21st century and life in the post-September 11 era, his "turn the other cheek" philosophy quickly takes him from beloved national hero to despised terrorist sympathizer.
Pre Show:
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Show tangents
Uncle J'Biden
WTF is Trump doing?!
Jimmy Kimmel vs. Adam Corolla
Shows that could no longer be on
Rage Against The Machine – Black people newly discovering reaction videos
Roadtrip playlists
Lynxi always spits the truth
The Legend of Jimmy Rebel
Morgan Freeman King
Lots of different emotions
Many issues to unpack
Other Civil Rights leaders who weren't talked about
The end of this episode is so much like now
Black parents having "the talk" with their children
"Going off" on the cops
Cop culture is racist
Having positive interactions with cops
Getting a real education
BET, as a presentation of the Black community
MLK Way
Going to Canada
Black unity
Trump has always been racist
Not trusting medicine
Telling people the real truth
Trump supporters in the hospital with Covid STILL not believing in Covid
Socialism, Marxism, Capitalism
2nd Civil Rights movement
Seeing natural Black hair in media
Bad Hair on Hulu
Lovecraft Country on HBO
James Baldwin – "To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a state of rage almost, almost all of the time — and in one's work."
Acclimating to change
Everyone have a spot in the revolution to enact change
A Dream Deferred is a reference to Langston Hughes
White People Question:
Regularly heard: "Why are Black folks looting and burning things when Martin Luther King practiced non-violence?"
Please listen to what Kimberly Jones said.
MLK, at the end of his life, had started to embrace Black nationalism. He also wasn't opposed to riots. "A riot is the language of the unheard."
When Black people have been sad for so long, they get angry. They have a right to be hostile.
People > Property
Barely anyone ridicules when people riot of their team winning a championship.
Adam Ruins Everything – Gun Control and the Black Community
John Brown Gun Club
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The voice of young Granddad was done by Aaron McGruder.
The poem that Dr. King recites is actually an excerpt from a song titled "Niggas" by Asheru. Asheru performs the series' theme song.
Reverend Al Sharpton publicly criticized Aaron McGruder and Adult Swim for this episode. Sharpton felt that depicting Martin Luther King using the word "nigga" would "desecrate black historic figures". He demanded a public apology and threatened to stage a protest against Time Warner, Adult Swim's parent company. McGruder spoofed Sharpton's criticism in subsequent episodes and in the comic strip the show is based on.
This episode aired on Martin Luther King's birthday (January 15th). Dr. King would have been 77 years old.
Aaron McGruder won a Peabody Award (an award for excellent storytelling) for this episode!
Show Music:
Intro: #Makeachange by K.I.R.K. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.
Outro: Good Times by Audiobinger is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.