Class of 3000: any good?
by Carmen Van Kerckhove
I keep seeing ads for the new Cartoon Network series Class of 3000 everywhere, featuring Andre 3000 from OutKast. From SOHH.com:
…the series follows a group of musically inclined kids at Atlanta’s Westley School of Performing Arts who find a mentor in Sunny Bridges, a Westley alumnus-turned-superstar who leaves the limelight to give back to his old school.
Though one of the kids, Lil D, is loosely based on Dre’s childhood, the emcee lands his voice to Bridges. According to Dre, who created the show with co-executive producer Tom Lynch, the tandem took two years to build the series, fine tuning details from the show’s music to the character’s ethnic diversity.
“I come from the projects and [I used to] go all the way across town to school, which is in Buckhead, a prominent part of Atlanta,” said Dre at the event. “And I went to school with mayor’s kids and commissioner’s kids, so it was a mash up then. One of my best friends, he was French. Another best friend was Indian.
“So when we created the show, we didn’t want it to be just all black characters or all white characters,” he added. “We just created a world and it kind of mirrors what’s going on right now. Everybody hang out with everybody. It’s not like you just stay in your own little clique. There’s a huge Crayola box going on.”
Have any of you seen it? If so, what do you think?
Carmen Van Kerckhove is co-founder and president of
eric daniels wrote:
Phony Colorblind B.S, I saw some of it on Youtube Dre like the “Hollywood Elite ” believes that if people “can just try” to like each other then racism will disappear. Dre is acting like a 10 y.o. when it comes to race in Amerikka (which may be the point) It is dangerous because life is not a 23 minute cartoon. Oh well, multiculturisam .
Posted 14 Nov 2006 at 4:35 pm ¶
richard Harwood wrote:
I watched the throwdown episode today and got disgusted with the way the African-American character, Tamika, regularly physically assaulted a white character, named Madison–who is sterotyped as a nonsensical, rambling white girl. Tamika does not appreciate Madison’s white way of expressing herself, so what does she do? She physically assaults Madison several times to shut her up. The physical assault is in the form a a large, heavy object (a susaphone) that Tamika slams over Madison’s head. This is as racist as it can get. Shut up the dumb white girl by beating the snot out of her.
Posted 24 Nov 2006 at 7:52 pm ¶
steven maykowski wrote:
dear steven i love class of 3000
Posted 02 Dec 2006 at 2:33 pm ¶
Brian wrote:
How is slamming a susaphone over someone’s head in a cartoon racist? It’s a cartoon, it’s supposed to be enjoyed. If you also notice, she gets mad at just about everybody, mostly Lil’ D.
Posted 11 Dec 2006 at 5:16 pm ¶
Tonya Burgess wrote:
i think class of 3000 is brilliant. i caught the episode up late one night. and it reminded me of the magic of cartoons when i was a kid. very inspiring, and andre has a great character, life without music was multi dimensional. thumbs up.
Posted 01 Jan 2007 at 2:27 pm ¶
Rhiannon wrote:
I hate PC rot as much as anybody else but I love the music for this show more than the cartoon itself. If I were to rate it I would give it a 4.5/10 with ten being the highest score I’ll ever give a show. I have to admit though the charges of racism aren’t being taken seriously anymore because of the whiny losers who stir racial tension at any given moment.
Posted 17 Feb 2007 at 11:21 am ¶
gulliver wrote:
i havent seen that show but im sure its good for little kids in not very well brought up homes.
i think that its a great idear to put a show about racicam and how to avoid lol and im sure alot of ather people would agree
Posted 21 May 2007 at 1:36 am ¶
nick wrote:
………….i see no mexicans
what? they ain’t got no rythem???
diversity my ass
never in this show do i see one ever!!!
Posted 05 Jul 2007 at 7:24 am ¶
Anonymous wrote:
I saw it and I wasn’t impressed and I’m a big fan of cartoons. The music was okay however the animation left much to be desired and the characters were too stereotypical. Cartoon Network can do better…bring back Samurai Jack
Posted 10 Jul 2007 at 8:24 am ¶
olu wrote:
class of 3000 is the best show i know and use to fight over the tv with my 7 siblings and now it doesn’t come on anymore i have nothing to fight for
Posted 24 Jun 2008 at 9:23 pm ¶