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For Eric Kripke, ‘The Boys’ Was Always About Trumpism (www.hollywoodreporter.com)

submitted 5 months ago by Klaatu@lemmy.world to c/moviesandtv@lemm.ee

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As the showrunner grows his darkly comic satire into a franchise — and spoofs a certain trial and presidential election in the new season — he says he’s fine losing the viewers who just figured out his social agenda: “Go watch something else.”

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[–] BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world 86 points 5 months ago

They are not gonna "go watch something else" because as he also says:

Some people who watch it think Homelander is the hero. What do you say to that? The show’s many things. Subtle isn’t one of them. So if that’s the message you’re getting from it, I just throw up my hands.

Basically many are hopeless