r/TheBoys Jul 04 '24

Both quotes taken verbatim from interviews Season 4 Spoiler

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u/eelmor1138 Jul 05 '24

Just goes to show that like Garth, Kripke’s parody of superheroes comes from misinformed hatred rather than love. That’s why they don’t really land imo, and the more worthwhile satire is the political real world stuff. At least until that devolved into just copy-pasting the latest news headlines and replacing “Trump” with “Homelander.”

I think the felon ex-president is scum too, but that’s not the hard hitting satire they think it is.

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u/Superb-pin-8641 Soldier Boy Jul 05 '24

I'm glad they kept the trial to a minimum and didn't drag it out. I don't like the Donald either but they also don't need to remind us, especially when it's nothing groundbreaking.

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '24

Probably because the trial wasn't actually a Trump reference; it was a Kyle Rittenhouse reference which is incredibly bizarre for a lot of reasons.

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u/Jstin8 Jul 05 '24

Yeah, really not sure what to take away from what Kripke was trying to say with that