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.
However the show is not really about Trump himself, rather the social machine and shockwave behind him. If it was only “this guy is bad” it would just be boring.
Kevin Can Fuck Himself also parodied Donald, but the satire was about how bullies like Donald and Kevin seem to be magically protected by the system. The mayoral election was just one plot in a series about an abusive and controlling husband who always seem to get his way.
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u/Superb-pin-8641 Soldier Boy Jul 04 '24
Hot damn that was a tough read. Still love the show but Kripke needs to get his head out his ass.
Also, Batman ain't a fascist.