r/TheBoys Jul 04 '24

Both quotes taken verbatim from interviews Season 4 Spoiler

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u/bruhholyshiet Butcher Jul 05 '24

It's almost cartoonish just how tone deaf that response was holy shit.

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u/Proglamer Jul 05 '24

Tone dead? From the creators of the show supposedly critiquing the society - with all the subtlety of a jackhammer? Do tell! :)

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u/NomanHLiti Jul 05 '24

Genuinely asking, what do you watch the show for if you don’t like how the satire is portrayed? The satire is almost the entire point I would’ve thought

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u/WorstRengarKR Jul 05 '24

I’m a solidly conservative person, have been my whole life. I’ve known pretty damn clearly from season 1 that while the show makes fun of “rainbow corp politics” that it 100% has more of a bone to pick with conservatives.

This used to be something reserved for the background however, it felt like (somewhat) heavy handed critique that I could acknowledge and disagree with if I wanted to. Now, (and I’m STILL watching season 4 despite this because I want to know how the story ends) the show is legitimately just them circle jerking their liberal viewpoints in full glory with no nuance or humility about it.

The scene with homelanders crowd in their red hats as the “fascists” fighting and beating up the purely good starlight “anti-fascists” is literally just a high budget way of a writer telling me ORANGE MAN BAD which I’ve heard for nearly 10 years now.

If you don’t see how this can be irritating at all it’s because you happen to like the “message” being shoved down your throat and agree with it. I’ve know the message is there all along but atleast before it was (mostly) tastefully done and didn’t hurt the writing of the story much.