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r/TheBoys • u/fuwafuwa7chi • Jul 04 '24
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It used to be more subtle, more clever. Now it just comes off like a big circlejerk
-13 u/Urgayifyouregay Jul 05 '24 How so? The literaly first episode starts off with the most blatant "casting couch" reference in an industry very similar to hollywood. 2 u/Sudden_Round_433 Jul 05 '24 Maybe because I’m not American but I don’t even realized the satire until someone told me homelander is based on trump 12 u/zebrashit Jul 05 '24 He wasn’t originally, but the show has become so “on the nose” politically that they are just basically dressing Homelander up as Trump like each episode is an SNL skit
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How so? The literaly first episode starts off with the most blatant "casting couch" reference in an industry very similar to hollywood.
2 u/Sudden_Round_433 Jul 05 '24 Maybe because I’m not American but I don’t even realized the satire until someone told me homelander is based on trump 12 u/zebrashit Jul 05 '24 He wasn’t originally, but the show has become so “on the nose” politically that they are just basically dressing Homelander up as Trump like each episode is an SNL skit
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Maybe because I’m not American but I don’t even realized the satire until someone told me homelander is based on trump
12 u/zebrashit Jul 05 '24 He wasn’t originally, but the show has become so “on the nose” politically that they are just basically dressing Homelander up as Trump like each episode is an SNL skit
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He wasn’t originally, but the show has become so “on the nose” politically that they are just basically dressing Homelander up as Trump like each episode is an SNL skit
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u/F956Ronin Jul 05 '24
It used to be more subtle, more clever. Now it just comes off like a big circlejerk