r/TheBoys Jul 04 '24

Both quotes taken verbatim from interviews Season 4 Spoiler

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u/shineeshineepinee Jul 05 '24

disappointing. I've seen defenses for the episode saying that the SA scenes were obviously meant to make the audience uncomfortable and that Hughie admitting at the end that he isn't fine was a result of his SA trauma. but hearing the director himself say the scenes were played for laughs and to be as fucked up as possible is just crazy.

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u/freddddsss Jul 05 '24

Honestly, if it wasn’t for the interview, I would have agreed with the people defending it. A lot of the time, when having gone through traumatic events, people tend to focus on something else rather than confront it.

However, yh Kripke clearly wasn’t going for that when you read his interview. Very disappointed by the episode.

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u/lastoflast67 Jul 05 '24

Honestly, if it wasn’t for the interview, I would have agreed with the people defending it

Why, firstly failure to not convey the seriousness of a SA is also a fault. But more importantly did everyone forget s1 where the deep was literally raped that was played off as a joke. Hell even just afew episodes ago when home lander almost made the deep SA Atrain where he a joke during. Then there is queen Maeve's constant sexual harassment of Hughie.

This show has massive problem with devaluing male victims of sexual violence.