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For Eric Kripke, ‘The Boys’ Was Always About Trumpism (www.hollywoodreporter.com)

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As the showrunner grows his darkly comic satire into a franchise — and spoofs a certain trial and presidential election in the new season — he says he’s fine losing the viewers who just figured out his social agenda: “Go watch something else.”

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[–] kernelle 43 points 5 months ago (2 children)

As a European, I thought that was obvious from the first episode. So many stabs at a specific worldview, it's obviously a criticism on modern politics.

[–] FordBeeblebrox 26 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Oh yeah. Stormfront is not subtly named.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago

It really hit the nail on the head once I watched the stormfront episode.