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The Boys is a satire on the following: Superheroes, Superhero Culture, Superhero Comics, Uncontrolled Capitalism, The Military Industrial Complex, America, American Culture, Celebrity Culture, etc.
Apr 5, 2019 · But “The Boys” didn’t just make poke fun at all the comic book tropes and industry trends, but the corporate publishers themselves, with the villainous Vought-American corporation serving as a satirical homage to both Marvel and DC comics.
Jun 26, 2024 · “The Boys” began as a middle finger to the M.C.U., but it evolved into an electrifying political satire in its second season, which aired just ahead of the 2020 election.
- Inkoo Kang
Sep 21, 2020 · As Hughie Campbell (Jack Quaid), the reluctant lionheart of Amazon’s superhero satire, “The Boys,” discovers, a body streaking through space is essentially a scythe.
Jun 25, 2024 · It’s not just that people have suddenly turned on Amazon’s hit superhero satire, it’s who those people are and why they’ve changed their tune that’s so interesting.
- Alex Abad-Santos
Jul 26, 2019 · It's still a show about a greedy, cynical megacorporation duping a gullible populace into fawning admiration of superheroes — which of course demands to be read as a satire of Marvel and...
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Aug 2, 2019 · Of course, this is all an extreme satire — an Ennis hallmark — but it manages to provoke enough thought to make The Boys a standout in the genre. By blurring the lines of super-heroism, it...
