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Since so many of you wanted to weigh in on The Boys

I don't know if I should actually link cybersmith

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culture crave posts:

'The Boys' S5 finale is at 6.7 on IMDb
The final two episodes are the lowest-rated in the show's history

Cybersmith responds:

The writers really destroyed their own art out of a pig-headed refusal to look beyond their own political biases.
Homelander should have killed the nonbelievers and ushered in Heaven on Earth.
THAT would have made the show an all-time great.
Now? It'll just be remembered as a disappointment.

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[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 7 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

MM spends the early parts of the series dressed in black panther/Malcolm x/black power fist labelled clothing and making both allusions to systemic oppression in conversation (Including outright calling Mallory out on the crack epidemic), and having his backstory be one rooted in capitalist exploitation and systemic discrimination is the thing.

https://www.okayplayer.com/laz-alonso-explains-why-mothers-milk-wears-hip-hop-tees-in-the-boys/526833

I wouldn't put too much into the shirts. Apparently, it was very much a mix of aesthetics, actor preference, easter egg vibes. The shirts will often reference something happening in the ep.

spoilerFor example the ep when the president was being hunted, MM wore a Dead Prez shirt.

The had him wearing black panther breakfast shirts and pictures of Obama in his apartment, it was all lib caricature of what they think a black revolutionary is. They drained that well pretty quick and didn't know what to do after. Heaven forbid they read a book.

[–] ElChapoDeChapo@hexbear.net 5 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

The had him wearing black panther breakfast shirts and pictures of Obama in his apartment

I'll have to go back and check but I could've sworn he took down the Obama picture at the end of season 3 to symbolize his abandoning working within the system

Not that it matters, season 4 went turbo lib after that

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 4 points 17 hours ago

Oh, I don't remember that. You sure he wasn't packing it to take with him? Lol.