Ep. 395 - Backlash and Missing the Point

About this episode

The episode discusses the backlash against the final season of The Boys and argues that the audience missed the intended message.

According to Esquire the negative backlash to the final season of The Boys, and to the finale in particular, is because the audience just missed the point. It's not because the writers and showrunners decided to go over the top with the heavy-handed politicizing and turned it into pure dog crap... The Boys Finale Backlash Shows Fans Missed Homelander’s Point

People in this episode

Host: Justin Campbell

Topics covered

• television
• media criticism
• audience reception
• politics in media
• finale backlash

Keywords

• The Boys
• final season
• backlash
• audience
• politicizing
• Esquire
• Homelander

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Esquire

Books & works: The Boys

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