About this episode

Eric Kripke discusses the criticism of 'The Boys' finale and its relevance to current societal issues.

This week, Eric Deggans talks to Eric Kripke, creator of the Amazon Prime series The Boys , about criticism of the show’s final season. Elon Musk went online to trash the finale of the politically provocative superhero satire, and some of the show’s less wealthy fans also didn’t care for it either. Kripke also talks about how The Boys managed to be pretty prescient about the current state of the country, and whether the franchise–with its multiple spinoffs–is actually becoming like the superhero genre it mocks.  Plus, Kim Masters and Matt Belloni discuss the firing of CBS’ 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley . The duo also discuss the success of the movie Backrooms , and how it made its leap from YouTube to the big screen.

People in this episode

Host: Eric Deggans

Guest: Eric Kripke

Topics covered

• The Boys finale
• criticism
• superhero genre
• political satire
• media discussion
• film success

Keywords

• The Boys
• Eric Kripke
• Elon Musk
• superhero satire
• CBS
• Scott Pelley
• Backrooms

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Amazon Prime, CBS

Books & works: The Boys, Backrooms

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