The Boys Season 2 Review (spoilers)

Recorded on October 9, 2020

 

Show notes:

-Use of subtlety

-Comparison to current events

-Vought

-Corporations and “Mom and Pop” shops

-Cults of personality, technology, and propaganda

-Stormfront (Billy Joel and Nazis?)

-The comic

-How people become indoctrinated

-Journalists and fact checking

-Trump

-Fighting the supes

-Power of messaging and image

-Coronavirus, Stormfront and being directly affected

-Maeve

-Superheros who are humans

-Unchecked power

-Checks and balances

-The fight

-Homelander

-Becca and Ryan

-Hurt people hurt people

-Where does this go?

-Newman and AOC

-Being radicalized  by fear

-The pattern of radicalization

-Journalistic integrity

-The most fascinating villains

-Power

-Bernie Sanders wild hypothetical (provided the Republican is not an authoritarian)

-Values with democracy

-How The Boys can teach

-Action, acting, gore, and violence

-The beauty of TV these days

-Week to week releases

-Appointment TV

-Wear a mask

-Get your information from credible sources (New York Times, BBC, NPR, USA Today, etc.)

-Experts and consensus

-Charlatans

-Knowledge is power

-Plugs!

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