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For Sale Apr 23, 2026 at 9:51 PM

The fakeness in the show. The boys

Posted by Loretah-456

One of my favourite things about this show is how cartoonishly fake the Supes are when they're performing for the public Just finished rewatching S1 and I keep cracking up at how absurdly hollow the heroes sound whenever they're in front of a crowd. The PR speak, the forced sincerity, the rehearsed catchphrases — it's so over the top that it almost loops back around to being funny rather than unsettling. What gets me is that the show asks you to believe that the general public genuinely buys this. And yet somehow... it works? Like the writing commits so hard to the bit that you just accept it. Anyone else find themselves laughing at how unconvincing the public-facing versions of the Supes are? Or is that kind of the point — that people \\\*want\\\* to be fooled so badly they'll believe anything?
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darkphoenix9137 Apr 23, 2026 +56
Have you never seen the way a real politician or celebrity speaks and how their followers just eat it up?
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Loretah-456 Apr 23, 2026 +2
In my defense I was not as well versed into politics when I last watched the show. Now I'm older and understand things better and its just surreal how people really eat this up.
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majcher Apr 23, 2026 +28
\*gestures wildly around at EVERYTHING\*
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SirChrisJames Apr 23, 2026 +30
I think you'll find that the Supes in The Boys are analogs for real life celebrities and politicians. Especially in later seasons, as shit gets dark and dystopian very quickly. The public in The Boys eats it up because the public in real life eats it up.
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sexandliquor Apr 24, 2026 +1
It’s annoyingly sad and frustrating how on the nose it is and constantly predicts how things are going to go considering the show is written and filmed like, awhile ago. And yet… the current season with them having brainstorming sessions to try to pitch “Homelander is just God now” is also just where we’re at with the current US presidential administration now as well.
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StuffonBookshelfs Apr 23, 2026 +10
…not watching much of the news these days, huh.
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Plenty-Inflation-348 Apr 23, 2026 +5
yeah the way they nail that plastic corporate hero vibe is perfect - reminds me of all those military recruitment commercials i sat through, same exact energy where you know it's all bullshit but people eat it up anyway
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rarely_interacts Apr 23, 2026 +5
I’m shocked - SHOCKED! - that superheroes in an over the top satirical show don’t speak like regular people.
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off_by_two Apr 23, 2026 +4
The Boys started off as a parody of real life but if anything real life absurdity has caught up and maybe even passed the show
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FinalXevv Apr 23, 2026 +3
Literally this week the US made up 8 AI women that were about to be executed by Iran and then Trump fake rescued them, and all of his sheeps are impressed. If anything The Boys is underselling how stupid people are.
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silverbolt2000 Apr 23, 2026 +4
> What gets me is that the show asks you to believe that the general public genuinely buys this. Is it really so unbelievable? You’re talking about a public that genuinely believes Donald Trump is a smart person who cares about them.
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2pacaklypse Apr 23, 2026 +2
Person Goes Outside And Discovers Sun
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MajorComrade Apr 23, 2026 +3
r/im14andthisisdeep The general public have varying beliefs and trust in our institutions. The Boys pokes fun at that, in addition to other aspects of western society. It doesn’t make you enlightened, it just means you have basic media literacy.
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Tobar_the_Gypsy Apr 23, 2026 +1
Look at this guy getting so close to understanding the point
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Reasonable-Turn-5940 Apr 24, 2026 +1
A-Train doing the energy drink ad saying "This is im-por-tant" always makes me laugh. Good actors acting as if they're bad actors is always funny to me.
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