The Boys Season 4: Homelander's Trial and the Power of Corporate Propaganda

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Despite his brutal methods and disdain for regular people, Homelander maintains popularity through corporate propaganda.
Homelander, a beloved supes leader, is on trial for murder.
The Boys season 4 explores themes of fascism and celebrity culture.
The Boys Season 4: Homelander's Trial and the Power of Corporate Propaganda

Title: The Boys: A Satirical Look into the Dangers of Fascism and Celebrity Worship

The Boys, a popular Amazon Prime Video series, has returned for its fourth season with a satirical take on fascism and celebrity culture in America. The show's latest episodes have sparked intense debate among critics and audiences alike.

In the bizarre world of The Boys, supes are not just crime fighters but also valuable corporate assets. They pitch products, star in movies, and lend their images to various media platforms. Homelander (Antony Starr), the narcissistic leader of the Seven, is a beloved figure to the public despite his brutal methods and disdain for regular people.

This season, Homelander goes on trial for murdering an anti-supe protester. The corporate machine behind him tries to maintain his popularity by running ads asking for help against


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Confidence

95%

No Doubts Found At Time Of Publication

Sources

76%

The overall score is a weighted number that takes into account conflict of interest, bias, deception and other practices that undermine the credibility of the source. It is calculated as:
(Site Conflicts Of Interest + Author Conflicts Of Interest) / 2.0 * 0.2 + ArticleBiasScore * 0.20 + UniquePointsScore * 0.05 + DeceptionScore * 0.20 + ReadabilityScore * 0.05 + FallacyScore * 0.20

A score that takes into consideration the content for flow, interruptions with ads, and overt search engine optimization techniques that makes the content hard to understand

‘The Boys’ Season 4 Opens Up 46% Split Between Critic And Audience Scores

Forbes Magazine Paul Tassi Wednesday, 19 June 2024 00:00
  • Unique Points
    • Season 4 of The Boys has gone into Qanon and Pizzagate territory with a man showing up to Starlight’s youth shelter with a gun to ‘free the kids’.
    • Showrunner Eric Kripke has stated that he does not care about the portion of the audience that dislikes his perspective.
  • Accuracy
    • The split between critics and audience scores for The Boys season 4 is 95% critics, 49% audience.
    • The Acolyte, another show with a ‘woke’ theme, has also been review bombed with a 14% score.
  • Deception (30%)
    The author makes editorializing statements and uses emotional manipulation by expressing his opinion that a 'significant chunk of the audience have realized the play is about them' and that they are 'outraged fans'. He also engages in selective reporting by focusing on negative audience reactions while ignoring positive ones. The article title itself is sensationalist, implying a large divide between critics and audiences when in reality it's only 46%.
    • The Boys YouTube The Boys: INSUFFERABLY WOKE now? (this is the top result out of everything)
    • Season 3 brought Homelander playing out the 'Trump could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue' storyline quite literally, and now Season 4 has gone straight into Qanon and Pizzagate territory, with a man showing up to Starlight's youth shelter with a gun to 'free the kids'.
    • This reminds me of the famous Brie Larson quote about wanting more female industry critics, which got her painted a villain for the better part of a decade and her movie review bombed to be below almost all other Marvel projects.
    • The Boys has gotten more and more forceful about its political allegory in that it is barely even an allegory at this point.
    • The Boys season 4 Gets DESTORYED by Fans After Woke Showrunner Tells Fans to Go F*ck Themselves
    • And I was unironically served a 'The Acolyte Episode 4 is F***ing Brain Rot (Review)' search result in the same list.
  • Fallacies (80%)
    The author makes an appeal to authority by quoting Eric Kripke's statements about not caring about the audience's opinion and directly inspiring a character from Marjorie Taylor Greene. This is an attempt to validate the author's perspective and discredit those who disagree with him.
    • The Boys showrunner Eric Kripke has said outright that new supe/podcast host Firecracker was directly inspired by conservative representative Marjorie Taylor Greene.
    • Forbes VettedFor You I clearly have a perspective, and I’m not shy about putting that perspective in the show. Anyone who wants to call the show ‘woke’ or whatever, that’s OK. Go watch something else. But I’m certainly not going to pull any punches or apologize for what we’re doing.
  • Bias (90%)
    The author expresses a clear bias towards the audience that dislikes the show's political allegory and labels them as 'outraged fans' and 'YouTubers'. He also uses derogatory language to describe their actions as 'review bombing' and 'protesting'. The author also shows a preference for the critics' scores over the audience scores, implying that he values their opinions more.
    • The Boys: INSUFFERABLY WOKE now?
      • The Boys season 4 Gets DESTORYED by Fans After Woke Showrunner Tells Fans to Go F*ck Themselves
        • The Boys Season 4: Woke Dumpster Fire
          • The Boys YouTube
          • Site Conflicts Of Interest (100%)
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          • Author Conflicts Of Interest (100%)
            None Found At Time Of Publication

          96%

          The overall score is a weighted number that takes into account conflict of interest, bias, deception and other practices that undermine the credibility of the source. It is calculated as:
          (Site Conflicts Of Interest + Author Conflicts Of Interest) / 2.0 * 0.2 + ArticleBiasScore * 0.20 + UniquePointsScore * 0.05 + DeceptionScore * 0.20 + ReadabilityScore * 0.05 + FallacyScore * 0.20

          A score that takes into consideration the content for flow, interruptions with ads, and overt search engine optimization techniques that makes the content hard to understand

          How ‘The Boys’ Imagines Fascism Coming to America

          The New York Times James Poniewozik Wednesday, 19 June 2024 09:03
          • Unique Points
            • Homelander goes on trial for murdering an anti-supe protester in season 4.
            • In the bizarro America of ‘The Boys’, supes are only incidentally crime fighters and have to answer to corporate approval ratings.
          • Accuracy
            • Season 4 of The Boys has gone into Qanon and Pizzagate territory with a man showing up to Starlight’s youth shelter with a gun to ‘free the kids’.
            • The villains’ end goal for this season is to incite a coup.
          • Deception (100%)
            None Found At Time Of Publication
          • Fallacies (100%)
            None Found At Time Of Publication
          • Bias (100%)
            None Found At Time Of Publication
          • Site Conflicts Of Interest (100%)
            None Found At Time Of Publication
          • Author Conflicts Of Interest (100%)
            None Found At Time Of Publication

          100%

          The overall score is a weighted number that takes into account conflict of interest, bias, deception and other practices that undermine the credibility of the source. It is calculated as:
          (Site Conflicts Of Interest + Author Conflicts Of Interest) / 2.0 * 0.2 + ArticleBiasScore * 0.20 + UniquePointsScore * 0.05 + DeceptionScore * 0.20 + ReadabilityScore * 0.05 + FallacyScore * 0.20

          A score that takes into consideration the content for flow, interruptions with ads, and overt search engine optimization techniques that makes the content hard to understand

          ‘The Boys’ Recap, Season 4, Episode 3

          Vulture Magazine Ben Rosenstock Thursday, 13 June 2024 20:41
          • Unique Points
            • Dakota Bob is pushing for the Superhero Management Act with an amendment banning supes from military, private policing, and government positions.
            • Sister Sage hopes to exacerbate the polarization by picking Firecracker for the Seven.
            • Firecracker’s incendiary language will make both sides louder and louder, eventually setting the stage for a coup.
            • The villains’ end goal for this season is to incite a coup.
          • Accuracy
            No Contradictions at Time Of Publication
          • Deception (100%)
            None Found At Time Of Publication
          • Fallacies (100%)
            None Found At Time Of Publication
          • Bias (100%)
            None Found At Time Of Publication
          • Site Conflicts Of Interest (100%)
            None Found At Time Of Publication
          • Author Conflicts Of Interest (100%)
            None Found At Time Of Publication

          97%

          The overall score is a weighted number that takes into account conflict of interest, bias, deception and other practices that undermine the credibility of the source. It is calculated as:
          (Site Conflicts Of Interest + Author Conflicts Of Interest) / 2.0 * 0.2 + ArticleBiasScore * 0.20 + UniquePointsScore * 0.05 + DeceptionScore * 0.20 + ReadabilityScore * 0.05 + FallacyScore * 0.20

          A score that takes into consideration the content for flow, interruptions with ads, and overt search engine optimization techniques that makes the content hard to understand

          Eric Kripke Addresses Certain Fans Realizing The Boys Was Always About Them

          Gizmodo Sabina Graves Tuesday, 18 June 2024 21:50
          • Unique Points
            • The Boys season four has received disparaging ratings from a small demographic of fans who didn’t realize the show was a satire.
            • Eric Kripke described how over time and during recent election cycles, real life informed the approach to the fictional political superhero world in The Boys.
            • Homelander is a weak and thin-skinned character in The Boys who is not particularly macho or likable, according to Kripke.
          • Accuracy
            • The Boys season 4 has received disparaging ratings from a small demographic of fans who didn’t realize the show was a satire.
            • The show makes no attempts to be subtle and wears its politics on its sleeve.
          • Deception (100%)
            None Found At Time Of Publication
          • Fallacies (100%)
            None Found At Time Of Publication
          • Bias (100%)
            None Found At Time Of Publication
          • Site Conflicts Of Interest (100%)
            None Found At Time Of Publication
          • Author Conflicts Of Interest (100%)
            None Found At Time Of Publication