What’s the record for fastest fridging in media? In this Amazon adaptation of the Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson comic, it happens just minutes into the series premiere, giving our hero a reason to fight and establishing the show’s position on its female characters in a single gory blow.
What’s frustrating is that “The Boys” appears to want to do right by its women, but it shows its true colors by treating violence against them as a joke – and not even a particularly funny one – in two scenes in its first episode.Continue reading ‘The Boys’: Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg’s Superhero Series Mistakes Nastiness For Edginess In Series Premiere [Tribeca Review] at The Playlist.
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