In what can only be described as a blatant double standard by those in Hollywood, the most recent episode of Amazon's The Boys, which features a male character being sexually assaulted by a paraphiliac Batman stand-in, is being lauded as "hilarious" by showrunner Eric Kripke.
Eric Kripke may be one of the most deranged individuals currently working in Hollywood. He has already felt so emboldened as to tell fans of the show that if they're bothered by his overt political messaging, that they should feel free not to watch it. Now, in an interview with Variety, he has laughed off the notion that they somehow crossed a line when they had Hughie, who was still reeling from the death of his father, get sexually assaulted by Tek Knight.
"Well, that’s a dark way to look at it! We view it as hilarious. Obviously, Tek Knight is our version of Batman, and we wanted to really play around with that trope: Batman’s fascist underpinnings as a really wealthy dude who hunts poor people, and then profits of the incarceration. So that was one. Tek Knight was already set up to be a freak, so we were kind of already halfway there."
"Then the notion came up of, he should have a Batcave — but let’s be honest, the Batcave would be a sex dungeon. Like, even the real Batcave is just this side of being a sex dungeon. It’s really dark, and there’s rubber suits everywhere. It’s not that much of a push to add a couple dildos and then a weird urinal that turns into a face mask."
"We had our poor writers’ assistant do a long list of real kinks, because we were looking for some. And I remember reading down the list and I’m like, 'What’s cake farting?' And then they explained to me, and it’s a real thing — but don’t look it up. I just said, that’s incredible, we have to do that."
‘The Boys’ Crossed A Line, And It Wasn’t ‘Hilarious’ At All via @forbes https://t.co/nM4fLLOVyS
— Erik 'daibo' Kain (@erikkain) July 5, 2024
The Boys has long been known to be a show full of disturbing sexual situations, extreme brutality and gratuitous gore. But episode 6 of this latest season underpins the very hypocrisy of the woke Hollywood elite. Eric Kripke had previously spoken about the introduction of Starlight in season 1, and how important it was to be sensitive around the topic of sexual assault.
“I had a lot of conversations with a lot of women, some of which were very painful. And I did my absolute best to get the fuck out of the way, and just let them speak, and not try to steer it one way or another.”
“I’ll say this: I’ve never worked so hard or stressed so much about a scene in my life before or since. Because if I got that wrong, it’s not just that it would fail as a scene, it would be hurtful. And I felt that pressure and responsibility all throughout.”
It's also worth mentioning that Antony Starr, who plays the maniacal supe Homelander, has recently been accused by an anonymous leaker of being sexist, physically abusive on set, and even causing co-star Dominique McElligott to leave the industry entirely.
The Boys leaker 'Vought HQ' accuses Antony Starr of abusive behavior and bullying on set. ‼️
— DramaAlert (@DramaAlert) July 4, 2024
He allegedly bullied Dominique so much that she left the industry.
The leaker is reportedly HATED by the shows staff so it’s not entirely clear how true the accusations are pic.twitter.com/grFcwRIv88