Review: Why you need to watch 'The Boys,' even if you loathe superheroes
by Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times
Sep 03, 2020
3 minutes
One hardly needs comic book fantasy or Marvel film fiction to imagine what a late-capitalist America might look like under the spell of a self-obsessed madman and his loyal minions.
But Season 2 of "The Boys" couldn't have touched down at a better time. The Amazon Prime series, which returns Friday, is a sharp, entertaining, eviscerating satire of superhero franchises and the culture that aggrandizes them.
The dark comedy expertly skewers social ills in real time, playing
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