Why does “The Boys” do what Marvel and DC will never dare to show?

Nowadays there is a lot of talk about politically correct, or forced inclusion, and with the premiere of the third season of ‘The Boys’ on Amazon Prime Video, there are perversions in his interpretations, but nevertheless he manages to get comment that Marvel is DC Comics would never have dared.

In 1983, “Scarface” was released, where Al Pacino played Tony Montana, a man who rose to the top of the world of Miami gangsters. What Brian De Palma wanted to make was the portrait of a disturbed man convinced of his ideals that led him to absurdity, but that his fans idolized and transformed into a cult figure.

And with ‘The Boys’ something similar happens, but first we need to clarify a couple of things. In the Amazon Prime Video series, we see a world in which superheroes are not what Marvel and DC Comics are indeed, they paint in their stories people who, with immeasurable power, do not know how to face the responsibilities that this entails.

To start, In the Marvel and DC comics, the stories were treated as visceral ‘The boys’, however, things are different in the cinema. Well, when it comes to blockbusters, millions of money, it is impossible to think that they can risk losing money, for not having attracted interested enough children and families to the cinema.

However, this is the simple answer, why how is it different ‘The boys’ by Marvel and DC Comics it is his reality, something much more complex, and that not even the darkness of ‘The Batman’, or the realism of ‘Joker’ came close, much less did Marvel try with its cinematic universe.

“The Boys” was misunderstood by fans

Creator Eric Kripke recently claimed on social networks that ‘The Boys’ season 3 is a critique of machismo, and it’s not hard to deduce, since Hughie is desperate to “save a woman who doesn’t want to be saved.” “as is Starlight. However, in social networks this message has been overlooked.

And it’s not the only one, as Butcher, Soldier Boy or even the Herogasm episode are praised for not being afraid of “inclusiveness” or censorship. And although “The Boys” dares what Marvel or DC doesn’t do, along the way, there are misinterpretations of its message, which, while not damaging the series per se, alter its meaning.

We go with Soldier Boy, a Captain America parody by all accounts, but he’s the perfect embodiment if this character were realistic today. An American against LGBT + ideals, ultra-nationalist and, of course, patriotic, but this seems to be overlooked.

It is the same for Homelander and Butcher, but even so, their criticisms are there, and this gives rise to another conversation. But this is where the debate on what “The Boys” may or may not include in its series, in other such stories could not take place, for fear of the reaction among its fans.