'The Boys' star Valorie Curry asks for 'boundaries' from fans
'The Boys' star Valorie Curry asks for 'boundaries' from fans
The Boys has a lot of super creepy right-wingers who idolize the fascist characters in the show, totally oblivious that the show is making fun of them and those characters.
It's super weird that they're that dumb, but combined with that is just how weird and disturbing they are as people because of that.
That's actually incredible. It was extremely obvious they were taking the piss out of the right... Kind of alarming if that wasn't picked up on by some
Being oblivious to reality is a feature of Republicanism.
Take rights away from 50% of the population, be surprised that the vast majority of women don't like rights being taken away.
Is it incredible? Poe's law hasn't gone anywhere.
As a matter of fact, satire does not work. Fascists will idolize the fascists in satire, always. It feels like satire only works with people who already have an education about the dangers of fascism.
In the broken mind of a fascist, satire is actually a kind of utopia. It's how the world is supposed to be in their twisted ideals.
Poe’s Law per Wikipedia
Poe's law is an adage of Internet culture which says that, without a clear indicator of the author's intent, any parodic or sarcastic expression of extreme views can be mistaken by some readers for a sincere expression of those views.
Oh yes my ideal woman should breastfeed a fully grown lab experiment
I feel like the only satire that works is full blown, overt caricature, like the WW2 propaganda cartoons
Its the same reason they like to play Born in the USA all the time.
That's because telling people what NOT to do is pretty much never going to work. "Don't think of a bear." It's better to focus on what to do and real solutions instead of criticizing alone. The Boys doesn't offer anything in way of solutions except perhaps violence. It maligns fascists and antifascists and horseshoe theories them together.
What I'm most curious about is how much insider info related to celebrities is being released through these episodes and characters. Because THAT is actually accurate and interesting.
The reverse side of representation matters.
Mis...representation?
Without reading the article, they wanted her breast milk, didn't they.
Something their mothers never gave them, from an organ they’ve never seen in person.
I suggest we begin referring to Y'all Quesa as "soap flakes".
Well that's just weird
Probably straight from the source.
“I know people saw a character that I played do some really extreme things on The Boys and I don’t care if you’re in costume, I don’t care if you’re in character – it’s not OK and it’s not funny to demand those things from me in person at my booth. It’s not OK.”
“Frankly, to the person who did that repeatedly today, I made it pretty clear that it wasn’t OK and that only seemed to make this person and their friend angry. I didn’t think this needed to be explained but I was deeply uncomfortable – it was quite clear I was uncomfortable.”
Homelander cosplayers, huh? Who would've thought about that...
Feels like this sort of behavior is the kind of thing that should get you instantly booted from the con, and have your badge revoked, and have you flagged to never be allowed to return to the con, and hell let's just go ahead and give your information to all the other cons that keep such records so they know not to issue you a badge ever again, either. Cons are supposed to be safe and joyful places. If you violate that compact, there should be no compromise.
Should have some Soldier Boys and Butchers ready to go for times like that.
"Oi! You wanna do some in-character reenactment?"
Quick note that I see the article is from PinkNews, who have recently had a large number of former staff come out against their leadership for transphobia, ableism, racism, misogyny, and an incredibly toxic workplace culture. This includes recordings of Cohen saying stuff that frankly promotes this sort of fan behaviour.
Updated to cinemablend!
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Northern Ireland
Ah for fuck sake, had to be us didn't it.