When life imitates art.
Season 4 finale “the boys” The story revolves around a shape-shifting supervillain who tries to assassinate President-elect Robert Singer (Jim Beaver).
The episode was released on Thursday. Assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump (78 years old) At a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Amazon changed the episode’s title from “Assassination Run” to “Season 4 Finale” and added an on-screen warning at the beginning reading “Viewer discretion advised.”
Networks and programs A statement was issued He notes the similarities between the final episode’s storyline and the Trump shooting.
“The Boys season finale “The film contains fictional scenes of political violence which some viewers may find disturbing, particularly in light of the injuries and tragic deaths sustained during the assassination attempt on former President Trump,” the statement read.
“The Boys is a fictional series filmed in 2023 and any similarities between scenes or storylines to these real world events are coincidental and unintentional.”
“Amazon, Sony Pictures Television and the producers of The Boys reject in the strongest terms any depiction of real-world violence of any kind,” the statement concluded.
Trump was shot in the ear while speaking to supporters at a rally on Saturday by Thomas Matthew Crookes, age 20 The Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, native was shot and killed by a Secret Service sniper after climbing onto the roof of a manufacturing plant more than 130 yards from the stage at the Butler Farm Show.
The former president In an exclusive interview with The Post He described the assassination attempt as a “very surreal experience.”
“The doctors at the hospital said they’d never seen anything like this, it was a miracle,” he said. “I wasn’t supposed to be here, I was supposed to be dead.”
Based on a graphic novel, The Boys is a satirical superhero show that frequently intertwines with real-world events, with season 4 in particular feeling like a direct copy of America’s current state of political division.
The main antagonist of the show is Homelander (Anthony Starr)bears many similarities to Trump.
Creator Eric Kripke (50 years old) The Hollywood Reporter In June, he said he had always planned to draw comparisons between the show and the real world.
“Seth [Rogen] Evan [Goldberg] “And we pitched it in 2016,” he says. “We wanted to make a very realistic version of a superhero show, where superheroes are celebrities who go bad. Trump was like, ‘He’s not really winning the nomination, is he?’ When he got elected, we had a metaphor that spoke more to the world today.”
“Suddenly we were telling a story about the intersection of celebrity and authoritarianism, and how social media and entertainment are being used to sell fascism,” Kripke continued. “We were really in the eye of the storm, and when I realized that, I felt an obligation to run in that direction as much as I could.”
In an interview Entertainment WeeklyKripke said the show’s focus on current events was intentional. January 6th Capitol riots And that The MAGA Movement.
“We write about what makes us angry or scares us at the time,” he explained.
Kripke added: “I’m under no illusions that we can change people’s minds or change anything. We’re carnival goers, I get that. But it’s really nice to have a place where you can vent and say what you want to say.”
Amazon will release “The Boys” in May. Fifth and final season.
The first four seasons are available to stream on Prime Video.
