People are seriously outraged after “the boys'” showrunner eric kripke dismissed a brutal sexual assault scene as “hilarious” downplaying a character being subjected to sexual torture against his will, eric said I love that it’s just such a perfect setup that he doesn’t know his own safe word It’s just like a beautiful comedy setup that he’s trying to find it the whole time. The boys season 4 managed to pull off a nearly flawless season finale However, its normalization of victim blaming in response to a sexual assault puts a damper on the whole episode. Some fans of “the boys” expressed on x, formerly twitter, that they were bothered by the comedic tone of the sexual assault scene — and said that kripke making light of it while speaking with variety disturbed them even more.
“the boys” and “preacher” star malcolm barrett is being accused of and investigated for sexual assault in los angeles The boys season 4, episode 6's sexual assault scene involving hughie in tek knight's dungeon was handled poorly Showrunner eric kripke treated starlight's assault with care, as he describes in a. The boys season 4 mishandled hughie's storyline by not addressing his sexual assault, then doubling down with the shapeshifter
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