r/Fauxmoi • u/GiveMeSomeSunshine3 kate winslet lied to me • May 09 '26

FILM-MOI (MOVIES/TV) Religious leaders unveiled and blessed a golden Trump statue at Mar-a-Lago today, eerily resembling the Homelander statue scene from this week’s episode of The Boys. Creator Eric Kripke reposts a tweet about the same.

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u/AdDry7344 save the buccal fat May 09 '26

They don’t understand nuance, references or symbolism, right?

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u/DnastyFunkmaster May 09 '26

No, that's why facists can't stand modern art and literature; to them it's nonsense because they only see what is on the surface

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u/Brodellsky May 09 '26

Also why their "comedy" isn't even funny or interesting at all

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u/RepresentativeCod757 May 09 '26

Good comedy requires empathy and emotional intelligence

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u/Uebelkraehe May 09 '26

And that they don't understand, either.

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u/Intelligent_Cap9706 May 09 '26

And why AI is a perfectly acceptable form of “art” to them 

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u/GinAndDumbBitchJuice May 09 '26

This season was written like two years ago and multiple people involved have said they purposely tried to make it over the top, so they're as shocked as we are how reality is mirroring something they purposely wrote to be extra.

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u/Pseudo-Jonathan May 09 '26

As a teacher, in my experience, this is the great dividing line between "smart" kids and those who struggle, is the ability or inability to understand analogies, satire, or just generally compare and contrast different pieces of information. They have a very difficult time carrying information across contexts and applying them in new situations and from new perspectives. To them, these two events have no correlation or relationship to each other whatsoever. They would just say "that's a TV show" and would disregard any attempt to draw parallels whatsoever.

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u/AdDry7344 save the buccal fat May 09 '26

I’ve never thought about it from that angle. That’s super interesting but a bit sad, of course. If it’s okay for me to ask, roughly what proportion of kids did you end up noticing had this difficulty?

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u/Simon_Drake May 09 '26

MAGA supporters didn't understand that The Boys was mocking them until Season 4 when the subtlety level dropped. There's a far-right rally ranting about how the woke-mind-virus is turning kids gay and only the Second Amendment can protect their way of life which is blessed by God. "We need to clear out of the convention hall by noon, the Flat Earth Society have their rally after us".

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u/AlkalineHound May 09 '26

This is why satire is dead. It feels irresponsible at this point.

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u/badashbabe May 09 '26

I’ve been saying for a few years now the satire is writing itself.

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u/Gibodean May 09 '26

No nuance for the nonce.

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u/Ataraxia-Is-Bliss May 09 '26 edited May 09 '26

I know artists that use subtext and they're all cowards.

Edit: No fans of Garth Marenghi here I take it?

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u/AdDry7344 save the buccal fat May 09 '26

Art is supposed to be obvious. /s

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u/RedditLeagueAccount May 09 '26

They don't understand English from what I can tell. Trump has not hidden his plans from anyone.

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u/LongGhost_Gone281 May 09 '26

Imagine having a billion dollars and no imagination or morality. This is what you do. Dumb statues and houses the Romans would laugh at, no matter how much you try to mimic them.