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It feels as if the world is getting more and more honest through the medium of sarcasm and social commentary.The Boys, which recently released the 4th season of the show, addressed a highly controversial topic that the world has known for years.
The highly controversial topic of peophilia and peophiles has been talked about for the past few years. Through social commentary or diss tracks (looking at you Kendrick Lamar and Drake),The Boysjust addressed the issue but in their own signature style.
The BoysAddressed An Important Issue In The 4th Season
With a new season, the same oldAntony Starr, and, newer characters were brought and one of them was a supe named Firecracker. Being one of the kids injected with Compound V upon birth, Firecracker took part in several beauty pageants but lost when Starlight spread a rumor about her.
When Annie gets an abortion done, Firecracker decides to take revenge by revealing the same to the world. Before things can continue, Starlight jumps and beats her up. On the other hand, it is revealed that Firecracker had se*ual relations with a 15-year-old boy when she was in Florida.
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Although the evidence was used to blackmail Firecracker, she released the video herself!As wild as the series gets,some fans talked about how people are bringing attention to the wrong thing. Instead of people fixating on Starlight’s abortion, fans urged that people pay attention to Firecracker’s pe*ophilia!
One fan talked about howThe Boyswas bringing important points like these to the spotlight.
AlthoughThe Boysdid bring attention to the important issue, this is not the first time that a topic as serious as pe*ophilia has been brought to the limelight. Before the Amazon Prime Video series, a Comedy Central series was brave enough to tackle the issue!
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Going one step beyondThe Boys,this animated show even took aim at the Catholic Church! The episode was so controversial that after its release, a religious advocacy group had to step in!
South ParkDid It First!
It doesn’t matter who did it first as long as the important issue gets the spotlight and attention from the world that it deserves.South Park,the animated series that has been running since 1997, released an episode in 2018 titled A Boy and a Priest, and the world went crazy.
The episode delved into the allegations against priests allegedly involved in some se*ual abuse cases with children. Upon its release, the world went into a frenzy as the show took a direct aim at the Catholic Church.
The Catholic League—a religious advocacy group even released a statement on theirwebsitedenouncing the show and calling the writers ofSouth Park “cowards”!
The October 3rd episode of “South Park,” titled “A Boy and a Priest,” portrayed moesting priests as peophiles. This is factually inaccurate: almost all the moesters—8 in 10—have been homoseuals.
The statement further continued,
Therefore, the cartoon-victim characters should have been depicted as adolescents, not kids. In Hollywood, the creators of “South Park,” Trey Parker and Matt Stone, are seen as courageous. They are really cowards. It takes courage to tell the truth.
Despite the episode receiving criticism and flak from the world, critics and activists deemedA Boy and a Priestas one of the greatest episodes of the animated show. Running since 1997, the show continues to drop weekly episodes aimed at the current topics.
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On the other hand, 4th season ofThe Boysis not here to give the audience a gentle reminder, but rather, a traumatic memory. With a weekly release,The Boyshas been gaining popularity and fame once again.
The next episode is set for a release date of 20 August 2025 and will be available to stream on Prime Video in the U.S.
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Visarg Acharya is a Senior Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on movies, with over 3000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past three years and a copywriter at a corporation. Visarg usually covers news and theories on the MCU and the DCU, with an emphasis on Avengers and Superman; Game of Thrones, and more.A Tarantino fan, Visarg, spends his time critiquing various directors’ filmographies and watching them with curiosity. Medieval fantasy like The Lord of the Rings or sci-fi movies like Interstellar, watching the latest horror movies, and listening to Hans Zimmer become his comfort zone. When idle, he can be found reading fantasy novels with a terrible cup of coffee in hand.
