Low Key

Today we talk about The Boys, Amazon's anti-superhero story. Season 1 used superheroes to represent police, military, sports stars and Hollywood celebrities and explore blind hero worship. Season 2 delves into the dirty underside of manufactured heroism with a character named Stormfront (Aya Cash) who uses memes to gain fame and try to steal the superhero group The Seven from its leader, Homelander (Anthony Starr), a kind of demented cross between Superman and Captain America.There are Nazis, a BDSM relationship between Stormfront and Homelander that involves lasers, and so, so many exploding heads. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.