The Boys: Inside the Set of the Super R-Rated, Timely Amazon Show
Between the superhero orgies, anally inserted pipe bombs, and slo-mo body explosions (that last one courtesy of a runaway speedster), it’s hard to imagine the guy behindSupernaturalandTimelesscreating something so depraved as Amazon’sThe Boys. But those are just the “pornographic ornaments” hanging from “a very wholesome Christmas tree” that isEric Kripke’s new show. (His metaphor, not ours.) Kripke, the showrunner adaptingGarth Ennis’ highly graphic comics, was more interested in the metaphors at the heart of the live-action series....