Popular TV series changes episode title due to Donald Trump assassination attempt, creators explain

Amazon has changed the title of the final episode of the series “The Boys” because it was too closely associated with the assassination attempt on Donald Trump. The creators issued a statement declaring that filming for the series was completed in 2023, and the episode does not refer to the events that took place at the former US president’s rally.

The final episode of the fourth season of The Boys has already landed on Amazon Prime Video. The brutal production is based on the comic book by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, which was published from 2006 to 2012. The series shows viewers what the world might look like if superheroes really existed.

Amazon Changes Title of Final Episode of ‘The Boys’. Reason: Trump Assassination

And the conclusions from these considerations are terrifying. The series makes viewers aware that superpowers work great in comics and blockbusters, but in the real world they would cause trouble not only for their owners, but for the entire world. The fourth season of “The Boys” delighted critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the series received a 93 percent freshness scale from reviewers, viewers were not so kind.

The latest installment of “The Boys” has been rated by over five thousand viewers. There are ongoing discussions online about whether the series has succumbed to the “woke” craze and become too pro-left. The 52 percent on Rotten Tomatoes may therefore be the result of review bombing, which has become popular in recent years.

The Boys stirs up the greatest emotions in the United States, because it is precisely to American culture and politics that it refers most. Because of this fact, the creators even decided to change the title of the last episode, because it could be misinterpreted.

The creators of “The Boys” emphasize: The scenes of violence in the series are fiction

All because of the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, which took place last Saturday. In the episodes of “The Boys”, one of the main threads is also the elections in the United States and the omnipresent violence that accompanies them. Amazon representatives decided to issue a statement to clearly indicate that every scene from “The Boys” is fictional and was filmed before the events that the whole world is living today.

– The season finale of “The Boys” features scenes of fictional violence fueled by political infighting. Viewers may find them disturbing, especially in light of recent events that occurred during the assassination attempt on Donald Trump – we read in a statement. Amazon representatives emphasize that filming for the series was completed in 2023, and that similarities to current events are unintentional. Additionally, both Amazon and Sony Pictures Television, as well as the producers of “The Boys”, declare that they condemn any victims of violence in real life.

In addition to the statement, Amazon decided to change the title of the final episode of season four. “Assassination Run” gave way to the slightly less creative but much safer “Season Four Finale.”

Source: Gazeta

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