2020, what a year! Good or bad, it was unmistakably tremendous! With so much happening worldwide on the pandemic and social unrest front, art kinda went under the radar. But there were cool things happening too in 2020. Here are some of my personal favorites that helped pass the time during the various stages of lockdown.
The Boys, season 2, an Amazon Prime original
Season 2 of The Boys did not disappoint and took the effed-up
super-hero series to cult level thanks to the inlaid social commentary on
boiling contemporary issues in North America such as race, immigration,
harassment, foreign policy, mass persuasion and skewed (or screwed-up) politics. In essence,
the show asks how people with superpowers would fit today’s society, how they’d
be marketed, weaponized and exploited or how they’d exploit their advantage, either way exploring the darker sides of human nature. It’s gore-a-plenty, not at all watered down to flow mainstream. But beyond all the blood, bone and brain, it's an incredibly intelligent and tongue-in-cheek show.