Two very different ways to make Donald the villain.

Homelander and Wilson Fisk/Kingpin are two of the most buzzed about villains in television right now, and they're both satirical portraits of the same man. But only one of them gets it right. In this video essay, I analyze the vastly divergent ways Daredevil: Born Again and The Boys approach the challenge of depicting Big Donnie, discuss why one portrait is sharper than the other, and ultimately, determine what that difference reveals about the dark psychology at the heart of modern American authoritarianism. patreon:   / stopculturenick   letterboxd: https://boxd.it/fbSz3 music by minted and nick louis https://open.spotify.com/artist/6xGi6... https://open.spotify.com/artist/5PKfo... 00:00 intro 01:20 why HIM? 03:00 dilson tisk 08:35 tromelanderump (lol) 12:13 the five-letter L-word 16:43 the mirror 17:58 what does it all mean, basil? 20:34 outro/thanks