Although “Assassination Run” is the original name boysThe latest episode (which aired today) is now listed as the “Season 4 Finale,” with a warning at the beginning explaining that the episode “contains fictional scenes of political violence” and that its similarities to recent real-world events “exactly Coincidental and unintentional”.
given boysIt’s hard to tell from Amazon’s sudden insistence that the show’s apparent similarities to our reality are just incidental, after casting many of the show’s characters as analogies for real-life political figures. Understandably, the company doesn’t want one of its popular shows to become embroiled in the drama affecting the U.S. presidential election cycle or be accused of encouraging people to take up arms.
You can read the longer statement boys‘ Here’s a look at the creative team and Sony.