The actress notes that Riley has the ability to get audiences thinking about issues while entertaining them: “There's people that have an immediate allergic reaction to social commentary.”
In the article, that comment is directed at Boots Riley, though to be fair I think he could only be accused of Trojan Horse level obfuscation by people who think anything with social commentary subtler than Hacks is a Trojan Horse.
I like Hacks a lot too (even if the final season was a bit of a low-stakes victory lap, it still made me laugh), but “boomer actually has to explore social justice with an open mind” is at least half the point of the show.
In the article, that comment is directed at Boots Riley, though to be fair I think he could only be accused of Trojan Horse level obfuscation by people who think anything with social commentary subtler than Hacks is a Trojan Horse.
I like Hacks a lot too (even if the final season was a bit of a low-stakes victory lap, it still made me laugh), but “boomer actually has to explore social justice with an open mind” is at least half the point of the show.