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white_wolf

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5. Sounds like you haven't read much Batman or seen the movies.

Reply to NYC_SKP (Reply #1)

Fri Jul 20, 2012, 09:02 PM

Jul 2012

Leger's performance of the Joker was amazing. His Oscar was well earned. Batman himself is a cultural icon. I said it in another thread, comics are one of the closest things we have to modern day myths.

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Batman Responds [View all] UnrepentantLiberal Jul 2012 OP

If I was a major violent movie producer I would do the same. NYC_SKP Jul 2012 #1

Batman no match for the Kardashians. zonkers Jul 2012 #2

I wouldn't know. UnrepentantLiberal Jul 2012 #3

Like it or not, he is a major cultural icon. randome Jul 2012 #4

Sounds like you haven't read much Batman or seen the movies. white_wolf Jul 2012 #5

I'm disturbed by the coupling of violent, vigilante, authoritarian characters, and this tragedy whatchamacallit Jul 2012 #6

Please. UnrepentantLiberal Jul 2012 #7

Exactly whatchamacallit Jul 2012 #9

This sounds like those people who blamed Doom for Columbine. white_wolf Jul 2012 #8