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Category: The Dark Knight

2016 Election…

Which Batman Character Does Trump Resemble Most? Part 6: The Conclusion

24 Mar 201624 Mar 2016
For the past several weeks, this blog has investigated which Batman character has the most in common with presidential candidate Donald Trump. We have considered five Batman villains thus far:…
2016 Election…

Is the Joker the Batman Character Who Trump Resembles Most?

22 Mar 201621 Jan 2017
This is the fourth installment of an ongoing investigation into which Batman character Donald Trump resembles most. You can read the beginning here.  The similarities between Trump and the Joker have been discussed…
2016 Election…

How the Republicans Have Become the Political Equivalent of Batman’s Villains

17 Mar 201625 Oct 2016
"This has never been about who the nominee is," Paul Ryan said yesterday, explaining why his party will fight any Supreme Court justice nomination made by Barack Obama in 2016, and…
2016 Election…

Is the Scarecrow the Batman Villain Who Trump Resembles Most?

10 Mar 201621 Jan 2017
This is the second installment in an ongoing series of articles exploring which Batman character Donald Trump resembles most. You can read the first installment here, in which I explain…
2016 Election…

What We Failed to Learn About Terrorism from The Dark Knight

5 Dec 201517 Feb 2018
Or, "Stop Calling Them Gunmen and Start Calling Them Terrorists" One of the most notable elements of Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy is that, despite being made by a British writer…
Bale…

Please, No More Origin Stories of How Evil Villains Used to be Good Guys or Children

17 Oct 201517 Oct 2015
If you haven't heard, the latest complete failure at the box office was the flaccid reboot Pan, an attempt to create a franchise out of the Peter Pan story by starting…
2016 Election…

The Most Dangerous Way in Which Trump Resembles Batman

28 Aug 201513 Jun 2016
The Economist (and this blog) might liken him to The Joker, but Trump disagrees. I am Batman, he told a young boy and the world. The obvious response is to…
Bale…

Why Ben Affleck could be the best Batman ever

24 Aug 201524 Aug 2015
People like to predict that Ben Affleck will fail as the Batfleck. But what this blog post presupposes is, maybe he won't? The fact is, Ben Affleck is a good…
Batman…

A Hero Can Be Anyone: Reflections on the Loss of a Batman

17 Aug 201517 Aug 2015
You may have seen a sad news story about Lenny B. Robinson, a Maryland man who impersonated Batman to bring joy into the lives of children. Many referred to him…
2016 Election…

How accurate is The Economist in comparing Donald Trump to The Joker?

12 Aug 20159 Nov 2016
This is one of many articles on this site comparing the current state of American politics to the world of Batman. Read more here, or buy D. F. Lovett's debut…

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