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Of Principles and Policies: How Superheroes Can Inform Our Thinking About Social Life
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Of Principles and Policies: How Superheroes Can Inform Our Thinking About Social Life

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 / 28 August 2018

The complexities of social life depicted in superhero narratives are similar to those of our own. In 2018, we need to consider taking superhero narratives a little more seriously.

‘Life Moves Pretty Fast’ Hits Some Slowdowns
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‘Life Moves Pretty Fast’ Hits Some Slowdowns

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 / 28 June 2016
Freeman frequently complains about Hollywood's stereotypes about what male and female audiences are willing to watch, yet her own tastes are pretty stereotypical.
Order, Chaos, and Faith: The Themes and Form of ‘The Dark Knight’
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Order, Chaos, and Faith: The Themes and Form of ‘The Dark Knight’

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 / 16 November 2015
Originally a story about the perils of combating organised crime, The Dark Knight makes several radical departures that frequently result in the main characters being split among tonally disparate contexts whose relevance to each other is not always immediately evident.
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In Defense of Film Critics Who Didn’t Like ‘The Dark Knight Rises’

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 / 23 July 2012
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Kept Crusader: Why We Love the Bat

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 / 16 July 2012
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The Best Film Scores of the 2000s

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 / 1 March 2012
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Your Virtual Fall TV Preview: Thursdays

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 / 20 September 2011
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Sidekicks Rule!

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 / 8 November 2010
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Knowing Nolan… Again

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 / 22 July 2010
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How to Really Save Superman

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 / 11 February 2010
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Psycho Smackdown: ‘Watchmen”s Rorschach vs. ‘The Dark Knight”s Joker

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 / 4 March 2009
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Superheroes Versus Comics

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 / 27 January 2009