“While Bane and each of Nolan’s other villains attempt to exploit fear for ideological projects, revenge, or simple fun, Batman aims to channel it — to make his opponents’ legitimate grievances subjects for debate in an orderly system rather than through violent resolution. To entrust Gotham to heroes “with a face,” as he says in The Dark Knight, and to democratize Batman as a symbol that can be embodied by anyone. It’s not that Christopher Nolan is taking a side in our political debates. He’s simply defending a particular system through which we address them.”
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On Christopher Nolan’s defense of civil society.
Read the review that corrects the lazy, irritating strain of critical reaction to the Dark Knight’s politics.
(via think-progress)
Born Of An Atom Bomb
Image and thought dump for the various projects of Jared Axelrod
