I read a rather infuriating op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal that compared Batman, as portrayed in The Dark Knight, to President George W. Bush. Andrew Klavan is the grossly misguided author.
Mr. Klavan writes, "[t]here seems to me no question that the Batman film...is at some level a paean of praise to the fortitude and moral courage that has been shown by George W. Bush in this time of terror and war."
Did we watch the same movie?
Yes, Batman does display a lot of "conservative values," but if memory serves, he NEVER breaks his one rule. George W. Bush and his administration wiretapped American citizens without warrants. Not to mention Mr. Bush practically abandoned a war with a country that had a hand in attacking the United States so he could commit the US Armed Forces to what was basically a personal vendetta. That doesn't sound very much like the Batman movie I saw, Mr. Klavan.
Mr. Bush, like so many politicians, has taken a set of values along with some bumbling Orwellian rhetoric and used them to divide the country. If I was going to compare George W. Bush and his administration to any characters in a Summer Blockbuster, it would probably be Emperor Palpatine and the Empire. Now that's an article that needs some writing!
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