Dark Knight Rises is about the fragility of definitions, the limits of structures, and the illusion of binary oppositions.
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Dark Knight Myths and Meanings
The Dark Knight Rises: Fandom and the Folk Hero
Batman cannot survive as a single, fixed figure. Batman is a virus, a folk hero, an icon, an infection. He belongs to the people. He belongs to us.
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Laugh it Up, Fuzzball: Star Wars as Sit-com
The news of a greenlit sit-com based on the Star Wars saga is liable to set millions of eyes rolling and heads shaking, but while comedy and Star Wars are uneasy companions, it may be worth giving this latest venture a chance.
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