Long Live the 1% - July 29th 2012

Batman saves the world from anarchy which would lead into communism. The face of which is covered by a mask that can't be read, how does this make it good? So capitalism lives on, but while it's rebuilding they'll (Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle) stash away in Europe. In the end evil can only be destroyed by evil.  The climbing of the cave frees good from solitude, the foreign nature of the evil characters means something too. Batman is the boulder, waiting for his minions to clean up a proletariat of sorts, emphasizing this lavishness that he has. Everyone is forced to sympathize with the old man under the table, since the audience is overwhelmed by the chaos and fear that has stricken the aristocracy. Alfred escapes the tag of the feared foreigner by leaving until Bane is defeated, relieving him of this menacing image (although he fools Wayne into believing Dawes would be with him). The true models of good are Blake and Cat Woman; they have earned everything in their possession. Gordon too, in a way, although he can't see through the mask until its over. Thus, he's clouded and still looks up to Batman. Ultimately the aristocracy, Bruce Wayne, is immortal. Through all the bombs, fractures, and suffering it will only stage its death and donate to charity.

Reading this, it is all over the place. Like the pre-writing for the essays that look at a work of art through a literary lens. I wrote this after seeing The Dark Knight Rises. The moment Bruce Wayne referred to Gotham as "my city" made me think about class order and slowly the pieces started to fall into place in my head. I'm sorry I couldn't articulate it the first time and I haven't watched it since then but I'm going to check and see if it's on Crave.