Global Gotham: How ‘The Batman’ Became Every City’s Mirror and Punchline
The Batman: A Noir Valentine to a Planet That Prefers Superficial Heroes GOTHAM—Somewhere between the fall of Kabul and the rise of gas prices that could ransom a small monarchy, the world decided what it really needed was another re-telling of the Wayne trauma-industrial complex. Enter Matt Reeves’ “The Batman,” a three-hour meditation on sulk,…