Show Notes Provided by Joe Peluso
Batman--Batman--Can somebody tell what kind of world we live in, where a man dressed up as a bat gets all my press?' The Joker, as portrayed by Jack Nicholson, in Tim Burton's--Batman. The year was 1989: The Berlin Wall comes down! Phil Collins and Janet Jackson top the charts! Nintendo releases the Game Boy in Japan! And the long-awaited Tim Burton/Michael Keaton BATMAN movie hits the silver screen! The Batman in all media would never be the same. Join your hosts, James, Chris, and Joe as they explore, expound--and expose--this seminal CBM and all the impact it had on one of fiction's most beloved (unless you belong to that "cowardly lot") heroes. Pay close attention Bat-Fans, as Chris delivers one of the best dissertations on The Batman's duality and the skillful choices Michael Keaton made to bring this conflicted character to life. There's no need to visit The Actor's Studio in New York when our resident thespian is here to enlighten and inform. Take a bow, Chris. One sidenote folks: This is a very human Batman. He is not the best at everything he does. He like Khan (I'm talkin' to you Trekkers) might want to attend target school. Just putting it out there.
