You're boring me

You die as a hero or live long enough to see yourself as the villain.

So states the motto of this summer's record breaking blockbuster, The Dark Knight. These are anti-heroic times and we all stand prepared to accept the conundrum of this film that the Joker seems so (politically?) motivated to make crystal clear: he is the freak that represents the greatest product of what the Batman has created or inspired in Gotham. Batman can't kill the Joker without becoming him. The Joker cant kill Batman because he's rather bored by the threats and interests of the run-of-the-mill crime bosses. So the two need each other; love is a battlefield, etc., etc. Relations among the outsiders are even more toxic than relations among the residents. In the process a woman dies and the district attorney becomes Two-Face, further emphasizing the Joker's thesis that the two (good and evil, republican and democrat, entrepreneur and outcast) are one side of the same coin.

That this all comes down to the emblematic feature (the coin) of capitalism is probably not a far fetched idea. Those going-steady readers of entre city will recall previous posts on the subject. Anyway, I liked it. And it would be good to hear what others thought, whereas apparently the whole USA is watching it these past two weeks. Or, if you haven't, perhaps you'd like to comment on whether or not you ever get the gripping sense that your emotions are nothing but politics (as the joker and this film seem to suggest.)