Word: escapistã
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Here’s the problem: the anthology’s meta-setup focuses on a continuously unsuccessful comic strip. So the comics cannot successfully match their respective eras’ tones—or else, the Escapist??s incarnations might be financially viable, and the project’s plot would be ruined...
Vaughn’s story, “To Reign in Hell,” follows the Escapist??s helper Big Al as he is bribed by The Escapist??s rival, a nefarious organization known as The Iron Chain. In the end, Big Al helps the Escapist triumph, but there is the clear indication that maybe, for a strongman like himself, evil might have been the right path. By adding moral ambiguity to a classically structured narrative, Vaughn makes the comic compelling even to modern audiences...
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