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...into a newsmagazine and evoking such other debuts as QW and Genre. Of these, the glossy, full-color Out is the most professional looking, drawing contributors from the Los Angeles Times, the late Connoisseur and Ms., as well as mainstream advertising from Benetton, Absolut vodka, Geffen records and Viking Penguin press. Says editor Michael Goff: "We're called Out because coming out is the one thing all gays and lesbians have in common." The problem: it may be the only thing they have in common. Out must span the chasm of gender, traditionally even wider in gay media than straight...
Despite the brilliant special effects during the fight scenes (Whap! Zonk! Boof! flashing across the screen), the show was pretty one-dimensional. Batman was good and noble, Robin was good and dorky. Together, the two foiled the mischievous intentions of a host of stock bad guys: Joker, Penguin, Catwoman, etc. (In a rare appearance, the Mad Hatter was featured in the show...
There is simply not enough room in this film for Catwoman (Pfieffer) and Penguin (DeVito)--both of whom would have made great a foils for Batman could they have monopolized the "bad guy" role...
...then there's Penguin. First he's a good guy--a mutant orphan who just want to find his parents. Then he runs for mayor. Then Batman spoils a political rally and Penguin loses his shit and decides to destroy the world...
...point--reminiscent of the corniest comic book scenes--Catwoman come to Penguin's lair and proposes a plot to destroy Batman. As anything but an opportunity for her to stretch and purr in her clingy suit, the scene is a complete waste...